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Bietschhorn

3,934 m12,907 ft

Prominence: 815 m2,674 ft
Isolation: 13 km
Tonight: -17°CLight snow showers · Wind 10 km/h W

Bietschhorn is a 3,934 m (12,907 ft) mountain in the Aletschhorn-Bietschhorn Group, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,934 m · 12,907 ft
Nearest higher peak: Aletschhorn (4,194 m)
Range: Aletschhorn-Bietschhorn Group
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.3921° N, 7.8501° E

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3D map

Bietschhorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Bietschhorn 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

Bietschhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Bietschhorn weather

Tonight · Light snow showers · -17°C (1°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 10 km/h W

Bietschhorn forecast for the summit, about 3,934 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,441 m.

Tonight-17°0.1 mm10 km/h WBase -2°
Today-18°-16°11.8 mm8 km/h NWBase -3 / -1°
Sun-22°-8°11.8 mm8 km/h NWBase -7 / 7°
Mon-16°-6°–5 km/h WBase -1 / 9°
Tue-11°-2°–3 km/h NBase 4 / 13°
Wed-16°-6°–4 km/h NBase -1 / 9°
Thu-14°-5°–3 km/h NBase 1 / 10°
Fri-15°-6°–5 km/h WBase 0 / 9°
Sat-16°-7°6.9 mm6 km/h WBase -1 / 8°
Sun-15°-10°2.8 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 7.2 × 7.2 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°

8.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

36.2%

Steep, 30–45°

40.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

15.2%

Steeper than 30°: 55.5% of the 52 km² view
Relief in view: 2,443 m low point 1,441 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 39.6%Snow & ice 27.0%Grassland 15.3%Trees 10.9%Moss & lichen 6.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.6 km, measured from the Bietschhorn summit.

Summit list 7

1Kleines Nesthorn3,342 m 0.9 km NW
2Schafbärg3,240 m 1.6 km W
3Älwe Rigg3,381 m 1.6 km NNE
4Jägihorn3,407 m 2.7 km ENE
5Breitlauihorn3,655 m 3.3 km NE
6Wilerhorn3,307 m 3.4 km WSW
7Gletscherhorn3,222 m 3.4 km SW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.6 km; 78 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Asp4
Hairy Primrose4
Spring Crocus3
Mossy saxifrage3
Androsace argentea3
Alpine Ibex2

Where it sits

Where Bietschhorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

DoldenhornPeak · 3,638 m12 km NW

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Print & wall

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

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

50 m low This 3D map reads 3,884 m at the summit; the official height is 3,934 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 64 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,934 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,884 m	-50 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,870 m	-64 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)
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