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Gailtal

Floor576 m1,890 ft

Depth: 1,389 m
Rim: 2,035 m
Length: 30.3 km
Tonight: -4°CLight snow showers · Wind 8 km/h NE

Gailtal is up to 1,389 m deep: the rim reaches 2,035 m and the floor 576 m, along 30.3 km.

All facts

Floor: 576 m

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Depth

Depth of Gailtal

Up to 1,389 m deep (typically 974 m) along the 30.3 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Gailtal 3D map

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Surface

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Gailtal 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.

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Gailtal elevation profile

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Weather

Gailtal weather

Tonight · Light snow showers · -4°C (25°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 8 km/h NE

Gailtal forecast for about 2,035 m.

Tonight-4°0.3 mm8 km/h NE
Today-8°-2°4.8 mm9 km/h NE
Sun-7°1°–9 km/h SW
Mon-7°5°–8 km/h N
Tue-4°9°–3 km/h N
Wed-5°9°–4 km/h NE
Thu-6°5°–4 km/h NE
Fri-8°5°–3 km/h N
Sat-8°4°0.3 mm2 km/h N
Sun-7°3°–4 km/h SW

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Gailtal

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Gailtal, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.7 km NNE
+2 more within 0.8 km
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Nearest hut
Kirchbacher Wipfelam
2.8 km SSW · +2 more within 5.7 km
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Nearest campsite
Campingplatz Alpenferienpark Reisach / Reiskofel
3.8 km NW
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Parking	0.7 km NNE
Parking	0.8 km N
Parking	0.8 km NNE
Kirchbacher WipfelamHut	2.8 km SSW
Campingplatz Alpenferienpark Reisach / ReiskofelCampsite	3.8 km NW
Reisacher JochalmHut	3.9 km NNW
Straniger AlmHut	5.7 km SW

Slope

Share of the 29.5 × 29.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

26.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.6%

Steep, 30–45°

31.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

4.1%

Steeper than 30°: 36.0% of the 870 km² view
Relief in view: 1,847 m low point 511 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 68.7%Grassland 23.0%Cropland 5.5%Built-up 1.2%Water 1.0%Bare rock / sparse 0.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 14.8 km of Gailtal.

Summit list 9

1Kirchbacher Wipfel1,880 m 3.8 km S
2Feldkofel1,864 m 4.6 km SW
3Alplspitz1,971 m 4.8 km NNW
4Windschaufel2,095 m 4.9 km SSE
5Buhle1,841 m 5.0 km SW
6Hochwipfel2,195 m 5.1 km S
7Leitenkogel1,845 m 5.3 km SW
8Schulter / Creta di Lanza2,057 m 5.6 km S
9Straniger Kopf / Monte Cordin1,843 m 5.8 km SSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 14.8 km; 2,088 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Horvath's Rock Lizard75
Silver-washed Fritillary74
Common Spotted Orchid63
Common Wall Lizard60
European Common Frog58
Marsh gentian54

Where it sits

Where Gailtal sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

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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 2026-08-14)
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
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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