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Birg

2,684 m8,806 ft

Prominence: 85 m279 ft
Isolation: 0.7 km
Tonight: -9°CSnow · Wind 10 km/h NW

Birg is a 2,684 m (8,806 ft) mountain in the Bernese Prealps, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,684 m · 8,806 ft
Nearest higher peak: Schilthorn (2,970 m)
Range: Bernese Prealps
Region: Canton of Berne, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.5618° N, 7.8568° E

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3D map

Birg 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Birg 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

Birg elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGBirg 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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Weather

Birg weather

Tonight · Snow · -9°C (16°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 10 km/h NW

Birg forecast for the summit, about 2,684 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,167 m.

Tonight-9°0.5 mm10 km/h NWBase 0°
Today-9°-6°9.7 mm8 km/h SBase 0 / 3°
Sun-7°3°9.2 mm10 km/h SWBase 2 / 12°
Mon-4°3°–4 km/h WBase 5 / 12°
Tue-1°8°–2 km/h NWBase 8 / 17°
Wed-3°1°0.7 mm3 km/h NWBase 6 / 11°
Thu-3°3°–3 km/h NWBase 7 / 12°
Fri-4°3°–3 km/h WBase 5 / 12°
Sat-5°1°2.5 mm3 km/h NWBase 4 / 10°
Sun-6°-2°7.2 mm4 km/h NWBase 3 / 7°

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°

15.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.0%

Steep, 30–45°

35.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

8.3%

Steeper than 30°: 43.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,793 m low point 1,167 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 61.0%Bare rock / sparse 15.1%Trees 14.8%Moss & lichen 6.6%Snow & ice 2.0%

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 Birg summit.

Summit list 8

1Schwarzbirg2,791 m 0.9 km WNW
2Eltitashorn2,693 m 1.1 km N
3Chlys Schilthoren2,863 m 1.4 km WSW
4Schilthorn2,970 m 1.7 km WSW
5Bietenhorn2,756 m 1.8 km NNE
6Wyssburg2,617 m 2.6 km NNE
7Chilchflüh2,833 m 2.9 km W
8Mära2,609 m 2.9 km NW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 609 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Bladder campion51
Bearded Bellflower49
Wood crane's-bill44
Fireweed44
Glacier Crowfoot42
Yellow-billed Chough38

Where it sits

Where Birg sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Kleine ScheideggPass · 2,061 m8.4 km ENE

How accurate is this?

20 m low This 3D map reads 2,664 m at the summit; the official height is 2,684 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,684 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,664 m	-20 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,699 m	+15 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