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Gletscherhorn

3,982 m13,064 ft

Prominence: 355 m1,164 ft
Isolation: 3.1 km
Tonight: -19°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h W

Gletscherhorn is a 3,982 m (13,064 ft) mountain in the Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,982 m · 13,064 ft
Nearest higher peak: Jungfrau (4,158 m)
Range: Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.5079° N, 7.9532° E

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3D map

Gletscherhorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Gletscherhorn 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

Gletscherhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Gletscherhorn weather

Tonight · Snow · -19°C (-2°F) · 2.2 mm · Wind 8 km/h W

Gletscherhorn forecast for the summit, about 3,982 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,466 m.

Tonight-19°2.2 mm8 km/h WBase -4°
Today-19°-17°18.7 mm8 km/h WBase -4 / -2°
Sun-21°-7°13.5 mm9 km/h WBase -6 / 8°
Mon-15°-7°0.1 mm6 km/h WBase 0 / 8°
Tue-11°-2°–3 km/h NBase 4 / 13°
Wed-14°-8°–3 km/h NBase 1 / 8°
Thu-14°-6°–3 km/h NWBase 1 / 9°
Fri-17°-8°–4 km/h NWBase -1 / 7°
Sat-18°-10°5.6 mm4 km/h NWBase -3 / 5°
Sun-16°-10°5.7 mm5 km/h WBase -1 / 5°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 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°

24.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

32.4%

Steep, 30–45°

25.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

17.2%

Steeper than 30°: 42.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 2,487 m low point 1,466 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 77.9%Bare rock / sparse 14.5%Grassland 5.6%Moss & lichen 1.2%

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 Gletscherhorn summit.

Summit list 4

1Mittaghorn3,893 m 1.9 km SW
2Louwihorn3,773 m 2.4 km NNE
3Kranzberg3,742 m 2.6 km NE
4Rottalhorn3,972 m 2.9 km NNE

Where it sits

Where Gletscherhorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Eiger Glacier7.1 km NNE

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGGletscherhorn satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

29 m low This 3D map reads 3,953 m at the summit; the official height is 3,982 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 45 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,982 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,953 m	-29 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,937 m	-45 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 2026-07-24)
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