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Pitztal

Floor744 m2,441 ft

Depth: 1,755 m
Rim: 3,286 m
Length: 34.6 km
Tonight: -14°CSnow showers · Wind 5 km/h S

Pitztal is up to 1,755 m deep: the rim reaches 3,286 m and the floor 744 m, along 34.6 km.

All facts

Floor: 744 m

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Pitztal 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Pitztal topographic map

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.

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Pitztal elevation profile

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Print & wall

JPGPitztal satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-04.

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Depth

Depth of Pitztal

Up to 1,755 m deep (typically 1,387 m) along the 34.6 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

Weather

Pitztal weather

Tonight · Snow showers · -14°C (7°F) · 2.1 mm · Wind 5 km/h S

Pitztal forecast for about 3,286 m.

Tonight-14°2.1 mm5 km/h S
Today-16°-8°2.3 mm11 km/h W
Sun-14°-1°8.6 mm8 km/h NW
Mon-16°-2°0.4 mm5 km/h SE
Tue-7°4°–4 km/h S
Wed-8°-1°5.4 mm2 km/h S
Thu-11°-2°–3 km/h SE
Fri-12°-1°–4 km/h N
Sat-13°-2°–8 km/h NW
Sun-10°-7°3.1 mm5 km/h SE

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

Camping & parking near Pitztal

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

Nearest parking
Scheibe
0.1 km E · +2 more within 0.7 km
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Nearest hut
Frischmannhütte
5.5 km NNE
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All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
ScheibeParking	0.1 km E
Parking	0.7 km NNW
Parking	0.7 km NNW
FrischmannhütteHut	5.5 km NNE

Slope

Share of the 29.7 × 29.7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

12.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

34.6%

Steep, 30–45°

43.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

9.6%

Steeper than 30°: 52.6% of the 882 km² view
Relief in view: 2,750 m low point 729 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 38.5%Grassland 33.1%Bare rock / sparse 10.4%Moss & lichen 9.6%Snow & ice 6.1%Built-up 1.0%Cropland 0.6%Water 0.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 14.9 km of Pitztal.

Summit list 9

1Gsallkopf3,277 m 3.4 km SSW
2Rofelewand3,353 m 4.0 km S
3Totenkarköpfl3,193 m 4.4 km S
4Östlicher Sonnenkogel3,163 m 4.9 km S
5Gametz Kogl3,125 m 4.9 km SSE
6Mittlerer Sonnenkogel3,130 m 5.0 km S
7Hoher Kogel3,296 m 9.4 km SE
8Kleine Geige3,152 m 9.5 km ESE
9Breiter Kogel3,256 m 9.7 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 14.9 km; 1,866 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common Spotted Orchid87
Lingonberry66
Small Tortoiseshell63
Round-leaved sundew61
European Common Frog60
Norway spruce48

Where it sits

Where Pitztal sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

SchrankogelPeak · 3,497 m22 km E

Sources

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 2026-09-04)
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
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Pitztal

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking

Nearest hut