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Piz Platta
- Prominence
- 1,115 m3,658 ft
- Isolation
- 12 km
- Tonight
- -17°CSnow · Wind 5 km/h SE
Piz Platta is a 3,392 m (11,129 ft) mountain in the Oberhalbstein Alps, Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,392 m · 11,129 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Piz Calderas (3,397 m)
- Range
- Oberhalbstein Alps
- Region
- Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.4862° N, 9.5624° E
Piz Platta 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.4 × 8.4 km
Piz Platta 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 Platta elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Piz Platta weather
Tonight · Snow · -17°C (1°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 5 km/h SE
Piz Platta forecast for the summit, about 3,392 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,526 m.
- Tonight-17°0.5 mm5 km/h SEBase -6°
- Today-19°-10°1.9 mm9 km/h NBase -8 / 2°
- Sun-17°-6°0.7 mm12 km/h SBase -6 / 5°
- Mon-17°-3°–7 km/h SEBase -6 / 8°
- Tue-9°1°–2 km/h SEBase 2 / 13°
- Wed-10°-2°0.1 mm4 km/h NBase 1 / 9°
- Thu-12°-3°–4 km/h SEBase -1 / 9°
- Fri-11°-3°–5 km/h NBase 0 / 8°
- Sat-11°-5°0.2 mm5 km/h NBase 0 / 7°
- Sun-8°-6°3.1 mm4 km/h SWBase 3 / 5°
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 Platta
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Piz Platta, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Tigias Plang Faller
Nearest parking
3.7 km WSW
Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Avers-Juppa
Nearest campsite
Cröt Sägeplatz
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Tigias Plang FallerHut | 2.4 km NE |
| Parking | 3.7 km WSW |
| Parking | 3.9 km WSW |
| Stellplatz Avers-JuppaCaravan site | 4.2 km SSW |
| Parking | 4.2 km SSW |
| Stellplatz Avers-JufCaravan site | 4.6 km SSE |
| Stellplatz Avers-CrötCaravan site | 5.9 km W |
| Cröt SägeplatzCampsite | 5.9 km W |
| Alp NatonsHut | 6.9 km E |
| Camping BivioCampsite | 7.6 km ESE |
Slope
Share of the 8.4 × 8.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 36.1% of the 71 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,773 m low point 1,526 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 4.2 km, measured from the Piz Platta summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Tälihorn3,164 m 0.9 km S
- 2Täligrat3,042 m 1.2 km W
- 3Jupper Horn3,155 m 2.2 km S
- 4Mazzaspitz3,164 m 2.5 km SSE
- 5Mittler Wissberg3,001 m 2.5 km W
- 6Piz Scalotta2,991 m 2.9 km ESE
- 7Usser Wissberg3,052 m 3.4 km WNW
- 8Piz Surparé3,078 m 3.5 km SE
- 9Piz Forbesch3,262 m 3.8 km N
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.2 km; 291 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Ipsilon Dart Moth29
- Dark Arches19
- Mesotype verberata15
- Grey Mountain Carpet14
- Shears13
- Two-flowered purple saxifrage13
Where Piz Platta sits
- Region
- Canton of the Grisons96Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Lai da MarmoreraLake↑5.9 km ENE
Piz GrischPeak · 3,062 m↑8.5 km NW
Septimer Pass2,310 m↑9.8 km SE
Lago di LeiLake · 1,931 m↑9.9 km WSW
GletscherhornPeak · 3,107 m↑11 km S
More in the Oberhalbstein Alps 2
Piz Platta downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
93 m low This 3D map reads 3,299 m at the summit; the official height is 3,392 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 99 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,392 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,299 m | -93 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,293 m | -99 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