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Aroser Rothorn

2,980 m9,778 ft

Prominence: 1,350 m4,427 ft
Isolation: 14 km
Tonight: -12°CPartly cloudy · Wind 5 km/h SE

Aroser Rothorn is a 2,980 m (9,778 ft) mountain in the Plessur Alps, Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,980 m · 9,778 ft
Nearest higher peak: Piz Mitgel (3,159 m)
Range: Plessur Alps
Region: Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.7376° N, 9.6140° E

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3D map

Aroser Rothorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Aroser Rothorn 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

Aroser Rothorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Aroser Rothorn weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -12°C (10°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 5 km/h SE

Aroser Rothorn forecast for the summit, about 2,980 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,283 m.

Tonight-12°0.5 mm5 km/h SEBase -1°
Today-13°-6°2.1 mm8 km/h NBase -2 / 4°
Sun-12°-1°4.1 mm8 km/h SEBase -1 / 9°
Mon-13°1°–8 km/h SEBase -3 / 11°
Tue-5°7°–3 km/h SEBase 5 / 17°
Wed-7°3°–5 km/h NBase 3 / 13°
Thu-9°1°–4 km/h NWBase 1 / 11°
Fri-9°1°–5 km/h NWBase 1 / 12°
Sat-10°-1°0.2 mm3 km/h NWBase 0 / 10°
Sun-7°-4°0.8 mm2 km/h SEBase 3 / 6°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 9.4 × 9.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

21.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

40.4%

Steep, 30–45°

33.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

4.2%

Steeper than 30°: 37.8% of the 88 km² view
Relief in view: 1,689 m low point 1,283 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 47.4%Trees 19.8%Bare rock / sparse 18.8%Moss & lichen 8.9%Snow & ice 3.8%Built-up 1.1%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.7 km, measured from the Aroser Rothorn summit.

Summit list 9

1Parpaner Rothorn Ostgipfel2,895 m 1.0 km NW
2Pizza Naira2,870 m 1.1 km S
3Aelplihorn2,839 m 1.3 km NNW
4Erzhorn2,924 m 1.4 km ENE
5Parpaner Rothorn2,861 m 1.4 km WNW
6Gamschtällihorn2,830 m 2.0 km ENE
7Parpaner Weisshorn (Ostgipfel)2,817 m 2.4 km N
8Parpaner Weisshorn (Mittelgipfel)2,824 m 2.4 km NNW
9Lenzer Horn2,906 m 3.5 km SSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.7 km; 354 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Sooty Ringlet13
Large-leaved leopard's bane13
Peak White12
Moss Campion11
Arctic Blue11
Whorled Lousewort10

Where it sits

Where Aroser Rothorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

HochwangPeak · 2,533 m15 km N

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Print & wall

JPGAroser Rothorn satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,973 m at the summit; the official height is 2,980 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,980 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,973 m	-8 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,957 m	-24 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 2026-09-27)
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)
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