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Großer Hundstod
- Prominence
- 477 m1,565 ft
- Isolation
- 4.5 km
- Tonight
- -7°CSnow · Wind 5 km/h E
Großer Hundstod is a 2,594 m (8,510 ft) mountain in the Steinernes Meer, Salzburg, Austria.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,594 m · 8,510 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Schönfeldspitze (2,653 m)
- Range
- Steinernes Meer
- Region
- Salzburg, Austria
- Protected area
- Berchtesgaden National Park
- Coordinates
- 47.5118° N, 12.8840° E
Großer Hundstod 3D map
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Großer Hundstod 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.
Großer Hundstod elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Großer Hundstod weather
Tonight · Snow · -7°C (19°F) · 2.9 mm · Wind 5 km/h E
Großer Hundstod forecast for the summit, about 2,594 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,037 m.
- Tonight-7°2.9 mm5 km/h EBase 2°
- Today-11°-5°1.1 mm12 km/h WBase -2 / 4°
- Sun-8°-2°12.7 mm15 km/h SBase 2 / 8°
- Mon-8°-4°0.4 mm9 km/h WBase 1 / 6°
- Tue-2°4°–3 km/h NBase 7 / 13°
- Wed-5°0°5.7 mm7 km/h NWBase 5 / 9°
- Thu-7°0°–4 km/h NWBase 2 / 9°
- Fri-7°1°–4 km/h NWBase 3 / 10°
- Sat-8°-3°0.8 mm5 km/h NWBase 1 / 7°
- Sun-6°-2°3.1 mm3 km/h SWBase 3 / 8°
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.
Camping & parking near Großer Hundstod
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Großer Hundstod, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Ingolstädter Haus
Nearest parking
5.1 km WSW
Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz am Steinernen Meer
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Ingolstädter HausHut | 1.2 km S |
| Wimbachgrieshütte (Naturfreundehaus)Hut | 3.1 km N |
| Kärlinger HausHut | 4.4 km ESE |
| Parking | 5.1 km WSW |
| Parking | 5.2 km SW |
| Parking | 5.2 km SW |
| Stellplatz am Steinernen MeerCaravan site | 7.7 km SSW |
| ObergründbichlgutCaravan site | 8.0 km SSW |
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 45.7% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,474 m low point 1,037 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 3 km, measured from the Großer Hundstod summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Hundstodkendelkopf2,395 m 0.7 km N
- 2Kleiner Hundstod2,263 m 0.8 km SSW
- 3Großer Schneiber2,330 m 2.1 km E
- 4Gjaidkopf2,268 m 2.1 km ENE
- 5Windbachkopf2,220 m 2.3 km SSW
- 6Schindlköpfe2,356 m 2.4 km S
- 7Seehorn2,321 m 2.4 km WNW
- 8Großes Palfenhorn2,222 m 2.4 km NW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 239 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Northern Chamois13
- European larch12
- European Globeflower10
- Norway spruce10
- Bear's Ear9
- Mezereon9
Where Großer Hundstod sits
Nearby places
FuntenseeLake · 1,610 m↑4.6 km ESE
HochkalterPeak · 2,607 m↑6.5 km NNW
BlaueisGlacier · 1,940 m↑7.0 km NNW
SchönfeldspitzePeak · 2,653 m↑7.2 km SE
OberseeLake · 613 m↑7.9 km E
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How accurate is this?
83 m low This 3D map reads 2,511 m at the summit; the official height is 2,594 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 93 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,594 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,511 m | -83 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,501 m | -93 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 2026-08-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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