Mountain · Semien Mountains · Amhara Region

Ras Dashen

4,533 m14,872 ft

Prominence: 3,997 m13,114 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 4 km/h NW

Ras Dashen is a 4,533 m (14,872 ft) mountain in the Semien Mountains, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

All facts

Elevation: 4,533 m · 14,872 ft
Range: Semien Mountains
Region: Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Spanish name: Monte Ras Dejen
Coordinates: 13.2360° N, 38.3685° E

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3D map

Ras Dashen 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ras Dashen topographic map

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Downloads

Ras Dashen downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGRas Dashen satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-12-26.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXRas Dashen GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Route

How to get to the top of Ras Dashen

The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

From Road end, 1.1 km WSW of Ras Dashen

Distance: 2.6 kmone way
Climb: +260 m−21 m (853 ft up)
Time up: about 1 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Ras Dashen elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

Weather

Ras Dashen weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -1°C (30°F) · Wind 4 km/h NW

Ras Dashen forecast for the summit, about 4,533 m.

Tonight-1°–4 km/h NW
Today-1°6°14.3 mm11 km/h NW
Sun-1°7°8.0 mm9 km/h S
Mon-1°6°14.4 mm9 km/h S
Tue-1°4°14.8 mm6 km/h SE
Wed-2°4°10.3 mm6 km/h N
Thu0°5°1.7 mm4 km/h NE
Fri-1°7°2.2 mm4 km/h SE
Sat-2°6°0.2 mm5 km/h SE
Sun-2°7°0.1 mm5 km/h SE

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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Ras Dashen

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

Nearest campsite
6.7 km W
Directions Map

All mapped places 1

Place	Distance
Campsite	6.7 km W

Slope

How steep is the route to Ras Dashen?

The easiest mapped route, 2.6 km from 4,266 m to 4,533 m. Steepest stretch: 23°.

0 km · 4,266 m2.6 km · 4,533 m

0–15°2.4 km
15–30°0.2 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Cropland 46.1%Grassland 43.6%Shrubland 8.2%Trees 1.1%Bare rock / sparse 0.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10 km, measured from the Ras Dashen summit.

Summit list 3

1Ancua4,460 m 5.9 km NE
2Monte Sazza4,430 m 7.8 km ENE
3Lagada3,870 m 8.2 km NNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 17 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Walia Ibex9
Gelada4
Bearded Vulture2
Thick-billed Raven2
Hamerkop1
Black Kite1

Where it sits

Where Ras Dashen sits

Ranked in 1

#21 Country high points

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Hayli GubbiPeak · 521 m256 km E

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,524 m at the summit; the official height is 4,533 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,533 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,524 m	-9 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,511 m	-22 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 2025 (scene 2025-12-26)
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

Ras Dashen

West → east through the summit

From Road end, 1.1 km WSW of Ras Dashen

Nearest campsite

Data sources