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Grand Combin
- Prominence
- 1,511 m4,958 ft
- Isolation
- 28 km
- Tonight
- -20°CSnow · Wind 9 km/h NW
Grand Combin is a 4,309 m (14,137 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,309 m · 14,137 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Combin de Grafeneire (4,314 m)
- Range
- Pennine Alps
- Region
- Canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 45.9376° N, 7.2993° E
Grand Combin 3D map
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Grand Combin 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.
Grand Combin elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Grand Combin weather
Tonight · Snow · -20°C (-4°F) · 1.6 mm · Wind 9 km/h NW
Grand Combin forecast for the summit, about 4,309 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,828 m.
- Tonight-20°1.6 mm9 km/h NWBase -5°
- Today-20°-18°10.6 mm8 km/h NBase -5 / -3°
- Sun-21°-10°13.2 mm11 km/h NWBase -6 / 5°
- Mon-16°-8°–7 km/h NBase -1 / 7°
- Tue-10°-4°–5 km/h NBase 5 / 11°
- Wed-15°-7°–4 km/h NBase 0 / 8°
- Thu-14°-7°–3 km/h NBase 1 / 8°
- Fri-15°-7°–6 km/h NWBase -1 / 7°
- Sat-15°-9°1.5 mm6 km/h NBase -1 / 6°
- Sun-17°-10°0.8 mm4 km/h NBase -2 / 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 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 47.8% of the 100 km² view
- Relief in view
- 2,474 m low point 1,828 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Grand Combin summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Combin de Valsorey4,184 m 0.7 km W
- 2Combin de la Tsessette4,135 m 1.1 km ENE
- 3Tour de Boussine3,831 m 1.9 km E
- 4Grande Aiguille3,681 m 3.0 km WNW
- 5Aiguilles du Meitin3,641 m 3.4 km NW
- 6Combin de Boveire3,663 m 3.8 km NW
- 7Tournelon Blanc3,707 m 4.0 km NNE
- 8Combin de Corbassière3,716 m 4.7 km NNW
Where Grand Combin sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Pennine Alps76
- Region
- Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Mont AvrilPeak · 3,347 m↑4.3 km SE
Mont VélanPeak · 3,720 m↑6.3 km SW
Mont GeléPeak · 3,518 m↑6.4 km SE
Valpelline↑12 km S
Great St Bernard Pass2,469 m↑13 km SW
More in the Pennine Alps 6
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,302 m at the summit; the official height is 4,309 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,309 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 4,302 m | -7 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,284 m | -25 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)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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