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Lake · Canton of Berne

Blausee

896 m2,940 ft
Max depth
12 m
Tonight
1°CHeavy rain · Wind 11 km/h SW

Blausee is a lake at 896 m above sea level in Canton of Berne, Switzerland.

All facts
Surface elevation
896 m
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Blausee 3D map

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Surface
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Blausee 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 centre

Blausee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Blausee weather

Tonight · Heavy rain · 1°C (34°F) · 2.6 mm · Wind 11 km/h SW

Blausee forecast for about 896 m.

  • Tonight1°2.6 mm11 km/h SW
  • Today1°4°8.4 mm12 km/h S
  • Sun-3°12°12.4 mm13 km/h S
  • Mon4°14°–5 km/h SE
  • Tue10°18°–1 km/h SE
  • Wed5°12°–3 km/h N
  • Thu8°14°–1 km/h N
  • Fri7°13°–3 km/h NW
  • Sat6°12°5.8 mm5 km/h NW
  • Sun5°9°4.1 mm4 km/h W

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 Blausee

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.3 km NE

    +2 more within 1.4 km

  • Nearest hut

    Grathütte

    4.2 km NNE · +2 more within 5.7 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping Rendez-vous

    4.2 km SSE · +2 more within 5.8 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Stellplatz Lämmlis

    4.8 km S

All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km NE
Parking0.9 km SE
Parking1.4 km N
GrathütteHut4.2 km NNE
Camping Rendez-vousCampsite4.2 km SSE
Stellplatz LämmlisCaravan site4.8 km S
Hut4.9 km WSW
Kandersteg International Scout CentreCampsite5.6 km S
Doldenhornhütte SACHut5.7 km SSE
GrassiCampsite5.8 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 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°
18.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
25.1%
Steep, 30–45°
39.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
17.2%
Steeper than 30°
56.2% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
1,502 m low point 821 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 51.5%Grassland 44.9%Bare rock / sparse 2.1%Built-up 1.4%

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 2 km; 69 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Rainbow Trout23
  • Mallard6
  • Alpine Salamander5
  • Liverleaf5
  • European Robin4
  • Eurasian White Admiral4
Where it sits

Where Blausee sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Bernese Alps42
Region
Canton of Berne59Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia