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Helsenhorn

3,272 m10,735 ft

Prominence: 596 m1,957 ft
Isolation: 8.3 km
Tonight: -12°CCloudy · Wind 8 km/h W

Helsenhorn is a 3,272 m (10,735 ft) mountain in the Lepontine Alps, Canton of Valais, Italy.

All facts

Elevation: 3,272 m · 10,735 ft
Nearest higher peak: Monte Leone (3,553 m)
Range: Lepontine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Italy
Coordinates: 46.3046° N, 8.1918° E

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3D map

Helsenhorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Helsenhorn 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

Helsenhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Helsenhorn weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -12°C (10°F) · Wind 8 km/h W

Helsenhorn forecast for the summit, about 3,272 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,711 m.

Tonight-12°–8 km/h WBase -3°
Today-12°-7°8.3 mm8 km/h NWBase -3 / 2°
Sun-20°-7°13.1 mm11 km/h NWBase -11 / 3°
Mon-18°-1°–10 km/h NWBase -8 / 9°
Tue-10°1°–4 km/h NWBase -1 / 11°
Wed-16°-1°–5 km/h NWBase -7 / 8°
Thu-12°-2°–3 km/h SEBase -3 / 7°
Fri-12°0°–2 km/h NBase -3 / 9°
Sat-12°-1°2.8 mm3 km/h SWBase -2 / 8°
Sun-13°-5°1.7 mm6 km/h NBase -3 / 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Helsenhorn

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Helsenhorn, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest hut
Nuovo Bivacco delle Guide “Beniamino Farello"
1.8 km SSW · +2 more within 4.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
4.3 km NNW
+2 more within 4.4 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping Alpe Devero
5.0 km ENE · +2 more within 7.3 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Nuovo Bivacco delle Guide “Beniamino Farello"Hut	1.8 km SSW
Bivacco Combi e LanzaHut	2.3 km ENE
Parking	4.3 km NNW
Parking	4.3 km NNW
Parking	4.4 km NNW
Rifugio Citta Di AronaHut	4.7 km SW
Camping Alpe DeveroCampsite	5.0 km ENE
Ponte Campo Scout Camping AreaCampsite	6.3 km SSW
Camping GiessenCampsite	7.3 km N

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°

16.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

30.9%

Steep, 30–45°

36.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

15.6%

Steeper than 30°: 52.3% of the 41 km² view
Relief in view: 1,541 m low point 1,711 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 33.4%Bare rock / sparse 30.5%Snow & ice 15.7%Moss & lichen 12.6%Trees 7.3%

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 Helsenhorn summit.

Summit list 6

1Punta di Boccareccio3,207 m 0.6 km SE
2Pizzo di Boccareccio3,027 m 1.1 km SE
3Cima delle Piodelle3,081 m 1.2 km SW
4Vordere Helse3,106 m 1.4 km NNW
5Pizzo Cornera3,083 m 2.2 km NE
6Punta Devero3,011 m 2.5 km NE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.2 km; 88 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

European Common Frog8
Alpine Marmot4
Alpine Pasqueflower4
Golden Eagle3
Alpine Ibex3
Queen-of-the-Alps3

Where it sits

Where Helsenhorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

BettmerhornPeak · 2,857 m15 km NW

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

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Print & wall

JPGHelsenhorn satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

19 m low This 3D map reads 3,253 m at the summit; the official height is 3,272 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 34 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,272 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,253 m	-19 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,238 m	-34 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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Helsenhorn

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

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