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Höllentalferner

2,644 m8,675 ft

Area: 0.15 km²
Lowest point: 2,234 m
Tonight: -9°CFog · Wind 10 km/h W

Höllentalferner Glacier in Bavaria, Germany covers 0.15 km² and spans 2,234–2,644 m above sea level.

All facts

Highest point: 2,644 m

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Glacier

Höllentalferner: size and slope

Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.

Vertical range: 410 m
Mean slope: 34°
Faces: northeastmostly shaded

3D map

Höllentalferner 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Höllentalferner 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 centre

Höllentalferner elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Höllentalferner weather

Tonight · Fog · -9°C (16°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 10 km/h W

Höllentalferner forecast for about 2,644 m.

Tonight-9°0.4 mm10 km/h W
Today-10°-4°2.8 mm15 km/h W
Sun-7°1°11.4 mm17 km/h W
Mon-8°2°0.1 mm6 km/h NW
Tue-3°9°–3 km/h S
Wed-5°2°4.1 mm5 km/h N
Thu-8°2°–4 km/h NE
Fri-11°3°–4 km/h N
Sat-10°1°0.2 mm6 km/h NW
Sun-7°-4°2.0 mm3 km/h W

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

Camping & parking near Höllentalferner

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

Nearest hut
Münchner Haus
1.1 km WSW · +2 more within 2.2 km
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Nearest parking
3.2 km N
+2 more within 3.2 km
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Nearest campsite
5-Sterne-Camping Zugspitz Resort
4.3 km W · +2 more within 7.1 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Münchner HausHut	1.1 km WSW
Wiener-Neustädter-HütteHut	2.1 km W
KnorrhütteHut	2.2 km SSE
Parking	3.2 km N
Parking	3.2 km N
Parking	3.2 km N
5-Sterne-Camping Zugspitz ResortCampsite	4.3 km W
Camping Dr.LauthCampsite	5.8 km WSW
Camping Resort ZugspitzeCampsite	7.1 km NE

Slope

Share of the 3 × 3 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°

13.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

33.3%

Steep, 30–45°

27.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

26.8%

Steeper than 30°: 53.8% of the 9 km² view
Relief in view: 1,488 m low point 1,461 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 49.9%Grassland 23.4%Snow & ice 13.8%Trees 11.6%Moss & lichen 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 1.5 km; 112 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Yellow-billed Chough160
Chamois Cress15
Round-leaved Pennycress12
White-winged Snowfinch9
Small Tortoiseshell6
Moss Campion6

Where it sits

Where Höllentalferner sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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

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Sources

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
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: Official website · Wikidata · Wikipedia

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