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Grand Pilier d'Angle

4,243 m13,921 ft

Isolation: 0.2 km
Tonight: -20°CHeavy snow · Wind 9 km/h W

Grand Pilier d'Angle is a 4,243 m (13,921 ft) mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, Aosta Valley, Italy.

All facts

Elevation: 4,243 m · 13,921 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mont Blanc (4,806 m)
Range: Mont Blanc massif
Region: Aosta Valley, Italy
Coordinates: 45.8285° N, 6.8749° E

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3D map

Grand Pilier d'Angle 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Grand Pilier d'Angle terrain and contours

200 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 1,000 mShowing west → east through the summit

Grand Pilier d'Angle elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Grand Pilier d'Angle weather

Tonight · Heavy snow · -20°C (-4°F) · 3.2 mm · Wind 9 km/h W

Grand Pilier d'Angle forecast for the summit, about 4,243 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,662 m.

Tonight-20°3.2 mm9 km/h WBase -4°
Today-20°-17°16.2 mm9 km/h NWBase -5 / -2°
Sun-23°-10°18.4 mm10 km/h NWBase -7 / 5°
Mon-17°-7°–5 km/h NWBase -1 / 8°
Tue-13°-3°–3 km/h NWBase 3 / 12°
Wed-15°-8°–3 km/h NWBase 0 / 8°
Thu-16°-6°–2 km/h WBase 0 / 9°
Fri-17°-8°–3 km/h NWBase -2 / 7°
Sat-18°-10°2.5 mm3 km/h WBase -2 / 6°
Sun-20°-12°1.3 mm5 km/h WBase -5 / 4°

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.

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°

10.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

28.4%

Steep, 30–45°

33.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

27.9%

Steeper than 30°: 61.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 3,149 m low point 1,662 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 74.7%Bare rock / sparse 20.3%Moss & lichen 4.4%

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 Grand Pilier d'Angle summit.

Summit list 8

1Mont Blanc4,806 m 0.9 km WNW
2Picco Luigi Amedeo4,469 m 1.1 km SW
3Rocher de la Tournette4,677 m 1.3 km WNW
4Petite Bosse4,547 m 1.7 km WNW
5Grande Bosse4,513 m 1.8 km WNW
6Mont Maudit4,465 m 2.1 km N
7Pointe Mieulet4,287 m 2.4 km N
8Dôme du Goûter4,304 m 2.9 km WNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 49 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Yellow-billed Chough10
Alpine Ibex6
Alpine Marmot4
Eurasian Griffon2
Fly Agaric2
Queen of Spain Fritillary2

Where it sits

Where Grand Pilier d'Angle sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Tour RondePeak · 3,792 m3.1 km NE

Grand Pilier d'Angle downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGGrand Pilier d'Angle 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?

105 m high This 3D map reads 4,348 m at the summit; the official height is 4,243 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,243 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,348 m	+105 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,332 m	+89 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 · Wikipedia