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Großer Bösenstein

2,448 m8,031 ft

Prominence: 634 m2,081 ft
Isolation: 29 km
Tonight: -5°CSnow · Wind 12 km/h NW

Großer Bösenstein is a 2,448 m (8,031 ft) mountain in the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern, Styria, Austria.

All facts

Elevation: 2,448 m · 8,031 ft
Nearest higher peak: Greim (2,474 m)
Range: Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern
Region: Styria, Austria
Coordinates: 47.4432° N, 14.4040° E

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3D map

Großer Bösenstein 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Großer Bösenstein terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Großer Bösenstein elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Großer Bösenstein weather

Tonight · Snow · -5°C (23°F) · 1.2 mm · Wind 12 km/h NW

Großer Bösenstein forecast for the summit, about 2,448 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,221 m.

Tonight-5°1.2 mm12 km/h NWBase 2°
Today-10°-4°1.1 mm16 km/h NWBase -3 / 3°
Sun-7°-1°3.5 mm29 km/h NWBase 0 / 6°
Mon-8°-2°0.3 mm21 km/h NWBase -1 / 5°
Tue-2°1°0.4 mm5 km/h WBase 5 / 8°
Wed-3°1°3.6 mm14 km/h NWBase 4 / 9°
Thu-6°-1°–11 km/h NBase 1 / 7°
Fri-6°1°–8 km/h NBase 2 / 8°
Sat-8°-3°1.4 mm6 km/h NWBase 0 / 5°
Sun-7°-1°1.4 mm9 km/h NWBase 0 / 6°

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 6.6 × 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°

13.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

34.9%

Steep, 30–45°

47.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.3%

Steeper than 30°: 51.2% of the 44 km² view
Relief in view: 1,221 m low point 1,221 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 51.4%Grassland 44.9%Moss & lichen 2.4%Bare rock / sparse 1.1%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.3 km, measured from the Großer Bösenstein summit.

Summit list 7

1Kleiner Bösenstein2,395 m 0.6 km SSW
2Sonntagskarspitze2,350 m 0.9 km NW
3Seekarspitze2,115 m 1.0 km NNE
4Dreistecken2,382 m 1.8 km NNW
5Großer Hengst2,159 m 2.3 km SE
6Hochheide2,363 m 3.0 km N
7Almspitz2,188 m 3.1 km N

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.3 km; 271 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Northern Nutcracker12
Dwarf Soapwort12
Bearded Bellflower11
Hungarian Gentian11
Rusty-leaved Alpenrose10
Wolf's bane9

Where it sits

Where Großer Bösenstein sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Großer PrielPeak · 2,515 m40 km NW

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

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Print & wall

JPGGroßer Bösenstein satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-14.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,442 m at the summit; the official height is 2,448 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,448 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,442 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,429 m	-19 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 2026-08-14)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia