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Dufourspitze
- Easiest route
- 9.3 km+1,805 m · about 5.5 h · T6
- Prominence
- 2,159 m7,082 ft
- Isolation
- 78 km
- Tonight
- -21°CFog · Wind 11 km/h NW
Dufourspitze is a 4,634 m (15,203 ft) mountain in the Monte Rosa Massif, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,634 m · 15,203 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mont Blanc (4,806 m)
- Range
- Monte Rosa Massif
- Region
- Canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Spanish name
- Pico Dufour
- Coordinates
- 45.9424° N, 7.8704° E
How to get to the top of Dufourspitze
3 mapped routes from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.
Easiest route: from Road end, 7.3 km S of Dufourspitze
- Distance
- 9.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,805 m−257 m (5,922 ft up)
- Time up
- about 5.5 h
- Difficulty
- T6Difficult alpine: glacier and climbing skills required
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Dufourspitze 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 12.6 × 12.6 km
Dufourspitze terrain and contours
200 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Dufourspitze weather
Tonight · Fog · -21°C (-6°F) · Wind 11 km/h NW
Dufourspitze forecast for the summit, about 4,634 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,979 m.
- Tonight-21°–11 km/h NWBase -11°
- Today-21°-16°3.0 mm16 km/h NWBase -11 / -6°
- Sun-23°-12°4.4 mm12 km/h NWBase -13 / -2°
- Mon-20°-9°–7 km/h NWBase -10 / 1°
- Tue-15°-5°–4 km/h NWBase -5 / 5°
- Wed-18°-7°–4 km/h NWBase -8 / 3°
- Thu-18°-9°–3 km/h NWBase -8 / 1°
- Fri-19°-9°–4 km/h NWBase -9 / 1°
- Sat-20°-11°0.8 mm4 km/h NWBase -10 / -1°
- Sun-18°-12°0.2 mm3 km/h NWBase -8 / -2°
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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Dufourspitze
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Dufourspitze, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Bivacco Città di Gallarate
Nearest parking
7.1 km ENE
Nearest caravan site
Area Sosta Camper Macugnaga
Nearest campsite
rifugi monterosa campground
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Bivacco Città di GallarateHut | 1.2 km NNE |
| Capanna Damiano MarinelliHut | 1.5 km E |
| Rifugio Capanna Regina MargheritaHut | 1.8 km SSE |
| Parking | 7.1 km ENE |
| Area Sosta Camper MacugnagaCaravan site | 7.1 km ENE |
| Parking | 7.2 km ENE |
| Parking | 7.2 km ENE |
| rifugi monterosa campgroundCampsite | 7.8 km SE |
How steep is the route to Dufourspitze?
The easiest mapped route, 9.3 km from 2,979 m to 4,634 m. Steepest stretch: 40°.
- 0–15°6.1 km
- 15–30°3.0 km
- 30–45°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 100 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6.3 km, measured from the Dufourspitze summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Dunantspitze4,631 m 0.6 km SSW
- 2Grenzgipfel4,618 m 0.6 km SSW
- 3Zumsteinspitze4,562 m 1.1 km S
- 4Signalkuppe4,554 m 1.8 km SSE
- 5Parrotspitze4,434 m 2.5 km S
- 6Liskamm Oriental4,527 m 3.5 km SW
- 7Sattelkuppe4,430 m 3.7 km WSW
- 8Western Lyskamm4,479 m 4.1 km WSW
- 9Liskamm westlicher Vorgipfel4,447 m 4.2 km WSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.3 km; 202 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Alpine Ibex10
- Alpine Pasqueflower9
- Oak Eggar8
- European larch7
- Rusty-leaved Alpenrose7
- Alpine Toadflax7
Where Dufourspitze sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Pennine Alps76Monte Rosa Massif3
- Region
- Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Dufourspitze downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
92 m low This 3D map reads 4,542 m at the summit; the official height is 4,634 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 100 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,634 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 4,542 m | -92 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,534 m | -100 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)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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