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Piz Surlej

3,188 m10,459 ft

Prominence: 434 m1,423 ft
Isolation: 4.1 km
Tonight: -14°CFog · Wind 4 km/h S

Piz Surlej is a 3,188 m (10,459 ft) mountain in the Bernina Range, Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,188 m · 10,459 ft
Nearest higher peak: Piz Tschierva (3,545 m)
Range: Bernina Range
Region: Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.4529° N, 9.8435° E

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3D map

Piz Surlej 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Piz Surlej terrain and contours

50 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.

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Piz Surlej elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Piz Surlej weather

Tonight · Fog · -14°C (7°F) · Wind 4 km/h S

Piz Surlej forecast for the summit, about 3,188 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,779 m.

Tonight-14°–4 km/h SBase -5°
Today-16°-8°1.7 mm9 km/h NWBase -7 / 1°
Sun-14°-3°0.7 mm10 km/h SBase -5 / 6°
Mon-13°-1°–4 km/h SBase -4 / 7°
Tue-6°4°–2 km/h SEBase 2 / 12°
Wed-8°-1°0.1 mm3 km/h NWBase 1 / 8°
Thu-11°-1°–4 km/h WBase -2 / 7°
Fri-10°-2°–4 km/h WBase -1 / 7°
Sat-10°-3°0.3 mm6 km/h WBase -2 / 5°
Sun-8°-4°0.8 mm4 km/h WBase 1 / 4°

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.

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°

20.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

39.5%

Steep, 30–45°

32.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

7.2%

Steeper than 30°: 40.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,394 m low point 1,779 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 35.0%Trees 24.7%Bare rock / sparse 18.4%Moss & lichen 15.4%Snow & ice 4.6%Water 1.2%Built-up 0.7%

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 Surlej summit.

Summit list 8

1Piz San Gian3,134 m 0.6 km NE
2Piz Chatscheder3,028 m 0.9 km ESE
3Munt Arlas3,129 m 1.1 km S
4Piz Rosatsch3,123 m 1.1 km NE
5Corn d'Arlas3,007 m 1.6 km S
6Cuolm d'Mez2,983 m 1.8 km NE
7Il Corn2,945 m 2.2 km NE
8Piz Mezdi2,992 m 2.4 km NE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 344 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Spotted gentian15
Glacier Crowfoot15
Viscid Primrose14
Bavarian gentian12
Coal Tit12
Creeping avens12

Where it sits

Where Piz Surlej sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Val Fex7.5 km SW

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Print & wall

JPGPiz Surlej 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?

21 m low This 3D map reads 3,167 m at the summit; the official height is 3,188 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,188 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,167 m	-21 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,159 m	-29 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)
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