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Mountain · Rieserferner Group · Trentino-South Tyrol

Hochgall

3,436 m11,273 ft
Prominence
1,145 m3,757 ft
Isolation
14 km
Tonight
-11°CHeavy snow · Wind 7 km/h N

Hochgall is a 3,436 m (11,273 ft) mountain in the Rieserferner Group, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy.

All facts
Elevation
3,436 m · 11,273 ft
Nearest higher peak
Rötspitze (3,496 m)
Range
Rieserferner Group
Region
Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
Coordinates
46.9113° N, 12.1412° E
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3D map

Hochgall 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.6 × 8.6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Hochgall 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

Hochgall elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Hochgall weather

Tonight · Heavy snow · -11°C (12°F) · 1.5 mm · Wind 7 km/h N

Hochgall forecast for the summit, about 3,436 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,336 m.

  • Tonight-11°1.5 mm7 km/h NBase 1°
  • Today-17°-9°0.5 mm9 km/h NWBase -4 / 3°
  • Sun-15°-7°3.1 mm10 km/h NBase -2 / 5°
  • Mon-15°-5°0.2 mm6 km/h NEBase -2 / 7°
  • Tue-7°0°–6 km/h NBase 6 / 12°
  • Wed-9°-3°–6 km/h NBase 4 / 10°
  • Thu-11°-4°–5 km/h NEBase 1 / 8°
  • Fri-12°-4°–6 km/h NEBase 0 / 9°
  • Sat-13°-6°–8 km/h NBase -1 / 7°
  • Sun-12°-7°0.2 mm4 km/h SWBase 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Slope

Share of the 8.6 × 8.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
13.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
38.0%
Steep, 30–45°
37.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
11.2%
Steeper than 30°
48.6% of the 74 km² view
Relief in view
2,099 m low point 1,336 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 25.1%Bare rock / sparse 23.9%Snow & ice 23.1%Grassland 14.5%Moss & lichen 12.3%Water 1.0%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.3 km, measured from the Hochgall summit.

NESW2 km5 km1234567
Summit list 7
  1. 1Barmer Spitze3,200 m 1.0 km ENE
  2. 2Wildgall3,273 m 1.0 km SSW
  3. 3Lenkstein3,236 m 3.7 km NNE
  4. 4Magerstein3,273 m 3.7 km WSW
  5. 5Frauenköpfl3,251 m 3.9 km WSW
  6. 6Winkelspitze3,156 m 4.0 km NNE
  7. 7Fernerköpfl3,249 m 4.1 km WSW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.3 km; 341 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Fireweed13
  • Common Coot12
  • Common Chaffinch12
  • Mallard8
  • Common bilberry8
  • Fly Agaric7
Where it sits

Where Hochgall sits

Range
Alps751Eastern Alps350Central Eastern Alps140Western Tauern Alps24High Tauern17Rieserferner Group3
Region
Trentino-South Tyrol50Italy316Europe2,143
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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,436 m at the summit; the official height is 3,436 m.Official 3,436 m90 m model 3,424 mThis map 3,436 m

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

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,436 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,436 m-0 m
Copernicus GLO-903,424 m-12 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)
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