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Piz Corvatsch

3,451 m11,322 ft
Prominence
383 m1,256 ft
Isolation
5.2 km
Tonight
-17°CFog · Wind 7 km/h NW

Piz Corvatsch is a 3,451 m (11,322 ft) mountain in the Bernina Range, Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland.

All facts
Elevation
3,451 m · 11,322 ft
Nearest higher peak
Piz Tschierva (3,545 m)
Range
Bernina Range
Region
Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland
Coordinates
46.4082° N, 9.8165° E
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3D map

Piz Corvatsch 3D map

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Topographic map

Piz Corvatsch 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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Piz Corvatsch elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Piz Corvatsch weather

Tonight · Fog · -17°C (1°F) · Wind 7 km/h NW

Piz Corvatsch forecast for the summit, about 3,451 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,823 m.

  • Tonight-17°–7 km/h NWBase -7°
  • Today-19°-11°1.8 mm8 km/h NWBase -9 / -1°
  • Sun-16°-6°0.4 mm11 km/h NBase -6 / 4°
  • Mon-12°-3°–5 km/h WBase -3 / 6°
  • Tue-7°1°–1 km/h NEBase 3 / 11°
  • Wed-9°-3°–4 km/h NBase 1 / 7°
  • Thu-13°-4°–3 km/h WBase -4 / 6°
  • Fri-13°-4°–5 km/h NWBase -3 / 6°
  • Sat-15°-7°0.3 mm4 km/h NWBase -5 / 3°
  • Sun-10°-7°1.9 mm4 km/h WBase 0 / 3°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Piz Corvatsch

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

  • Nearest hut

    Chamanna Coaz CAS

    3.1 km SSE · +2 more within 3.9 km

  • Nearest parking

    Furtschellas

    4.3 km NW · +2 more within 4.7 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Stellplatz Silvaplana

    5.3 km N

  • Nearest campsite

    Silvaplana

    5.6 km NNW · +2 more within 7.8 km

All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Chamanna Coaz CASHut3.1 km SSE
Alp da SeglHut3.6 km WSW
Alp Muot SelvasHut3.9 km SW
FurtschellasParking4.3 km NW
Parking4.6 km WNW
Chesa da parker Val FexParking4.7 km WNW
Stellplatz SilvaplanaCaravan site5.3 km N
SilvaplanaCampsite5.6 km NNW
Camping St. MoritzCampsite7.8 km N
Camping St.MoritzCampsite7.8 km N
Slope

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°
18.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
44.6%
Steep, 30–45°
30.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
6.0%
Steeper than 30°
36.6% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
1,611 m low point 1,823 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 37.4%Bare rock / sparse 23.0%Moss & lichen 17.6%Snow & ice 15.7%Trees 4.6%Water 1.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Piz Corvatsch summit.

NESW1 km3 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Piz Murtèl3,433 m 0.6 km NNE
  2. 2Furtschellas2,932 m 1.2 km WNW
  3. 3Chastelets2,860 m 1.9 km N
  4. 4Piz Chüern2,686 m 2.2 km SW
  5. 5Piz dal Lej Alv3,196 m 2.4 km S
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 196 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Glacier Crowfoot17
  • Alpine Marmot15
  • Moss Campion15
  • Creeping avens15
  • Bavarian gentian14
  • Spiniest thistle13
Where it sits

Where Piz Corvatsch sits

Range
Alps751Eastern Alps350Central Eastern Alps140Western Rhaetian Alps74Bernina Alps12Catena Bernina-Scalino10Bernina Range10
Region
Canton of the Grisons96Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Bernina Range 4
See all 10 in the Bernina Range →
Accuracy

How accurate is this?

18 m low This 3D map reads 3,433 m at the summit; the official height is 3,451 m.Official 3,451 m90 m model 3,428 mThis map 3,433 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,451 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,433 m-18 m
Copernicus GLO-903,428 m-23 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)
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