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Piz Mitgel
- Prominence
- 480 m1,575 ft
- Isolation
- 1.9 km
- Tonight
- -15°CFog · Wind 5 km/h S
Piz Mitgel is a 3,159 m (10,364 ft) mountain in the Albula Alps, Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,159 m · 10,364 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Corn da Tinizong (3,173 m)
- Range
- Albula Alps
- Region
- Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.6160° N, 9.6471° E
Piz Mitgel 3D map
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Piz Mitgel 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.
Piz Mitgel elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Piz Mitgel weather
Tonight · Fog · -15°C (5°F) · Wind 5 km/h S
Piz Mitgel forecast for the summit, about 3,159 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,188 m.
- Tonight-15°–5 km/h SBase -3°
- Today-17°-7°1.9 mm9 km/h NBase -5 / 4°
- Sun-15°-3°1.8 mm12 km/h SBase -3 / 8°
- Mon-16°-2°–8 km/h SEBase -4 / 10°
- Tue-8°4°–4 km/h SEBase 3 / 15°
- Wed-9°1°0.1 mm4 km/h NBase 3 / 12°
- Thu-10°-1°–4 km/h SBase 2 / 11°
- Fri-10°-1°–4 km/h NWBase 1 / 11°
- Sat-11°-2°0.2 mm4 km/h NWBase 1 / 9°
- Sun-7°-4°1.2 mm2 km/h NBase 4 / 7°
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 Mitgel
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Piz Mitgel, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Plang la Curvanera
Nearest hut
Chamonas d'Ela CAS
Nearest caravan site
Camping Julia
Nearest campsite
Campingplatz Rona
All mapped places 11
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Plang la CurvaneraParking | 2.2 km WSW |
| Veia D'Alp, Igl TgavParking | 2.9 km WSW |
| Parking | 3.2 km S |
| Chamonas d'Ela CASHut | 3.4 km E |
| Camping JuliaCaravan site | 4.8 km WSW |
| Chamanna D'UglixHut | 5.7 km E |
| Stellplatz Restaurant Della PuntCaravan site | 6.3 km SSW |
| Campingplatz RonaCampsite | 6.3 km SSW |
| Caravan site | 6.6 km SSW |
| Naturzeltplatz RonaCampsite | 6.6 km SSW |
| Camping IslasCampsite | 6.6 km NNE |
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°
- 48.3% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,912 m low point 1,188 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 Mitgel summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Piz Crap2,821 m 1.8 km ENE
- 2Corn da Tinizong3,172 m 1.9 km ESE
- 3Piz Cuolmet2,796 m 2.0 km ENE
- 4Cotschen2,827 m 2.5 km SE
- 5Chantota2,542 m 2.5 km NE
- 6Pizza Grossa2,939 m 2.6 km SE
- 7Bot Radond2,508 m 2.8 km E
- 8Crap la Massa2,435 m 2.8 km NW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 26 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Lady's-slipper3
- Golden Eagle1
- Bearded Vulture1
- Northern Chamois1
- Alpine Marmot1
- Red-berried elder1
Where Piz Mitgel sits
- Range
- Alps751Eastern Alps350Central Eastern Alps140Western Rhaetian Alps74Albula Alps13
- Region
- Canton of the Grisons96Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Piz ElaPeak · 3,339 m↑4.9 km ESE
Piz CalderasPeak · 3,397 m↑9.6 km SSE
Lai da PalpuognaLake · 1,918 m↑11 km ESE
Piz CurvérPeak · 2,972 m↑12 km W
Lai da MarmoreraLake↑13 km S
More in the Albula Alps 6
Piz Mitgel downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
96 m low This 3D map reads 3,063 m at the summit; the official height is 3,159 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 106 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,159 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,063 m | -96 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,053 m | -106 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