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Pointe Helbronner

3,462 m11,358 ft

Prominence: 42 m137 ft
Isolation: 0.4 km
Tonight: -15°CSnow · Wind 9 km/h W

Pointe Helbronner is a 3,462 m (11,358 ft) summit in the Mont Blanc massif, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

All facts

Elevation: 3,462 m · 11,358 ft
Nearest higher peak: Grand Flambeau (3,566 m)
Range: Mont Blanc massif
Region: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Spanish name: Punta Helbronner
Coordinates: 45.8482° N, 6.9218° E

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3D map

Pointe Helbronner 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pointe Helbronner 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.

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Pointe Helbronner elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Pointe Helbronner weather

Tonight · Snow · -15°C (5°F) · 4.7 mm · Wind 9 km/h W

Pointe Helbronner forecast for the summit, about 3,462 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,544 m.

Tonight-15°4.7 mm9 km/h WBase -4°
Today-15°-13°16.2 mm9 km/h NWBase -4 / -1°
Sun-18°-6°18.4 mm10 km/h NWBase -6 / 6°
Mon-12°-2°–5 km/h NWBase -1 / 9°
Tue-8°2°–3 km/h NWBase 4 / 13°
Wed-10°-3°–3 km/h NWBase 1 / 9°
Thu-11°-2°–2 km/h WBase 0 / 10°
Fri-13°-3°–3 km/h NWBase -1 / 8°
Sat-13°-5°2.5 mm3 km/h WBase -2 / 7°
Sun-16°-7°1.3 mm5 km/h WBase -4 / 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 23, 23:18 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°

20.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

33.1%

Steep, 30–45°

30.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

16.5%

Steeper than 30°: 47.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 2,659 m low point 1,544 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 70.2%Bare rock / sparse 16.7%Moss & lichen 6.3%Grassland 4.6%Trees 2.1%

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 Pointe Helbronner summit.

Summit list 8

1Corne du Diable4,064 m 2.3 km WNW
2Pointe Chaubert4,074 m 2.3 km WNW
3Pointe Médiane4,097 m 2.4 km WNW
4Pointe Carmen4,109 m 2.4 km WNW
5L'Isolée4,114 m 2.5 km WNW
6Pointe Sella4,009 m 2.8 km ENE
7Mont Blanc du Tacul4,248 m 2.8 km WNW
8Dent du Géant4,013 m 2.8 km ENE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 123 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Yellow-billed Chough15
Queen of Spain Fritillary11
Chalkhill Blue11
Scarce Copper10
Large Banded Grasshopper7
Dark Green Fritillary7

Where it sits

Where Pointe Helbronner sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Mont BlancPeak · 4,806 m4.7 km WSW

Pointe Helbronner downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGPointe Helbronner satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

14 m high This 3D map reads 3,476 m at the summit; the official height is 3,462 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,462 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,476 m	+14 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,466 m	+4 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 2026-07-24)
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