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Wildhorn · 3,250 m · 32 km ESE

Mountain · Fribourg Prealps · Canton of Fribourg

Cape au Moine

1,941 m6,368 ft

Prominence: 156 m510 ft
Isolation: 1.3 km
Tonight: -4°CSnow · Wind 20 km/h SW

Cape au Moine is a 1,941 m (6,368 ft) mountain in the Fribourg Prealps, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 1,941 m · 6,368 ft
Nearest higher peak: Vanil des Artses (1,992 m)
Range: Fribourg Prealps
Region: Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.4701° N, 6.9790° E

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3D map

Cape au Moine 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cape au Moine terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Cape au Moine elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Cape au Moine weather

Tonight · Snow · -4°C (25°F) · 4.7 mm · Wind 20 km/h SW

Cape au Moine forecast for the summit, about 1,941 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 714 m.

Tonight-4°4.7 mm20 km/h SWBase 3°
Today-4°-1°11.1 mm21 km/h SBase 3 / 6°
Sun-5°4°18.3 mm24 km/h SWBase 2 / 11°
Mon-5°6°–6 km/h SBase 2 / 13°
Tue2°11°–4 km/h WBase 9 / 19°
Wed-1°6°0.2 mm8 km/h NBase 7 / 13°
Thu-1°6°–5 km/h NWBase 6 / 13°
Fri-1°7°–4 km/h WBase 6 / 15°
Sat-1°6°2.2 mm4 km/h NWBase 6 / 13°
Sun-2°2°8.7 mm6 km/h SWBase 5 / 9°

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°

14.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

47.3%

Steep, 30–45°

32.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

5.5%

Steeper than 30°: 38.3% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,250 m low point 714 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 54.8%Grassland 44.9%

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 Cape au Moine summit.

Summit list 7

1Les Coursis1,864 m 1.3 km S
2Vanil des Artses1,992 m 1.5 km NNE
3Le Molard1,752 m 2.1 km NW
4Le Folly1,730 m 2.4 km WNW
5Folliu Borna1,848 m 2.6 km NNE
6Dent de Jaman1,875 m 2.8 km S
7Dent de Hautadon1,871 m 2.9 km SSE

Where it sits

Where Cape au Moine sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Vanil NoirPeak · 2,389 m15 km ENE

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Print & wall

JPGCape au Moine satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

27 m low This 3D map reads 1,914 m at the summit; the official height is 1,941 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,941 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,914 m	-27 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,942 m	+1 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 2026-09-22)
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)
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