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Zugspitze · 2,962 m · 4.8 km W

Mountain · Wetterstein · Bavaria

Alpspitze

2,628 m8,622 ft

Prominence: 181 m594 ft
Isolation: 1.5 km
Tonight: -9°CFog · Wind 10 km/h W

Alpspitze is a 2,628 m (8,622 ft) mountain in the Wetterstein, Bavaria, Germany.

All facts

Elevation: 2,628 m · 8,622 ft
Nearest higher peak: Hochblassen (2,703 m)
Range: Wetterstein
Region: Bavaria, Germany
Coordinates: 47.4293° N, 11.0479° E

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3D map

Alpspitze 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Alpspitze terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Alpspitze elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Alpspitze weather

Tonight · Fog · -9°C (16°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 10 km/h W

Alpspitze forecast for the summit, about 2,628 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 733 m.

Tonight-9°0.4 mm10 km/h WBase 2°
Today-10°-4°2.8 mm15 km/h WBase 2 / 8°
Sun-7°1°11.4 mm17 km/h WBase 4 / 13°
Mon-8°2°0.1 mm6 km/h NWBase 3 / 13°
Tue-3°9°–3 km/h SBase 8 / 20°
Wed-5°2°4.1 mm5 km/h NBase 7 / 13°
Thu-8°2°–4 km/h NEBase 3 / 14°
Fri-11°3°–4 km/h NBase 1 / 14°
Sat-10°1°0.2 mm6 km/h NWBase 2 / 12°
Sun-7°-4°2.0 mm3 km/h WBase 4 / 8°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

16.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.3%

Steep, 30–45°

30.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

17.3%

Steeper than 30°: 48.2% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view: 2,216 m low point 733 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 47.0%Grassland 29.3%Bare rock / sparse 20.1%Snow & ice 1.7%Built-up 0.6%Moss & lichen 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Alpspitze summit.

Summit list 6

1Hochblassen2,706 m 0.8 km SSW
2Äußere Höllentalspitze2,715 m 1.8 km WSW
3Mittlere Höllentalspitze2,740 m 2.3 km WSW
4Höllentalspitzen2,741 m 3.1 km WSW
5Hochwanner2,744 m 3.8 km S
6Zugspitze2,962 m 4.7 km W

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 823 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Yellow-billed Chough212
Alpine Salamander101
Hairy Alpenrose51
Eight-petal Mountain-Avens34
Chamois Cress31
Clusius' gentian29

Where it sits

Where Alpspitze sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Alpspitze downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGAlpspitze satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

13 m low This 3D map reads 2,615 m at the summit; the official height is 2,628 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,628 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,615 m	-13 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,600 m	-28 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-24)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia