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Glishorn

2,525 m8,284 ft

Prominence: 50 m165 ft
Isolation: 0.6 km
Tonight: -7°CLight snow · Wind 8 km/h W

Glishorn is a 2,525 m (8,284 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,525 m · 8,284 ft
Nearest higher peak: Spitzhorli (2,737 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.2835° N, 7.9915° E

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3D map

Glishorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Glishorn 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

Glishorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Glishorn weather

Tonight · Light snow · -7°C (19°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 8 km/h W

Glishorn forecast for the summit, about 2,525 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 658 m.

Tonight-7°0.6 mm8 km/h WBase 4°
Today-8°-3°7.9 mm9 km/h NWBase 3 / 9°
Sun-12°1°15.3 mm8 km/h WBase -1 / 12°
Mon-9°4°–6 km/h WBase 2 / 16°
Tue-3°8°–1 km/h NWBase 8 / 20°
Wed-8°5°–5 km/h WBase 3 / 17°
Thu-5°6°–2 km/h EBase 7 / 17°
Fri-4°6°–8 km/h WBase 7 / 18°
Sat-4°5°4.3 mm9 km/h WBase 7 / 16°
Sun-6°0°2.0 mm4 km/h NWBase 6 / 11°

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

Share of the 6 × 6 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°

12.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.8%

Steep, 30–45°

45.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

10.1%

Steeper than 30°: 55.3% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 2,075 m low point 658 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 57.5%Grassland 21.9%Bare rock / sparse 10.6%Moss & lichen 4.3%Built-up 3.3%Snow & ice 1.3%Water 1.0%

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 Glishorn summit.

Summit list 3

1Fülhorn2,678 m 0.9 km SW
2Ärezhorn2,680 m 2.2 km S
3Spitzhorli2,737 m 2.3 km SSW

Where it sits

Where Glishorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

SeehornPeak · 2,439 m15 km SE

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Print & wall

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,521 m at the summit; the official height is 2,525 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,525 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,521 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,518 m	-7 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)
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