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Rinderberg

2,079 m6,821 ft

Prominence: 371 m1,218 ft
Isolation: 4.4 km
Tonight: -5°CSnow · Wind 15 km/h W

Rinderberg is a 2,079 m (6,821 ft) mountain in the Bernese Prealps, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,079 m · 6,821 ft
Nearest higher peak: Giferspitz (2,542 m)
Range: Bernese Prealps
Region: Canton of Berne, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.5049° N, 7.3568° E

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3D map

Rinderberg 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Rinderberg 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Rinderberg elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Rinderberg weather

Tonight · Snow · -5°C (23°F) · 1.8 mm · Wind 15 km/h W

Rinderberg forecast for the summit, about 2,079 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 952 m.

Tonight-5°1.8 mm15 km/h WBase 2°
Today-5°-2°6.6 mm14 km/h SBase 1 / 5°
Sun-11°3°11.9 mm14 km/h SBase -4 / 10°
Mon-9°5°–7 km/h SBase -2 / 11°
Tue0°11°–5 km/h SBase 7 / 18°
Wed-2°7°0.1 mm5 km/h NBase 5 / 13°
Thu-5°8°–4 km/h NBase 2 / 15°
Fri-2°8°–5 km/h NWBase 5 / 15°
Sat-2°6°3.0 mm7 km/h NWBase 4 / 13°
Sun-2°1°5.5 mm7 km/h SBase 5 / 8°

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°

29.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

50.7%

Steep, 30–45°

19.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.9%

Steeper than 30°: 20.2% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,110 m low point 952 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 59.2%Trees 39.9%Built-up 0.6%

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 Rinderberg summit.

Summit list 5

1Geisshöri1,891 m 0.8 km N
2Parwengebire2,015 m 1.0 km S
3Saanerslochflue1,960 m 2.0 km WSW
4Horntube1,994 m 2.1 km SW
5Hüenerspil1,926 m 2.8 km SW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 61 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Great masterwort4
Wood, Mound, and Field Ants2
Perennial Cornflower2
Silver Thistle2
Marsh grass-of-Parnassus2
Purple Gentian2

Where it sits

Where Rinderberg sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

SeebergseeLake · 1,831 m10 km NE

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Print & wall

JPGRinderberg satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

18 m low This 3D map reads 2,061 m at the summit; the official height is 2,079 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,079 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,061 m	-18 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,059 m	-20 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 2026-09-22)
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