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Bigerhorn

3,626 m11,896 ft

Easiest route: 10.4 km+2,415 m · about 6.5 h · T5
Prominence: 52 m172 ft
Isolation: 0.4 km
Tonight: -17°CLight snow · Wind 9 km/h W

Bigerhorn is a 3,626 m (11,896 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,626 m · 11,896 ft
Nearest higher peak: Balfrin (3,796 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.1449° N, 7.8710° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Bigerhorn

3 mapped routes from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.

Easiest route: from Road end near Saas-Fee

Distance: 10.4 kmone way
Climb: +2,415 m−674 m (7,923 ft up)
Time up: about 6.5 h
Difficulty: T5Demanding alpine: scrambling, possible snow or glacier

Bigerhorn elevation profile

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Other routes 2

Parking, 6.0 km WNW of Bigerhorn10.9 km · +2,593 m · about 7 h
T6GPX KML
Road end, 6.4 km N of Bigerhorn14.3 km · +2,435 m · about 7.5 h
T6GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Bigerhorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Bigerhorn terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Saas-Fee. 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

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Bigerhorn weather

Tonight · Light snow · -17°C (1°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 9 km/h W

Bigerhorn forecast for the summit, about 3,626 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,173 m.

Tonight-17°0.5 mm9 km/h WBase -1°
Today-17°-14°7.9 mm10 km/h WBase -1 / 4°
Sun-18°-5°11.0 mm10 km/h SWBase -4 / 10°
Mon-13°-4°–7 km/h SWBase -1 / 12°
Tue-9°1°–3 km/h SWBase 6 / 16°
Wed-12°-4°–3 km/h WBase 4 / 12°
Thu-12°-4°–3 km/h NWBase 5 / 13°
Fri-15°-5°–4 km/h NWBase 3 / 13°
Sat-17°-7°2.5 mm4 km/h WBase 2 / 11°
Sun-14°-7°0.3 mm4 km/h NWBase 3 / 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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Bigerhorn

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

Nearest hut
Bordierhütte
1.6 km W · +2 more within 6.1 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
4.5 km ENE
+2 more within 4.5 km
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Nearest campsite
Bergheimat
5.4 km ESE · +2 more within 6.3 km
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Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Saas-Fee
6.1 km SE
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
BordierhütteHut	1.6 km W
MischabelhütteHut	4.2 km SSE
Parking	4.5 km ENE
Parking	4.5 km ENE
Parking	4.5 km ENE
BergheimatCampsite	5.4 km ESE
Clubhütte GrubenalpHut	6.1 km ENE
Camping Am KapellenwegCampsite	6.1 km ESE
Stellplatz Saas-FeeCaravan site	6.1 km SE
GrächbielCampsite	6.3 km NNW

Slope

How steep is the route to Bigerhorn?

The easiest mapped route, 10.4 km from 1,857 m to 3,626 m. Steepest stretch: 36°.

0 km · 1,857 m10.4 km · 3,626 m

0–15°5.6 km
15–30°4.5 km
30–45°0.3 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 110 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 41.1%Bare rock / sparse 37.1%Moss & lichen 9.7%Grassland 6.5%Trees 5.6%

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 Bigerhorn summit.

Summit list 7

1Balfrin Nordwestgipfel3,783 m 0.7 km SSE
2Balfrin3,795 m 1.3 km SSE
3Färichhorn3,292 m 1.5 km NW
4Schilthorn3,402 m 1.6 km ENE
5Lammenhorn3,190 m 2.1 km ENE
6Platthorn3,246 m 2.5 km NNW
7Gemshorn3,548 m 2.8 km SSE

Where it sits

Where Bigerhorn sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

AlphubelPeak · 4,206 m9.1 km S

Bigerhorn downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXBigerhorn GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

27 m low This 3D map reads 3,599 m at the summit; the official height is 3,626 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,626 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,599 m	-27 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,632 m	+6 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 · Wikipedia

Bigerhorn

Easiest route: from Road end near Saas-Fee

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

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