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Patscherkofel
- Easiest route
- 1.0 km+286 m · about 0.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 1,376 m4,514 ft
- Tonight
- -7°CPartly cloudy · Wind 4 km/h SE
Patscherkofel is a 2,246 m (7,369 ft) mountain in the Tux Alps, Tyrol, Austria.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,246 m · 7,369 ft
- Range
- Tux Alps
- Region
- Tyrol, Austria
- Coordinates
- 47.2088° N, 11.4615° E
How to get to the top of Patscherkofel
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 0.7 km WNW of Patscherkofel
- Distance
- 1.0 kmone way
- Climb
- +286 m(938 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Patscherkofel 3D map
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Patscherkofel 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
Patscherkofel weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -7°C (19°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 4 km/h SE
Patscherkofel forecast for the summit, about 2,246 m.
- Tonight-7°0.2 mm4 km/h SE
- Today-8°-2°0.9 mm12 km/h S
- Sun-8°3°7.3 mm13 km/h S
- Mon-9°3°–5 km/h SE
- Tue0°10°–2 km/h SE
- Wed-2°5°1.1 mm3 km/h NE
- Thu-5°4°–3 km/h N
- Fri-6°4°–3 km/h NW
- Sat-7°2°–3 km/h NW
- Sun-5°2°0.8 mm3 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 Patscherkofel
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Patscherkofel, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Patscherkofel Schutzhaus
Nearest parking
Parkplatz Sistranser Alm
Nearest campsite
Campingplatz Judenstein
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Patscherkofel SchutzhausHut | 0.7 km WNW |
| Sistranser AlmHut | 1.5 km NNE |
| Meißner HausHut | 2.0 km E |
| Parking | 2.4 km NW |
| Parking | 2.8 km NNW |
| Parkplatz Sistranser AlmParking | 2.8 km NNW |
| Campingplatz JudensteinCampsite | 6.6 km NNE |
How steep is the route to Patscherkofel?
The easiest mapped route, 1.0 km from 1,964 m to 2,246 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.
- 0–15°0.5 km
- 15–30°0.4 km
- 30–45°0.1 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 4.8 km, measured from the Patscherkofel summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Viggarspitze2,306 m 2.9 km E
- 2Signalkopf2,265 m 3.0 km ESE
- 3Neunerspitze2,285 m 3.3 km ENE
- 4Überfallgründl2,302 m 3.6 km SE
- 5Hinterer Schönbichl2,331 m 4.2 km ESE
- 6Vorderer Schönbichl2,397 m 4.2 km E
- 7Morgenkogel2,607 m 4.3 km SE
- 8Sonnenspitze2,639 m 4.7 km E
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.8 km; 992 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common groundsel74
- Rusty-leaved Alpenrose43
- Small Tortoiseshell40
- Himalayan balsam38
- Narrow-leaved Ragwort33
- Trumpet gentian30
Where Patscherkofel sits
- Range
- Alps751Eastern Alps350Noric Alps14Tyrol Schistose Alps14Tux Alps3
Nearby places
Lake Lans840 m↑4.8 km NW
BergiselPeak · 746 m↑6.3 km NW
BaggerseeLake · 561 m↑6.4 km N
SerlesPeak · 2,717 m↑11 km SSW
Stubaital↑12 km WSW
More in the Tux Alps 3
Patscherkofel downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,253 m at the summit; the official height is 2,246 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,246 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,253 m | +7 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,242 m | -4 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 2026-07-24)
- 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
- Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia