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Bettmerhorn

2,857 m9,373 ft

Prominence: 136 m446 ft
Isolation: 1.1 km
Tonight: -11°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h W

Bettmerhorn is a 2,857 m (9,373 ft) mountain in the Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,857 m · 9,373 ft
Nearest higher peak: Eggishorn (2,926 m)
Range: Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.4146° N, 8.0807° E

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3D map

Bettmerhorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Bettmerhorn topographic map

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

Bettmerhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGBettmerhorn satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

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GIS & GPS

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Weather

Bettmerhorn weather

Tonight · Snow · -11°C (12°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 8 km/h W

Bettmerhorn forecast for the summit, about 2,857 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,042 m.

Tonight-11°0.9 mm8 km/h WBase 0°
Today-11°-8°16.4 mm9 km/h NWBase 0 / 3°
Sun-17°-2°12.6 mm9 km/h WBase -6 / 9°
Mon-11°1°0.1 mm6 km/h NWBase 0 / 12°
Tue-6°5°–3 km/h NBase 5 / 15°
Wed-9°1°–3 km/h NBase 1 / 12°
Thu-9°1°–1 km/h NBase 2 / 12°
Fri-9°1°–3 km/h WBase 2 / 12°
Sat-11°-1°4.5 mm4 km/h WBase 0 / 10°
Sun-11°-3°3.0 mm5 km/h WBase 0 / 8°

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.

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°

27.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.3%

Steep, 30–45°

31.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.5%

Steeper than 30°: 34.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,875 m low point 1,042 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 45.9%Trees 16.0%Bare rock / sparse 14.9%Snow & ice 14.1%Moss & lichen 7.6%Water 1.0%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 316 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mossy saxifrage35
Spiniest thistle33
Moss Campion25
Mountain Houseleek24
Fireweed23
Alpine avens22

Where it sits

Where Bettmerhorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

GalmihornPeak · 3,507 m13 km NE

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

26 m low This 3D map reads 2,831 m at the summit; the official height is 2,857 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,857 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,831 m	-26 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,840 m	-17 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 2026-07-24)
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