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Balmhorn

3,690 m12,106 ft

Prominence: 1,013 m3,324 ft
Isolation: 12 km
Tonight: -16°CSnow · Wind 11 km/h W

Balmhorn is a 3,690 m (12,106 ft) mountain in the Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,690 m · 12,106 ft
Nearest higher peak: Bietschhorn (3,934 m)
Range: Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group
Region: Canton of Berne, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.4249° N, 7.6935° E

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3D map

Balmhorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Balmhorn 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

Balmhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Balmhorn weather

Tonight · Snow · -16°C (3°F) · 1.1 mm · Wind 11 km/h W

Balmhorn forecast for the summit, about 3,690 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,306 m.

Tonight-16°1.1 mm11 km/h WBase -2°
Today-16°-14°8.7 mm12 km/h EBase -2 / 0°
Sun-23°-7°13.1 mm12 km/h EBase -8 / 7°
Mon-16°-4°–5 km/h NBase -2 / 10°
Tue-8°0°–1 km/h NBase 6 / 14°
Wed-16°-5°–3 km/h NEBase -2 / 10°
Thu-12°-3°–1 km/h SWBase 3 / 11°
Fri-11°-4°–3 km/h WBase 4 / 11°
Sat-11°-5°6.7 mm5 km/h WBase 3 / 9°
Sun-12°-8°1.8 mm3 km/h WBase 2 / 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 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Balmhorn

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Balmhorn, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest hut
Lötschenpasshütte
2.0 km ESE · +2 more within 4.9 km
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Nearest parking
3.5 km NE
+2 more within 4.1 km
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Nearest campsite
Kandersteg International Scout Centre
6.7 km NNW · +2 more within 7.2 km
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Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Lämmlis
7.6 km NNW
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
LötschenpasshütteHut	2.0 km ESE
BalmhornhütteHut	2.9 km N
Parking	3.5 km NE
Parking	4.1 km ENE
Parking	4.1 km ENE
AltelshütteHut	4.9 km NW
Kandersteg International Scout CentreCampsite	6.7 km NNW
Campsite	6.9 km ESE
Camping Sportarena LeukerbadCampsite	7.2 km SW
Stellplatz LämmlisCaravan site	7.6 km NNW

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

10.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

28.9%

Steep, 30–45°

40.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

20.4%

Steeper than 30°: 61.1% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 2,377 m low point 1,306 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 38.1%Grassland 26.3%Snow & ice 14.1%Trees 13.4%Moss & lichen 7.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km, measured from the Balmhorn summit.

Summit list 9

1Altels3,629 m 1.2 km WNW
2Ferdenrothorn3,180 m 2.1 km SSE
3Obers Tatelishore2,961 m 2.5 km NW
4Rinderhorn3,449 m 3.3 km WSW
5Kleinhockenhorn3,161 m 3.6 km E
6Majinghorn3,054 m 3.8 km S
7Chli Rinderhorn3,003 m 3.9 km W
8Hockenhorn3,293 m 3.9 km E
9Schwarzhorn2,931 m 4.0 km SSE

Where it sits

Where Balmhorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Gross LohnerPeak · 3,049 m8.1 km NW

More in the Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group 4

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Downloads

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,683 m at the summit; the official height is 3,690 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,690 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,683 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,679 m	-11 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)
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

Balmhorn

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

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