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Piz Palü

3,899 m12,792 ft

Prominence: 227 m746 ft
Isolation: 2.3 km
Tonight: -19°CPartly cloudy · Wind 9 km/h NW

Piz Palü is a 3,899 m (12,792 ft) mountain in the Bernina Range, Canton of the Grisons, Italy.

All facts

Elevation: 3,899 m · 12,792 ft
Nearest higher peak: Bellavista (3,921 m)
Range: Bernina Range
Region: Canton of the Grisons, Italy
Coordinates: 46.3782° N, 9.9590° E

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3D map

Piz Palü 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Piz Palü 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

Piz Palü elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Piz Palü weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -19°C (-2°F) · Wind 9 km/h NW

Piz Palü forecast for the summit, about 3,899 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,320 m.

Tonight-19°–9 km/h NWBase -10°
Today-21°-14°1.7 mm11 km/h NWBase -11 / -4°
Sun-18°-9°1.0 mm10 km/h WBase -9 / 1°
Mon-16°-6°–6 km/h NWBase -6 / 4°
Tue-9°-1°–4 km/h NWBase 1 / 8°
Wed-12°-5°0.1 mm4 km/h NWBase -2 / 5°
Thu-16°-6°–3 km/h WBase -7 / 3°
Fri-15°-6°–4 km/h NWBase -6 / 3°
Sat-16°-9°0.2 mm5 km/h WBase -7 / 1°
Sun-13°-9°1.6 mm3 km/h SWBase -4 / 1°

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 Palü

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

Nearest hut
Bivacco Pansera
2.0 km SSW · +2 more within 3.8 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
5.8 km NE
+2 more within 5.8 km
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Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Lagalp
7.0 km NNE
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Bivacco PanseraHut	2.0 km SSW
Vecchia Capanna Marco e Rosa De MarchiHut	3.7 km W
Berghaus DiavolezzaHut	3.8 km N
Parking	5.8 km NE
Parking	5.8 km NE
Parking	5.8 km NE
Stellplatz LagalpCaravan site	7.0 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.

Gentle, 0–15°

25.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

36.5%

Steep, 30–45°

23.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

14.3%

Steeper than 30°: 38.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,609 m low point 2,320 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 87.1%Bare rock / sparse 10.5%Moss & lichen 1.8%

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 Palü summit.

Summit list 7

1Monte Bellavista Orientale3,799 m 1.2 km W
2Monte Bellavista Centro-Orientale3,888 m 1.7 km W
3Piz Cambrena3,607 m 1.7 km NE
4Monte Bellavista Centro-Occidentale3,890 m 1.9 km W
5Bellavista3,922 m 2.1 km WSW
6Piz Zupò3,995 m 2.4 km WSW
7Piz Argient3,945 m 2.9 km WSW

Where it sits

Where Piz Palü sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Bernina Pass2,328 m6.4 km NE

Piz Palü downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGPiz Palü satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,894 m at the summit; the official height is 3,899 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,899 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,894 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,886 m	-13 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)
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

Piz Palü

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

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