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Rinderhorn

3,449 m11,316 ft

Prominence: 422 m1,385 ft
Isolation: 2.3 km
Tonight: -14°CLight snow · Wind 10 km/h W

Rinderhorn is a 3,449 m (11,316 ft) mountain in the Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,449 m · 11,316 ft
Nearest higher peak: Altels (3,630 m)
Range: Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.4135° N, 7.6543° E

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3D map

Rinderhorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Rinderhorn 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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Rinderhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Rinderhorn weather

Tonight · Light snow · -14°C (7°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 10 km/h W

Rinderhorn forecast for the summit, about 3,449 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,470 m.

Tonight-14°0.3 mm10 km/h WBase -2°
Today-16°-12°8.0 mm13 km/h EBase -4 / -1°
Sun-20°-5°11.8 mm12 km/h EBase -8 / 7°
Mon-14°-3°–4 km/h NBase -2 / 9°
Tue-7°1°–1 km/h NBase 5 / 13°
Wed-15°-3°–3 km/h NEBase -3 / 9°
Thu-10°-2°–1 km/h SWBase 2 / 10°
Fri-9°-2°–3 km/h WBase 3 / 10°
Sat-10°-4°6.7 mm5 km/h WBase 2 / 8°
Sun-10°-7°1.8 mm3 km/h WBase 1 / 5°

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.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

9.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

33.6%

Steep, 30–45°

42.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

15.3%

Steeper than 30°: 57.4% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 2,213 m low point 1,470 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 37.6%Grassland 29.0%Snow & ice 16.2%Trees 8.4%Moss & lichen 7.0%Water 1.7%

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 Rinderhorn summit.

Summit list 3

1Chli Rinderhorn3,003 m 1.6 km NNW
2Grosses Plattenhorn2,855 m 1.9 km SW
3Altels3,629 m 2.5 km NE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 209 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Alpine Marmot10
Alpine Toadflax10
Alpine Ibex9
Moss Campion9
Great Yellow Gentian8
Common Kidney-Vetch7

Where it sits

Where Rinderhorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGRinderhorn satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,442 m at the summit; the official height is 3,449 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 31 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,449 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,442 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,418 m	-31 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