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Moléson

2,002 m6,568 ft

Prominence: 508 m1,668 ft
Isolation: 4.7 km
Tonight: -5°CSnow · Wind 20 km/h SW

Moléson is a 2,002 m (6,568 ft) mountain in the Fribourg Prealps, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,002 m · 6,568 ft
Nearest higher peak: Dent de Lys (2,014 m)
Range: Fribourg Prealps
Region: Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.5487° N, 7.0171° E

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3D map

Moléson 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Moléson 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 summit

Moléson elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Moléson weather

Tonight · Snow · -5°C (23°F) · 4.7 mm · Wind 20 km/h SW

Moléson forecast for the summit, about 2,002 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 773 m.

Tonight-5°4.7 mm20 km/h SWBase 3°
Today-5°-2°11.1 mm21 km/h SBase 3 / 6°
Sun-5°4°18.3 mm24 km/h SWBase 2 / 11°
Mon-5°5°–6 km/h SBase 2 / 13°
Tue2°11°–4 km/h WBase 9 / 18°
Wed-1°6°0.2 mm8 km/h NBase 6 / 13°
Thu-1°5°–5 km/h NWBase 6 / 13°
Fri-1°7°–4 km/h WBase 6 / 14°
Sat-1°5°2.2 mm4 km/h NWBase 6 / 13°
Sun-3°1°8.7 mm6 km/h SWBase 5 / 9°

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.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

25.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

45.5%

Steep, 30–45°

25.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.7%

Steeper than 30°: 28.6% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,222 m low point 773 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 59.6%Grassland 40.2%

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 Moléson summit.

Summit list 4

1Crête du Moléson1,938 m 0.6 km SW
2Teysachaux1,909 m 2.3 km SW
3Vudalla1,670 m 2.5 km E
4Entre Deux Dents1,618 m 2.5 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 349 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Perennial Cornflower11
Small Tortoiseshell10
Green Mountain Grasshopper10
Spring gentian10
Martagon Lily8
Common bistort8

Where it sits

Where Moléson sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lac de la GruyèreLake · 677 m13 km NNE

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Print & wall

JPGMoléson satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,995 m at the summit; the official height is 2,002 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,002 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,995 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,977 m	-25 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 2026-09-22)
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