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Lake · Canton of St. Gallen

Gigerwaldsee

1,296 m4,252 ft
Area
0.62 km²
Tonight
0°CHeavy snow · Wind 5 km/h NW

Gigerwaldsee is a lake at 1,296 m above sea level in Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, 0.62 km² in area and 2.9 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,296 m
Length
2.9 km
Shoreline
6.7 km
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Lake

Gigerwaldsee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

2.9 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
6.7 km≈1¾ h to walk around
3D map

Gigerwaldsee 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.9 × 4.9 km

Surface
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Topographic map

Gigerwaldsee 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 centre

Gigerwaldsee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Gigerwaldsee weather

Tonight · Heavy snow · 0°C (32°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 5 km/h NW

Gigerwaldsee forecast for about 1,296 m.

  • Tonight0°1.7 mm5 km/h NW
  • Today-2°3°6.0 mm10 km/h S
  • Sun-3°6°11.4 mm10 km/h SW
  • Mon-4°9°–4 km/h SW
  • Tue6°16°–3 km/h S
  • Wed6°12°0.8 mm5 km/h NE
  • Thu1°11°–3 km/h W
  • Fri-2°11°–4 km/h W
  • Sat1°10°1.2 mm4 km/h N
  • Sun3°4°7.8 mm3 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 Gigerwaldsee

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.4 km WNW

    +2 more within 1.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Schräawislihütte

    3.4 km W · +2 more within 7.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Zeltplatz Hüttenwiese

    4.8 km ESE · +1 more within 7.4 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking1.4 km WNW
Parking1.4 km E
Parking1.5 km WNW
SchräawislihütteHut3.4 km W
Zeltplatz HüttenwieseCampsite4.8 km ESE
Ringelspitzhütte SACHut5.4 km S
Dunkla SteiCampsite7.4 km E
SardonahütteHut7.4 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4.9 × 4.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
4.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
23.3%
Steep, 30–45°
45.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
26.7%
Steeper than 30°
72.0% of the 24 km² view
Relief in view
2,049 m low point 1,133 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 47.3%Trees 23.0%Bare rock / sparse 14.6%Moss & lichen 6.9%Snow & ice 4.9%Water 3.3%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.4 km; 80 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Rock Ptarmigan3
  • European Garden Dormouse2
  • Lady's-slipper2
  • Fly Orchid2
  • Marsh grass-of-Parnassus2
  • Willow gentian2
Where it sits

Where Gigerwaldsee sits

Region
Canton of St. Gallen10Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

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 2026-07-24)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia