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Illhorn

2,716 m8,911 ft

Prominence: 232 m761 ft
Isolation: 2.0 km
Tonight: -10°CSnow · Wind 7 km/h W

Illhorn is a 2,716 m (8,911 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,716 m · 8,911 ft
Nearest higher peak: Rothorn (2,998 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.2624° N, 7.6162° E

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3D map

Illhorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Illhorn 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

Illhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Illhorn weather

Tonight · Snow · -10°C (14°F) · 0.8 mm · Wind 7 km/h W

Illhorn forecast for the summit, about 2,716 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 842 m.

Tonight-10°0.8 mm7 km/h WBase 2°
Today-10°-6°10.1 mm6 km/h NWBase 1 / 6°
Sun-17°0°17.4 mm6 km/h NBase -5 / 11°
Mon-15°1°–4 km/h NEBase -4 / 12°
Tue-6°6°–1 km/h NEBase 5 / 17°
Wed-10°3°–3 km/h NWBase 1 / 14°
Thu-9°5°–2 km/h NWBase 2 / 16°
Fri-6°5°–6 km/h NWBase 5 / 16°
Sat-6°3°3.2 mm6 km/h NWBase 5 / 15°
Sun-5°-1°2.7 mm3 km/h NWBase 6 / 10°

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

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°

8.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.4%

Steep, 30–45°

46.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

13.4%

Steeper than 30°: 60.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 2,175 m low point 842 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 45.1%Grassland 27.0%Bare rock / sparse 15.8%Moss & lichen 8.4%Snow & ice 2.8%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 km, measured from the Illhorn summit.

Summit list 5

1Schwarzhorn2,790 m 2.0 km ESE
2Meretschihorn2,568 m 2.3 km ENE
3Le Rotsé2,632 m 2.5 km S
4Gorwetschgrat2,025 m 2.5 km NW
5Rothorn2,998 m 2.9 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 295 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mazarine Blue18
Dark Vanilla Orchid10
Alpine Pasqueflower9
Scarce Copper9
Almond Ringlet7
Chalkhill Blue7

Where it sits

Where Illhorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Becs de BossonPeak · 3,149 m13 km SW

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Print & wall

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,707 m at the summit; the official height is 2,716 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,716 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,707 m	-9 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,697 m	-19 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