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Pigne d'Arolla

3,779 m12,398 ft

Prominence: 152 m497 ft
Isolation: 1.5 km
Tonight: -17°CSnow · Wind 11 km/h NW

Pigne d'Arolla is a 3,779 m (12,398 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,779 m · 12,398 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mont Blanc de Cheilon (3,870 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Spanish name: Pigne d’Arolla
Coordinates: 45.9913° N, 7.4551° E

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3D map

Pigne d'Arolla 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pigne d'Arolla 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

Pigne d'Arolla elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Pigne d'Arolla weather

Tonight · Snow · -17°C (1°F) · 2.0 mm · Wind 11 km/h NW

Pigne d'Arolla forecast for the summit, about 3,779 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,977 m.

Tonight-17°2.0 mm11 km/h NWBase -6°
Today-16°-14°12.3 mm8 km/h NBase -5 / -4°
Sun-18°-5°11.1 mm12 km/h NWBase -8 / 6°
Mon-12°-6°–8 km/h NWBase -1 / 5°
Tue-9°0°–4 km/h NBase 2 / 11°
Wed-12°-5°–4 km/h NBase -1 / 6°
Thu-12°-5°–4 km/h NBase -1 / 5°
Fri-14°-7°–5 km/h NWBase -3 / 4°
Sat-15°-9°2.5 mm4 km/h NWBase -5 / 2°
Sun-15°-8°0.8 mm6 km/h NWBase -4 / 2°

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.

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°

30.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

30.7%

Steep, 30–45°

26.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

13.1%

Steeper than 30°: 39.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,861 m low point 1,977 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 65.2%Bare rock / sparse 21.1%Grassland 6.4%Moss & lichen 4.6%Trees 2.5%

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 Pigne d'Arolla summit.

Summit list 5

1Pointe des Vignettes3,194 m 1.7 km E
2La Serpentine3,789 m 1.9 km WSW
3Serre de Vuibé3,086 m 2.0 km E
4Pointe Sud du Brenay3,672 m 2.5 km SSW
5Mont Blanc de Cheilon3,870 m 2.9 km W

Where it sits

Where Pigne d'Arolla sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,774 m at the summit; the official height is 3,779 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,779 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,774 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,761 m	-18 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)
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