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Gornergrat

3,135 m10,285 ft

Prominence: 56 m184 ft
Isolation: 0.7 km
Tonight: -14°CLight snow · Wind 10 km/h NW

Gornergrat is a 3,135 m (10,285 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,135 m · 10,285 ft
Nearest higher peak: Hohtälli (3,273 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 45.9832° N, 7.7849° E

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3D map

Gornergrat 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Gornergrat topographic map

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Riffelalp. 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

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGGornergrat satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXGornergrat GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Route

How to get to the top of Gornergrat

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end near Riffelalp

Distance: 3.4 kmone way
Climb: +641 m−11 m (2,103 ft up)
Time up: about 2 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Gornergrat elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2

Road end, 1.1 km NNW of Gornergrat2.1 km · +338 m · about 1 h
T3GPX KML
Road end, 1.4 km N of Gornergrat4.2 km · +640 m · about 2 h
T3GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

Weather

Gornergrat weather

Tonight · Light snow · -14°C (7°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 10 km/h NW

Gornergrat forecast for the summit, about 3,135 m.

Tonight-14°0.4 mm10 km/h NW
Today-14°-12°7.9 mm11 km/h NW
Sun-19°-1°9.3 mm12 km/h NW
Mon-13°-2°–7 km/h NW
Tue-8°3°–4 km/h NW
Wed-11°-1°–4 km/h NW
Thu-11°-1°–4 km/h NW
Fri-14°-2°–5 km/h NW
Sat-15°-5°2.5 mm5 km/h NW
Sun-13°-3°0.2 mm4 km/h NW

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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Gornergrat

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

Nearest hut
Grünsee Mountain Lodge
2.6 km N · +2 more within 3.9 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
Parking Kiosk URANIA
5.5 km NNW · +2 more within 6.6 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Camping Zermatt
5.5 km NNW
Directions Map

All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Grünsee Mountain LodgeHut	2.6 km N
Monte Rosa HütteHut	3.7 km SE
FluhalpHut	3.9 km NNE
Parking Kiosk URANIAParking	5.5 km NNW
Parking	5.5 km NNW
Camping ZermattCampsite	5.5 km NNW
Parking	6.6 km NNW

Slope

How steep is the route to Gornergrat?

The easiest mapped route, 3.4 km from 2,496 m to 3,135 m. Steepest stretch: 39°.

0 km · 2,496 m3.4 km · 3,135 m

0–15°2.8 km
15–30°0.6 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 36.2%Snow & ice 28.7%Grassland 14.4%Moss & lichen 12.6%Trees 7.1%Water 0.9%

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 Gornergrat summit.

Summit list 4

1Hohtälli3,273 m 1.5 km ENE
2Riffelhorn2,927 m 2.1 km W
3Gugle2,721 m 2.1 km NW
4Rote Nase3,247 m 2.2 km ENE

Where it sits

Where Gornergrat sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

PolluxPeak · 4,089 m6.2 km S

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,129 m at the summit; the official height is 3,135 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,135 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,129 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,115 m	-20 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 2026-09-27)
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

Gornergrat

West → east through the summit

Easiest route: from Road end near Riffelalp

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Data sources