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Piz Corvatsch
- 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
Piz Corvatsch 3D map
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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.
Piz Corvatsch elevation profile
West → east through the summit
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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 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
Nearest parking
Furtschellas
Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Silvaplana
Nearest campsite
Silvaplana
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Chamanna Coaz CASHut | 3.1 km SSE |
| Alp da SeglHut | 3.6 km WSW |
| Alp Muot SelvasHut | 3.9 km SW |
| FurtschellasParking | 4.3 km NW |
| Parking | 4.6 km WNW |
| Chesa da parker Val FexParking | 4.7 km WNW |
| Stellplatz SilvaplanaCaravan site | 5.3 km N |
| SilvaplanaCampsite | 5.6 km NNW |
| Camping St. MoritzCampsite | 7.8 km N |
| Camping St.MoritzCampsite | 7.8 km N |
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 36.6% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,611 m low point 1,823 m
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 3 km, measured from the Piz Corvatsch summit.
Summit list 5
- 1Piz Murtèl3,433 m 0.6 km NNE
- 2Furtschellas2,932 m 1.2 km WNW
- 3Chastelets2,860 m 1.9 km N
- 4Piz Chüern2,686 m 2.2 km SW
- 5Piz dal Lej Alv3,196 m 2.4 km S
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 Piz Corvatsch sits
- Range
- Alps751Eastern Alps350Central Eastern Alps140Western Rhaetian Alps74Bernina Alps12Catena Bernina-Scalino10Bernina Range10
- Region
- Canton of the Grisons96Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Val Fex↑4.1 km W
Val Roseg↑5.2 km NE
Piz SurlejPeak · 3,188 m↑5.4 km NNE
Lake Sils1,795 m↑6.5 km W
Piz MorteratschPeak · 3,751 m↑6.6 km E
More in the Bernina Range 4
How accurate is this?
18 m low This 3D map reads 3,433 m at the summit; the official height is 3,451 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,451 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,433 m | -18 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,428 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