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Canton of Valais

Lötschental

Floor703 m2,306 ft
Depth
1,710 m
Rim
2,977 m
Length
22.5 km
Tonight
-12°CSnow · Wind 9 km/h NW

Lötschental is up to 1,710 m deep: the rim reaches 2,977 m and the floor 703 m, along 22.5 km.

All facts
Floor
703 m
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Depth

Depth of Lötschental

Up to 1,710 m deep (typically 1,550 m) along the 22.5 km in view.

01,0002,0003,0004,0001,710 mrimfloor01022.5 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Lötschental 3D map

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Topographic map

Lötschental terrain and contours

200 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 1,000 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lötschental elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lötschental weather

Tonight · Snow · -12°C (10°F) · 1.4 mm · Wind 9 km/h NW

Lötschental forecast for about 2,977 m.

  • Tonight-12°1.4 mm9 km/h NW
  • Today-12°-10°10.5 mm9 km/h NE
  • Sun-18°-3°13.1 mm9 km/h N
  • Mon-12°0°–5 km/h W
  • Tue-5°4°–1 km/h N
  • Wed-12°0°–3 km/h N
  • Thu-8°1°–1 km/h S
  • Fri-9°0°–4 km/h W
  • Sat-9°-1°7.0 mm5 km/h W
  • Sun-8°-4°2.6 mm4 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 Lötschental

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.4 km NNE

    +2 more within 1.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Bietschhornhütte

    2.7 km SSW · +2 more within 5.7 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping Fafleralp

    3.0 km NE · +1 more within 5.0 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking1.4 km NNE
Parking1.4 km NNE
Parking1.6 km NNE
BietschhornhütteHut2.7 km SSW
Camping FafleralpCampsite3.0 km NE
Campsite5.0 km WSW
BaltschiederklauseHut5.0 km ESE
Stockhorn-BiwakHut5.7 km SE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 15 × 15 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°
7.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
32.7%
Steep, 30–45°
44.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
15.2%
Steeper than 30°
60.0% of the 225 km² view
Relief in view
3,231 m low point 654 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 32.0%Bare rock / sparse 25.5%Trees 23.3%Snow & ice 12.8%Moss & lichen 6.0%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.5 km of Lötschental.

NESW5 km10 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Kleines Nesthorn3,342 m 1.2 km NE
  2. 2Bietschhorn3,934 m 1.6 km ENE
  3. 3Wilerhorn3,307 m 1.8 km WSW
  4. 4Älwe Rigg3,381 m 3.0 km NE
  5. 5Jägihorn3,407 m 4.2 km ENE
  6. 6Breitlauihorn3,655 m 4.7 km NE
  7. 7Tyfelsgrat3,621 m 5.1 km NE
  8. 8Breithorn3,784 m 5.9 km NE
  9. 9Lonzahörner3,560 m 6.9 km NE
Where it sits

Where Lötschental sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Bernese Alps42
Region
Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

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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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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
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