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Becs de Bosson

3,149 m10,331 ft

Prominence: 365 m1,198 ft
Isolation: 2.8 km
Tonight: -12°CHeavy snow showers · Wind 6 km/h SW

Becs de Bosson is a 3,149 m (10,331 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,149 m · 10,331 ft
Nearest higher peak: Sasseneire (3,254 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.1676° N, 7.5187° E

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3D map

Becs de Bosson 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Becs de Bosson terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Becs de Bosson elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Becs de Bosson weather

Tonight · Heavy snow showers · -12°C (10°F) · 2.9 mm · Wind 6 km/h SW

Becs de Bosson forecast for the summit, about 3,149 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,750 m.

Tonight-12°2.9 mm6 km/h SWBase -3°
Today-12°-7°12.2 mm8 km/h WBase -4 / 1°
Sun-14°-2°22.8 mm9 km/h SWBase -6 / 6°
Mon-13°-1°–4 km/h SEBase -4 / 7°
Tue-6°5°–1 km/h SBase 2 / 13°
Wed-6°2°–3 km/h NWBase 2 / 10°
Thu-8°3°–2 km/h SBase 0 / 11°
Fri-9°3°–5 km/h NWBase -1 / 11°
Sat-9°1°2.4 mm6 km/h WBase -1 / 9°
Sun-8°-4°2.1 mm4 km/h WBase 0 / 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°

24.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.6%

Steep, 30–45°

29.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.3%

Steeper than 30°: 31.4% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,417 m low point 1,750 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 50.5%Moss & lichen 19.2%Bare rock / sparse 15.8%Snow & ice 7.5%Trees 5.1%Shrubland 1.5%

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 Becs de Bosson summit.

Summit list 6

1Pointe de la Tsevalire3,026 m 1.0 km SW
2Pointe de Lona2,931 m 1.5 km ESE
3La Maya2,916 m 2.1 km WNW
4Roc de la Tsa2,911 m 2.3 km N
5Becca di Lovegno2,821 m 2.6 km WNW
6Pointe de Masserey2,841 m 2.7 km NW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 161 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Edelweiss7
Alpine Aster6
Purple Saxifrage6
Moss Campion5
Swiss Brassy Ringlet5
Mountain Houseleek5

Where it sits

Where Becs de Bosson sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lac de MoiryLake5.8 km SE

Becs de Bosson downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

49 m low This 3D map reads 3,100 m at the summit; the official height is 3,149 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 68 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,149 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,100 m	-49 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,081 m	-68 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