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Arpelistock

3,036 m9,961 ft

Prominence: 71 m234 ft
Isolation: 0.7 km
Tonight: -13°CSnow showers · Wind 8 km/h W

Arpelistock is a 3,036 m (9,961 ft) mountain in the Wildhorn Group, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,036 m · 9,961 ft
Nearest higher peak: Geltenhorn (3,065 m)
Range: Wildhorn Group
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.3438° N, 7.3154° E

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3D map

Arpelistock 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Arpelistock 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

Arpelistock elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Arpelistock weather

Tonight · Snow showers · -13°C (9°F) · 1.6 mm · Wind 8 km/h W

Arpelistock forecast for the summit, about 3,036 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,525 m.

Tonight-13°1.6 mm8 km/h WBase -4°
Today-12°-9°10.7 mm10 km/h NWBase -3 / 0°
Sun-15°-4°16.5 mm8 km/h NWBase -6 / 5°
Mon-15°-3°–4 km/h NBase -5 / 6°
Tue-8°3°–2 km/h NBase 1 / 12°
Wed-7°0°–4 km/h NBase 2 / 9°
Thu-11°2°–3 km/h NBase -2 / 11°
Fri-7°2°–3 km/h WBase 2 / 11°
Sat-8°0°4.3 mm4 km/h NWBase 1 / 9°
Sun-7°-4°2.9 mm5 km/h WBase 2 / 5°

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 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

22.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.8%

Steep, 30–45°

27.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

8.5%

Steeper than 30°: 35.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,530 m low point 1,525 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 43.6%Bare rock / sparse 37.9%Snow & ice 8.9%Moss & lichen 6.8%Trees 1.6%Water 1.1%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Arpelistock summit.

Summit list 8

1Arpelihore2,920 m 1.0 km NNW
2Hüenerhörnli2,744 m 1.1 km NNE
3Geltenhorn3,062 m 1.5 km ENE
4Le Sublage2,735 m 2.2 km S
5Le Sérac2,817 m 2.3 km SSE
6Aiguille du Serac2,645 m 2.4 km SSE
7Schafhore2,696 m 2.5 km N
8Les Mountons2,569 m 3.0 km WNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 173 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Purple Gentian10
Globe-flowered Orchid6
Scheuchzer's cottongrass6
Yellow-spotted Ringlet5
Monk's-hood5
Edelweiss5

Where it sits

Where Arpelistock sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Bella LuiPeak · 2,548 m13 km E

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Print & wall

JPGArpelistock satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,032 m at the summit; the official height is 3,036 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,036 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,032 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,018 m	-18 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 2026-09-22)
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