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Parpaner Rothorn

2,861 m9,386 ft

Prominence: 47 m155 ft
Isolation: 0.8 km
Tonight: -11°CPartly cloudy · Wind 5 km/h SE

Parpaner Rothorn is a 2,861 m (9,386 ft) mountain in the Plessur Alps, Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,861 m · 9,386 ft
Nearest higher peak: Aroser Rothorn (2,980 m)
Range: Plessur Alps
Region: Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.7424° N, 9.5976° E

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3D map

Parpaner Rothorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Parpaner Rothorn 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

Parpaner Rothorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Parpaner Rothorn weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -11°C (12°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 5 km/h SE

Parpaner Rothorn forecast for the summit, about 2,861 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,415 m.

Tonight-11°0.5 mm5 km/h SEBase -2°
Today-12°-5°2.1 mm8 km/h NBase -3 / 4°
Sun-11°-1°4.1 mm8 km/h SEBase -2 / 8°
Mon-12°1°–8 km/h SEBase -3 / 10°
Tue-5°8°–3 km/h SEBase 4 / 16°
Wed-6°3°–5 km/h NBase 2 / 12°
Thu-8°2°–4 km/h NWBase 0 / 11°
Fri-9°2°–5 km/h NWBase 0 / 11°
Sat-9°0°0.2 mm3 km/h NWBase -1 / 9°
Sun-6°-4°0.8 mm2 km/h SEBase 2 / 5°

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°

22.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.1%

Steep, 30–45°

29.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

4.0%

Steeper than 30°: 33.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,557 m low point 1,415 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 48.2%Bare rock / sparse 18.2%Trees 14.2%Moss & lichen 12.9%Snow & ice 5.7%Built-up 0.8%

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 Parpaner Rothorn summit.

Summit list 8

1Aelplihorn2,839 m 1.1 km NE
2Aroser Rothorn2,980 m 1.3 km ESE
3Parpaner Weisshorn2,775 m 1.9 km N
4Parpaner Weisshorn (Mittelgipfel)2,824 m 1.9 km NNE
5Pizza Naira2,870 m 2.0 km SSE
6Parpaner Weisshorn (Ostgipfel)2,817 m 2.0 km NNE
7Piz Mez2,729 m 2.3 km SSE
8Erzhorn2,924 m 2.5 km E

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 182 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Sooty Ringlet11
Arctic Blue8
Moss Campion6
Eriphyle Ringlet6
Peak White6
Silver Thistle5

Where it sits

Where Parpaner Rothorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

HochwangPeak · 2,533 m15 km N

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Print & wall

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,858 m at the summit; the official height is 2,861 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,861 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,858 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,847 m	-14 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)
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