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Grotto Mountain

2,706 m8,878 ft

Prominence: 271 m888 ft
Isolation: 6.9 km
Tonight: -15°CPartly cloudy · Wind 5 km/h NW

Grotto Mountain is a 2,706 m (8,878 ft) mountain in the Fairholme Range, Alberta, Canada.

All facts

Elevation: 2,706 m · 8,878 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Charles Stewart (2,809 m)
Range: Fairholme Range
Region: Alberta, Canada
Coordinates: 51.0876° N, 115.2673° W

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3D map

Grotto Mountain 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Grotto Mountain 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

Grotto Mountain elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Grotto Mountain weather

Today · Clear · -15 / -8°C (5 / 18°F) · Wind 5 km/h NW

Grotto Mountain forecast for the summit, about 2,706 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,294 m.

Today-15°-8°–5 km/h NWBase -6 / 0°
Sat-14°-7°4.1 mm8 km/h EBase -6 / 1°
Sun-14°-9°–7 km/h NWBase -6 / 0°
Mon-11°-4°–5 km/h WBase -3 / 5°
Tue-11°-3°0.4 mm6 km/h WBase -3 / 6°
Wed-11°-9°4.7 mm5 km/h EBase -3 / 0°
Thu-12°-8°7.1 mm4 km/h EBase -4 / 0°
Fri-16°-11°1.4 mm7 km/h WBase -8 / -3°
Sat-20°-11°–10 km/h WBase -12 / -2°
Sun-15°-8°–9 km/h WBase -6 / 0°

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 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°

12.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

22.5%

Steep, 30–45°

54.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

10.9%

Steeper than 30°: 64.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,417 m low point 1,294 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 49.5%Bare rock / sparse 47.1%Moss & lichen 2.1%Grassland 1.0%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 152 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Bighorn Sheep14
Prairie smoke12
Bearberry11
Prairie pasqueflower11
Hooker's Mountain-Avens10
Leafy wildparsley9

Where it sits

Where Grotto Mountain sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

JPGGrotto Mountain satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-20.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,711 m at the summit; the official height is 2,706 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,706 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,711 m	+5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,700 m	-6 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 2026-09-20)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia