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Grand Combin

4,309 m14,137 ft
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
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3D map

Grand Combin 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Grand Combin elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

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

Slope

Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
18.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
33.7%
Steep, 30–45°
34.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
13.5%
Steeper than 30°
47.8% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view
2,474 m low point 1,828 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 47.5%Bare rock / sparse 25.7%Grassland 17.7%Moss & lichen 7.4%Water 1.1%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Grand Combin summit.

NESW2 km5 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Combin de Valsorey4,184 m 0.7 km W
  2. 2Combin de la Tsessette4,135 m 1.1 km ENE
  3. 3Tour de Boussine3,831 m 1.9 km E
  4. 4Grande Aiguille3,681 m 3.0 km WNW
  5. 5Aiguilles du Meitin3,641 m 3.4 km NW
  6. 6Combin de Boveire3,663 m 3.8 km NW
  7. 7Tournelon Blanc3,707 m 4.0 km NNE
  8. 8Combin de Corbassière3,716 m 4.7 km NNW
Where it sits

Where Grand Combin sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Pennine Alps76
Region
Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,302 m at the summit; the official height is 4,309 m.Official 4,309 m90 m model 4,284 mThis map 4,302 m

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

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)4,309 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)4,302 m-7 m
Copernicus GLO-904,284 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