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Crêt du Midi

2,332 m7,651 ft

Prominence: 33 m108 ft
Isolation: 0.4 km
Tonight: -7°CLight snow · Wind 6 km/h SW

Crêt du Midi is a 2,332 m (7,651 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,332 m · 7,651 ft
Nearest higher peak: Roc d'Orzival (2,853 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.2293° N, 7.5293° E

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3D map

Crêt du Midi 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Crêt du Midi 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

Crêt du Midi elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Crêt du Midi weather

Tonight · Light snow · -7°C (19°F) · 1.9 mm · Wind 6 km/h SW

Crêt du Midi forecast for the summit, about 2,332 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 588 m.

Tonight-7°1.9 mm6 km/h SWBase 4°
Today-7°-2°12.2 mm8 km/h WBase 3 / 8°
Sun-10°2°22.8 mm9 km/h SWBase 1 / 13°
Mon-8°4°–4 km/h SEBase 3 / 15°
Tue-1°10°–1 km/h SBase 9 / 20°
Wed-1°7°–3 km/h NWBase 9 / 17°
Thu-3°8°–2 km/h SBase 7 / 18°
Fri-4°8°–5 km/h NWBase 7 / 18°
Sat-4°6°2.4 mm6 km/h WBase 6 / 16°
Sun-3°1°2.1 mm4 km/h WBase 7 / 12°

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°

10.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

45.9%

Steep, 30–45°

40.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.7%

Steeper than 30°: 44.2% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 2,098 m low point 588 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 66.8%Grassland 28.9%Moss & lichen 2.7%Bare rock / sparse 0.9%Built-up 0.6%

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 Crêt du Midi summit.

Summit list 3

1Mont Major2,374 m 0.5 km SSE
2La Brinta2,658 m 1.5 km S
3Sex de la Brinta2,693 m 2.8 km S

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 185 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mistle Thrush5
Northern Nutcracker5
Queen of Spain Fritillary4
Golden Eagle3
Eurasian Bullfinch3
Common Redstart3

Where it sits

Where Crêt du Midi sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Corne de SoreboisPeak · 2,896 m9.8 km SSE

Crêt du Midi downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCrêt du Midi satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,330 m at the summit; the official height is 2,332 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,332 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,330 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,323 m	-9 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)
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