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Mountain · Albula Alps · Canton of the Grisons

Flüela Schwarzhorn

3,146 m10,322 ft
Prominence
606 m1,989 ft
Isolation
5.5 km
Tonight
-12°CFog · Wind 5 km/h NW

Flüela Schwarzhorn is a 3,146 m (10,322 ft) mountain in the Albula Alps, Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland.

All facts
Elevation
3,146 m · 10,322 ft
Nearest higher peak
Piz Vadret (3,229 m)
Range
Albula Alps
Region
Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland
Coordinates
46.7351° N, 9.9418° E
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3D map

Flüela Schwarzhorn 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Flüela Schwarzhorn 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

Flüela Schwarzhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Flüela Schwarzhorn weather

Tonight · Fog · -12°C (10°F) · 0.7 mm · Wind 5 km/h NW

Flüela Schwarzhorn forecast for the summit, about 3,146 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,809 m.

  • Tonight-12°0.7 mm5 km/h NWBase -4°
  • Today-13°-9°3.3 mm9 km/h NWBase -5 / -1°
  • Sun-15°-3°3.6 mm9 km/h SBase -7 / 5°
  • Mon-17°-2°–6 km/h NEBase -9 / 6°
  • Tue-4°3°–2 km/h NBase 4 / 11°
  • Wed-6°-1°0.2 mm4 km/h NBase 2 / 7°
  • Thu-8°-1°–3 km/h NWBase 0 / 7°
  • Fri-9°-1°–5 km/h NWBase -1 / 7°
  • Sat-10°-4°0.5 mm9 km/h NWBase -2 / 4°
  • Sun-8°-5°2.3 mm4 km/h WBase 0 / 3°

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

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°
18.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
41.4%
Steep, 30–45°
35.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
4.0%
Steeper than 30°
39.7% of the 41 km² view
Relief in view
1,302 m low point 1,809 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 49.3%Bare rock / sparse 26.0%Moss & lichen 17.2%Snow & ice 6.7%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.2 km, measured from the Flüela Schwarzhorn summit.

NESW1 km3 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Chlein Schwarzhorn2,967 m 1.0 km NNW
  2. 2Radüner Rothorn3,021 m 1.3 km SSE
  3. 3Höflua2,661 m 1.8 km S
  4. 4Piz Radönt3,064 m 1.9 km SE
  5. 5Brunhorn2,742 m 2.8 km NW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.2 km; 221 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Dwarf Snowbell26
  • Mossy saxifrage18
  • Entire-leaved Primrose15
  • Spotted gentian12
  • Glacier Crowfoot12
  • Moss Campion11
Where it sits

Where Flüela Schwarzhorn sits

Range
Alps751Eastern Alps350Central Eastern Alps140Western Rhaetian Alps74Albula Alps13
Region
Canton of the Grisons96Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Albula Alps 6
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Downloads

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

35 m low This 3D map reads 3,112 m at the summit; the official height is 3,146 m.Official 3,146 m90 m model 3,097 mThis map 3,112 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 49 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,146 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,112 m-35 m
Copernicus GLO-903,097 m-49 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)
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