Riffelsee
- Max depth
- 4 m
- Tonight
- -12°CLight snow · Wind 10 km/h NW
Riffelsee is a lake at 2,758 m above sea level in Canton of Valais, Switzerland.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2,758 m
Riffelsee 3D map
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Riffelsee 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.
Riffelsee elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Riffelsee weather
Tonight · Light snow · -12°C (10°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 10 km/h NW
Riffelsee forecast for about 2,758 m.
- Tonight-12°0.4 mm10 km/h NW
- Today-12°-9°7.9 mm11 km/h NW
- Sun-17°1°9.3 mm12 km/h NW
- Mon-11°0°–7 km/h NW
- Tue-5°5°–4 km/h NW
- Wed-9°1°–4 km/h NW
- Thu-9°1°–4 km/h NW
- Fri-12°0°–5 km/h NW
- Sat-13°-2°2.5 mm5 km/h NW
- Sun-10°-1°0.2 mm4 km/h NW
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 near Riffelsee
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Riffelsee, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Grünsee Mountain Lodge
Nearest parking
Parking Kiosk URANIA
Nearest campsite
Camping Zermatt
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Grünsee Mountain LodgeHut | 2.9 km NNE |
| GandegghütteHut | 3.5 km SW |
| Parking Kiosk URANIAParking | 4.9 km N |
| Parking | 4.9 km N |
| Camping ZermattCampsite | 4.9 km N |
| Monte Rosa HütteHut | 5.0 km SE |
| Parking | 6.3 km N |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 31.2% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,291 m low point 1,838 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.
Where Riffelsee sits
- Region
- Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
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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, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- 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)