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Ober Gabelhorn

4,063 m13,330 ft

Prominence: 567 m1,861 ft
Isolation: 3.1 km
Tonight: -20°CSnow · Wind 11 km/h N

Ober Gabelhorn is a 4,063 m (13,330 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 4,063 m · 13,330 ft
Nearest higher peak: Zinalrothorn (4,221 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.0388° N, 7.6674° E

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3D map

Ober Gabelhorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ober Gabelhorn 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

Ober Gabelhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Ober Gabelhorn weather

Tonight · Snow · -20°C (-4°F) · 0.8 mm · Wind 11 km/h N

Ober Gabelhorn forecast for the summit, about 4,063 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,105 m.

Tonight-20°0.8 mm11 km/h NBase -8°
Today-19°-17°9.0 mm11 km/h NBase -8 / -5°
Sun-25°-6°9.4 mm12 km/h NWBase -13 / 6°
Mon-18°-8°–8 km/h NBase -7 / 4°
Tue-13°-2°–4 km/h NBase -1 / 9°
Wed-15°-7°–4 km/h NBase -4 / 5°
Thu-16°-7°–3 km/h NBase -4 / 5°
Fri-18°-8°–5 km/h NWBase -7 / 3°
Sat-20°-10°3.1 mm5 km/h NWBase -8 / 1°
Sun-19°-9°0.2 mm4 km/h NWBase -7 / 3°

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 Ober Gabelhorn

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

Nearest hut
Rothornhütte
2.5 km ENE · +2 more within 4.3 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Camping Zermatt
6.5 km ESE
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Nearest parking
Parking Kiosk URANIA
6.7 km E · +2 more within 7.5 km
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
RothornhütteHut	2.5 km ENE
Cabane du Mountet CASHut	2.6 km NNW
Berggasthaus TriftHut	4.3 km ESE
Camping ZermattCampsite	6.5 km ESE
Parking	6.6 km E
Parking Kiosk URANIAParking	6.7 km E
Parking	7.5 km E

Slope

Share of the 6.2 × 6.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

18.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.3%

Steep, 30–45°

30.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

15.1%

Steeper than 30°: 46.0% of the 38 km² view
Relief in view: 1,939 m low point 2,105 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 64.9%Bare rock / sparse 25.7%Moss & lichen 5.7%Grassland 3.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.1 km, measured from the Ober Gabelhorn summit.

Summit list 7

1Grand Gendarme3,868 m 0.5 km ENE
2Wellenkuppe3,903 m 0.9 km ENE
3Mittler Gabelhorn3,685 m 0.9 km SE
4Mont Durand3,712 m 1.4 km WSW
5Trifthorn3,737 m 1.6 km NNE
6Hohwänghorn3,671 m 1.7 km SW
7Pointe du Mountet3,839 m 2.5 km NNE

Where it sits

Where Ober Gabelhorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

MettelhornPeak · 3,406 m6.0 km ENE

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Print & wall

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

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

140 m low This 3D map reads 3,923 m at the summit; the official height is 4,063 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 152 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,063 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,923 m	-140 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,911 m	-152 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)
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

Ober Gabelhorn

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest campsite

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