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Matterhorn
- Easiest route
- 3.6 km+1,545 m · about 3.5 h · T4
- Prominence
- 1,032 m3,384 ft
- Isolation
- 14 km
- Tonight
- -22°CLight snow · Wind 11 km/h N
Matterhorn is a 4,478 m (14,690 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Aosta Valley, Italy.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,478 m · 14,690 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Western Lyskamm (4,479 m)
- Range
- Pennine Alps
- Region
- Aosta Valley, Italy
- Spanish name
- Cervino
- Coordinates
- 45.9765° N, 7.6568° E
How to get to the top of Matterhorn
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end near Mont de l'Eura
- Distance
- 3.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,545 m−28 m (5,069 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Matterhorn 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.2 × 8.2 km
Matterhorn terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Mont de l'Eura. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Matterhorn weather
Tonight · Light snow · -22°C (-8°F) · 0.8 mm · Wind 11 km/h N
Matterhorn forecast for the summit, about 4,478 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,800 m.
- Tonight-22°0.8 mm11 km/h NBase -12°
- Today-22°-20°9.0 mm11 km/h NBase -11 / -9°
- Sun-27°-9°9.4 mm12 km/h NWBase -14 / 1°
- Mon-21°-10°–8 km/h NBase -8 / -1°
- Tue-15°-5°–4 km/h NBase -4 / 5°
- Wed-18°-9°–4 km/h NBase -6 / 0°
- Thu-19°-9°–3 km/h NBase -7 / 0°
- Fri-21°-11°–5 km/h NWBase -9 / -2°
- Sat-22°-13°3.1 mm5 km/h NWBase -11 / -4°
- Sun-21°-11°0.2 mm4 km/h NWBase -10 / -2°
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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Matterhorn
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Matterhorn, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Rifugio Jean-Antoine Carrel
Nearest parking
2.2 km SSW
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Rifugio Jean-Antoine CarrelHut | 0.8 km WSW |
| HörnlihütteHut | 1.7 km ENE |
| Parking | 2.2 km SSW |
| Rifugio Duca degli Abruzzi all'OriondéHut | 2.2 km SSW |
| Parking | 4.6 km SSW |
| Parking | 4.7 km SSW |
How steep is the route to Matterhorn?
The easiest mapped route, 3.6 km from 2,800 m to 4,478 m. Steepest stretch: 63°.
- 0–15°1.2 km
- 15–30°1.4 km
- 30–45°0.8 km
- 45°+0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4.1 km, measured from the Matterhorn summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Pic Tyndall4,241 m 0.3 km SW
- 2Testa del Leone3,715 m 1.2 km WSW
- 3Punta Maquignaz3,801 m 3.1 km W
- 4Pointe Carrel3,841 m 3.2 km W
- 5Punta Bianca3,918 m 3.4 km W
- 6Dent d'Hérens4,173 m 4.1 km W
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.1 km; 234 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yellow Saxifrage27
- Moss Campion22
- Alpine Toadflax21
- Alpine willowherb21
- Purple Saxifrage20
- Spiniest thistle15
Where Matterhorn sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Pennine Alps76
- Region
- Switzerland432Aosta Valley15Italy316Europe2,143
Nearby places
Pic TyndallPeak · 4,241 m↑0.3 km SW
FurggenPeak · 3,492 m↑2.9 km SE
Dent d'HérensPeak · 4,173 m↑4.1 km W
Theodul Pass3,316 m↑5.4 km SE
Theodul Glacier↑5.9 km SE
More in the Pennine Alps 6
Matterhorn downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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3D printing & 3D apps
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How accurate is this?
147 m low This 3D map reads 4,330 m at the summit; the official height is 4,478 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 161 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,478 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 4,330 m | -147 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,317 m | -161 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)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- 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