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Edelweißspitze

2,572 m8,438 ft

Prominence: 89 m291 ft
Isolation: 1.2 km
Tonight: -6°CHeavy snow · Wind 7 km/h N

Edelweißspitze is a 2,572 m (8,438 ft) mountain in the Glockner Group, Salzburg, Austria.

All facts

Elevation: 2,572 m · 8,438 ft
Nearest higher peak: Brennkogel (3,018 m)
Range: Glockner Group
Region: Salzburg, Austria
Coordinates: 47.1235° N, 12.8312° E

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3D map

Edelweißspitze 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Edelweißspitze 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

Edelweißspitze elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Edelweißspitze weather

Tonight · Heavy snow · -6°C (21°F) · 5.6 mm · Wind 7 km/h N

Edelweißspitze forecast for the summit, about 2,572 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,227 m.

Tonight-6°5.6 mm7 km/h NBase 2°
Today-14°-6°4.8 mm9 km/h SWBase -6 / 2°
Sun-9°-1°6.0 mm10 km/h SWBase -1 / 7°
Mon-11°-2°0.7 mm7 km/h WBase -3 / 6°
Tue-1°2°–4 km/h NWBase 7 / 10°
Wed-4°0°2.5 mm6 km/h NBase 4 / 8°
Thu-9°-3°–5 km/h NBase -1 / 5°
Fri-9°-1°–5 km/h NBase -1 / 7°
Sat-10°-4°0.1 mm5 km/h NWBase -2 / 4°
Sun-7°-2°2.2 mm5 km/h SWBase 1 / 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.

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°

18.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

40.0%

Steep, 30–45°

37.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

4.4%

Steeper than 30°: 41.6% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,782 m low point 1,227 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 59.1%Trees 22.5%Bare rock / sparse 6.3%Snow & ice 6.1%Moss & lichen 5.7%

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 Edelweißspitze summit.

Summit list 7

1Pfalzkogel2,403 m 0.9 km WSW
2Törlkopf2,455 m 0.9 km SSW
3Kendlkopf2,587 m 1.3 km NE
4Baumgartlkopf2,623 m 2.0 km NNE
5Schreinhöhe2,422 m 2.5 km ENE
6Hirzkarkopf2,548 m 2.7 km NE
7Brennkogel3,018 m 3.0 km SSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 479 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

European larch35
Aconitum tauricum32
Moss Campion31
Alpine Marmot29
Alpine Snowbell29
Marsh grass-of-Parnassus28

Where it sits

Where Edelweißspitze sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Hoher SonnblickPeak · 3,106 m12 km SE

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

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Print & wall

JPGEdelweißspitze satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-15.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,570 m at the summit; the official height is 2,572 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,572 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,570 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,557 m	-15 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 2026-08-15)
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