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Bruschghorn

3,056 m10,026 ft

Prominence: 579 m1,898 ft
Isolation: 14 km
Tonight: -12°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h NW

Bruschghorn is a 3,056 m (10,026 ft) mountain in the Spluga Mountains, Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,056 m · 10,026 ft
Nearest higher peak: Piz Aul (3,121 m)
Range: Spluga Mountains
Region: Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.6324° N, 9.3063° E

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3D map

Bruschghorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Bruschghorn 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

Bruschghorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Bruschghorn weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -12°C (10°F) · Wind 6 km/h NW

Bruschghorn forecast for the summit, about 3,056 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,413 m.

Tonight-12°–6 km/h NWBase -2°
Today-11°-7°2.6 mm12 km/h SBase -2 / 3°
Sun-13°-4°2.4 mm14 km/h SBase -3 / 6°
Mon-12°-1°–5 km/h SBase -3 / 9°
Tue-4°5°–2 km/h SBase 6 / 15°
Wed-5°0°0.4 mm6 km/h NBase 5 / 10°
Thu-7°0°–3 km/h NBase 3 / 10°
Fri-7°0°–4 km/h NBase 3 / 9°
Sat-7°-2°0.2 mm3 km/h NBase 2 / 8°
Sun-7°-4°4.0 mm2 km/h SWBase 3 / 6°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Bruschghorn

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

Nearest hut
Turrahus
2.5 km WSW · +2 more within 3.5 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
2.6 km WSW
+2 more within 2.9 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
TurrahusHut	2.5 km WSW
Parking	2.6 km WSW
Parking	2.7 km SW
Parking	2.9 km SW
Alp NurdagnHut	3.3 km ESE
Camaner-StälliHut	3.5 km NNW

Slope

Share of the 6.4 × 6.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

21.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

43.2%

Steep, 30–45°

26.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

9.2%

Steeper than 30°: 35.9% of the 41 km² view
Relief in view: 1,633 m low point 1,413 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 67.5%Bare rock / sparse 10.5%Trees 9.3%Moss & lichen 7.0%Snow & ice 4.1%Water 1.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.2 km, measured from the Bruschghorn summit.

Summit list 9

1Scaluttaspitz2,555 m 0.7 km W
2Bruschgspitz2,624 m 0.9 km NNW
3Chüabärgspitz2,494 m 1.0 km WSW
4Gelbhorn - Piz Mellen3,035 m 1.2 km S
5Carnausahora2,777 m 1.5 km NNE
6Schwarzhorn3,032 m 1.6 km S
7Piz Tuf2,834 m 1.7 km E
8Verdushora2,636 m 2.6 km NNE
9Piz Tarantschun2,769 m 2.7 km E

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.2 km; 148 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Purple-edged Copper3
Silver-ground Carpet3
High Mountain Grasshopper3
Alpine Marmot2
Wolf's bane2
Bearded Bellflower2

Where it sits

Where Bruschghorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Splügen Pass2,113 m14 km S

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

25 m low This 3D map reads 3,031 m at the summit; the official height is 3,056 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,056 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,031 m	-25 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,038 m	-18 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

Bruschghorn

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Data sources