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Gspaltenhorn

3,436 m11,273 ft

Prominence: 608 m1,996 ft
Isolation: 1.9 km
Tonight: -15°CSnow · Wind 9 km/h W

Gspaltenhorn is a 3,436 m (11,273 ft) mountain in the Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,436 m · 11,273 ft
Nearest higher peak: Morgenhorn (3,620 m)
Range: Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group
Region: Canton of Berne, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.5087° N, 7.8249° E

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3D map

Gspaltenhorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Gspaltenhorn 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

Gspaltenhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Gspaltenhorn weather

Tonight · Snow · -15°C (5°F) · 2.5 mm · Wind 9 km/h W

Gspaltenhorn forecast for the summit, about 3,436 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,341 m.

Tonight-15°2.5 mm9 km/h WBase -2°
Today-14°-12°10.1 mm9 km/h SEBase -2 / 1°
Sun-18°-4°11.4 mm11 km/h SEBase -6 / 9°
Mon-12°-2°–4 km/h SEBase 1 / 11°
Tue-7°2°–1 km/h SEBase 6 / 15°
Wed-11°-4°–3 km/h NBase 2 / 9°
Thu-9°-2°–1 km/h SEBase 4 / 11°
Fri-10°-3°–1 km/h NWBase 2 / 10°
Sat-11°-5°6.5 mm3 km/h NWBase 1 / 8°
Sun-11°-7°5.2 mm5 km/h WBase 2 / 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, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6.4 × 6.4 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°

19.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

26.5%

Steep, 30–45°

31.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

23.3%

Steeper than 30°: 54.3% of the 41 km² view
Relief in view: 2,287 m low point 1,341 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 45.2%Bare rock / sparse 27.4%Grassland 18.4%Moss & lichen 4.2%Trees 4.0%Water 0.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.2 km, measured from the Gspaltenhorn summit.

Summit list 8

1Kamel3,094 m 0.6 km SSW
2Bütlasse3,193 m 1.1 km NNW
3Tschingelspitz3,304 m 1.2 km E
4Vorderi Bütlasse3,063 m 1.9 km NNW
5Mutthorn3,035 m 2.2 km S
6Morgenhorn3,627 m 2.9 km WSW
7Chanzel3,002 m 3.0 km SE
8Wetterhorn3,233 m 3.2 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.2 km; 65 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Alpine Toadflax8
Yellow Saxifrage8
Livelong Saxifrage6
Moss Campion5
Alpine Accentor3
Whorled Lousewort3

Where it sits

Where Gspaltenhorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGGspaltenhorn satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

171 m low This 3D map reads 3,265 m at the summit; the official height is 3,436 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 179 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,436 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,265 m	-171 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,257 m	-179 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 2026-09-27)
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