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Giferspitz

2,542 m8,340 ft

Prominence: 554 m1,817 ft
Isolation: 7.5 km
Tonight: -8°CSnow · Wind 15 km/h W

Giferspitz is a 2,542 m (8,340 ft) mountain in the Bernese Prealps, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,542 m · 8,340 ft
Nearest higher peak: Niesehorn (2,776 m)
Range: Bernese Prealps
Region: Canton of Berne, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.4513° N, 7.3535° E

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3D map

Giferspitz 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Giferspitz 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

Giferspitz elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Giferspitz weather

Tonight · Snow · -8°C (18°F) · 1.8 mm · Wind 15 km/h W

Giferspitz forecast for the summit, about 2,542 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,170 m.

Tonight-8°1.8 mm15 km/h WBase 0°
Today-8°-5°6.6 mm14 km/h SBase 0 / 4°
Sun-14°0°11.9 mm14 km/h SBase -6 / 9°
Mon-12°2°–7 km/h SBase -3 / 10°
Tue-3°8°–5 km/h SBase 5 / 16°
Wed-5°4°0.1 mm5 km/h NBase 3 / 12°
Thu-8°5°–4 km/h NBase 1 / 14°
Fri-5°5°–5 km/h NWBase 4 / 13°
Sat-5°3°3.0 mm7 km/h NWBase 3 / 12°
Sun-5°-1°5.5 mm7 km/h SBase 4 / 7°

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 Giferspitz

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

Nearest hut
Schutzhütte Wasserngrat
1.8 km WSW
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Nearest parking
Wasserngratbahn
3.8 km WNW · +2 more within 3.9 km
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Nearest campsite
Seegarten
6.9 km E · +2 more within 7.8 km
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Schutzhütte WasserngratHut	1.8 km WSW
Parking	3.5 km W
WasserngratbahnParking	3.8 km WNW
Parking	3.9 km SW
SeegartenCampsite	6.9 km E
BelleriveCampsite	7.1 km WNW
Camping Saanen beim KappeliCampsite	7.8 km WNW

Slope

Share of the 6.2 × 6.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

17.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

45.6%

Steep, 30–45°

33.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

4.1%

Steeper than 30°: 37.3% of the 38 km² view
Relief in view: 1,323 m low point 1,170 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 75.1%Trees 22.9%Bare rock / sparse 1.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.1 km, measured from the Giferspitz summit.

Summit list 8

1Bachberggrat2,218 m 0.8 km NW
2Lauenenhore2,477 m 1.2 km S
3Wandeliflue2,202 m 1.8 km WSW
4Stand2,190 m 1.8 km W
5Rüwlishore2,228 m 2.5 km NE
6Wistätthorn2,362 m 2.5 km E
7Laaglehore2,348 m 2.6 km E
8Tube2,107 m 3.0 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.1 km; 51 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common bistort3
Wood, Mound, and Field Ants2
Spring Heath2
Norway spruce2
Common Kidney-Vetch2
Eight-petal Mountain-Avens2

Where it sits

Where Giferspitz sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

SpillgertePeak · 2,476 m12 km NE

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

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Print & wall

JPGGiferspitz 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?

49 m low This 3D map reads 2,493 m at the summit; the official height is 2,542 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 58 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,542 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,493 m	-49 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,484 m	-58 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

Giferspitz

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

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