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Oberrothorn
- Easiest route
- 1.8 km+406 m · about 1 h · T3
- Prominence
- 301 m988 ft
- Isolation
- 3.5 km
- Tonight
- -16°CLight snow · Wind 10 km/h NW
Oberrothorn is a 3,414 m (11,201 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,414 m · 11,201 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Stockhorn (3,532 m)
- Range
- Pennine Alps
- Region
- Canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.0271° N, 7.8126° E
How to get to the top of Oberrothorn
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 0.7 km SW of Oberrothorn
- Distance
- 1.8 kmone way
- Climb
- +406 m(1,332 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Oberrothorn 3D map
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Oberrothorn terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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
Oberrothorn weather
Tonight · Light snow · -16°C (3°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 10 km/h NW
Oberrothorn forecast for the summit, about 3,414 m.
- Tonight-16°0.4 mm10 km/h NW
- Today-16°-13°7.9 mm11 km/h NW
- Sun-21°-3°9.3 mm12 km/h NW
- Mon-15°-4°–7 km/h NW
- Tue-9°1°–4 km/h NW
- Wed-12°-3°–4 km/h NW
- Thu-13°-3°–4 km/h NW
- Fri-15°-4°–5 km/h NW
- Sat-17°-6°2.5 mm5 km/h NW
- Sun-14°-5°0.2 mm4 km/h NW
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 Oberrothorn
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Oberrothorn, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Fluhalp
Nearest parking
3.5 km N
Nearest campsite
Camping Zermatt
Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Wildi
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| FluhalpHut | 1.6 km S |
| TäschhütteHut | 3.0 km NNE |
| Grünsee Mountain LodgeHut | 3.5 km SW |
| Parking | 3.5 km N |
| Parking | 4.0 km WNW |
| Parking Kiosk URANIAParking | 4.6 km W |
| Camping ZermattCampsite | 4.8 km W |
| AlphubelCampsite | 5.1 km NW |
| AttermenzenCampsite | 6.9 km NNW |
| Stellplatz WildiCaravan site | 7.8 km NNW |
How steep is the route to Oberrothorn?
The easiest mapped route, 1.8 km from 2,978 m to 3,414 m. Steepest stretch: 33°.
- 0–15°1.0 km
- 15–30°0.8 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 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 3 km, measured from the Oberrothorn summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Fluehorn3,317 m 1.3 km ESE
- 2Unterrothorn3,104 m 1.4 km WSW
- 3Bösentrift3,253 m 1.5 km NNW
- 4Sattelspitz3,162 m 2.3 km NNW
- 5Spitzi Flue3,260 m 2.4 km ESE
- 6Pfulwe3,314 m 3.0 km ESE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 288 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Cobweb Houseleek52
- Edelweiss44
- Alpine Marmot28
- Alpine Aster23
- Alpine willowherb23
- Yellow Saxifrage18
Where Oberrothorn sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Pennine Alps76
- Region
- Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
UnterrothornPeak · 3,104 m↑1.4 km WSW
HohtälliPeak · 3,273 m↑4.3 km S
GornergratPeak · 3,135 m↑5.3 km SSW
AlphubelPeak · 4,206 m↑5.6 km NE
RiffelseeLake · 2,757 m↑6.2 km SW
More 1
More in the Pennine Alps 6
Oberrothorn downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
27 m low This 3D map reads 3,387 m at the summit; the official height is 3,414 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 34 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,414 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,387 m | -27 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,380 m | -34 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