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Begunjščica

2,060 m6,759 ft

Prominence: 513 m1,683 ft
Isolation: 2.2 km
Tonight: -2°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h N

Begunjščica is a 2,060 m (6,759 ft) mountain in the Western Karawanks, Municipality of Radovljica, Slovenia.

All facts

Elevation: 2,060 m · 6,759 ft
Nearest higher peak: Vrtača (2,180 m)
Range: Western Karawanks
Region: Municipality of Radovljica, Slovenia
Coordinates: 46.4215° N, 14.2299° E

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3D map

Begunjščica 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Begunjščica topographic map

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

Begunjščica elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Print & wall

JPGBegunjščica satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-14.

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Weather

Begunjščica weather

Tonight · Snow · -2°C (28°F) · 1.9 mm · Wind 8 km/h N

Begunjščica forecast for the summit, about 2,060 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 698 m.

Tonight-2°1.9 mm8 km/h NBase 6°
Today-8°-1°3.6 mm7 km/h NBase 0 / 7°
Sun-8°1°0.1 mm9 km/h SBase 0 / 9°
Mon-8°3°–8 km/h SBase 0 / 12°
Tue-4°4°–3 km/h SEBase 5 / 12°
Wed-4°7°–5 km/h NBase 4 / 15°
Thu-6°4°–7 km/h NBase 2 / 12°
Fri-7°3°–3 km/h NBase 1 / 12°
Sat-7°3°1.0 mm2 km/h NBase 2 / 11°
Sun-8°0°0.1 mm5 km/h SBase 0 / 9°

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 Begunjščica

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

Nearest hut
Planinski dom na Zelenici
0.9 km NNE · +2 more within 1.4 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
2.4 km W
+2 more within 2.6 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Camp Podljubelj
4.6 km ESE
Directions Map

All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Planinski dom na ZeleniciHut	0.9 km NNE
Dom pri izviru ZavršniceHut	1.3 km NW
Roblekov domHut	1.4 km WSW
Parking	2.4 km W
Parking	2.4 km W
Parking	2.6 km ENE
Camp PodljubeljCampsite	4.6 km ESE

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 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°

6.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

32.4%

Steep, 30–45°

53.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

8.0%

Steeper than 30°: 61.2% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,471 m low point 698 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 71.5%Grassland 23.3%Bare rock / sparse 5.0%

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 Begunjščica summit.

Summit list 6

1Begunjska Vrtača1,993 m 1.0 km E
2Šentanske čeri1,914 m 1.4 km E
3Mala Glava2,031 m 2.3 km NNW
4Vrtača2,180 m 2.4 km NNW
5Palec / Selenitza2,026 m 2.5 km NNW
6Zelenjak / Pautz2,024 m 2.6 km NNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 422 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Lady's-slipper15
Encrusted Saxifrage12
Alpine Butterwort9
Edelweiss9
Wulfen's Primrose9
Yellow-billed Chough8

Where it sits

Where Begunjščica sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

StoržičPeak · 2,132 m16 km ESE

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,051 m at the summit; the official height is 2,060 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,060 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,051 m	-9 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,038 m	-22 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 2026-08-14)
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

Begunjščica

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

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