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Rosablanche

3,336 m10,945 ft
Prominence
230 m753 ft
Isolation
2.9 km
Tonight
-13°CSnow · Wind 11 km/h W

Rosablanche is a 3,336 m (10,945 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts
Elevation
3,336 m · 10,945 ft
Nearest higher peak
La Sâle (3,646 m)
Range
Pennine Alps
Region
Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates
46.0604° N, 7.3543° E
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3D map

Rosablanche 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Rosablanche 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

Rosablanche elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Rosablanche weather

Tonight · Snow · -13°C (9°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 11 km/h W

Rosablanche forecast for the summit, about 3,336 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,736 m.

  • Tonight-13°1.7 mm11 km/h WBase -3°
  • Today-13°-9°10.0 mm9 km/h NWBase -3 / 1°
  • Sun-12°-3°11.5 mm12 km/h WBase -2 / 6°
  • Mon-8°-1°–6 km/h SEBase 2 / 8°
  • Tue-4°4°–1 km/h SBase 5 / 13°
  • Wed-6°0°–2 km/h WBase 4 / 9°
  • Thu-6°0°–2 km/h SBase 3 / 10°
  • Fri-7°0°–3 km/h SBase 2 / 9°
  • Sat-9°-2°1.3 mm3 km/h SWBase 0 / 8°
  • Sun-10°-5°1.3 mm4 km/h SBase 0 / 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

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°
20.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
36.1%
Steep, 30–45°
34.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
9.0%
Steeper than 30°
43.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
1,618 m low point 1,736 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 33.0%Bare rock / sparse 32.1%Grassland 22.6%Moss & lichen 11.2%Water 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Rosablanche summit.

NESW1 km3 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Petit Mont Calme3,219 m 0.7 km NNW
  2. 2Lui des Chamois3,198 m 1.0 km S
  3. 3Le Parrain3,259 m 1.6 km S
  4. 4Grand Mont Calme3,205 m 1.7 km N
  5. 5Rochers du Bouc3,314 m 2.4 km SE
  6. 6Pointe du Crêt3,322 m 2.5 km SSE
  7. 7Petit Mont-Fort3,135 m 2.7 km NW
  8. 8Pointe des Chamois3,384 m 2.9 km SSE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 120 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Alpine Ibex17
  • Alpine Marmot9
  • European Common Frog8
  • Edelweiss8
  • Northern Wheatear6
  • Yellow Saxifrage6
Where it sits

Where Rosablanche sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Pennine Alps76
Region
Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Pennine Alps 6
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Downloads

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

14 m low This 3D map reads 3,322 m at the summit; the official height is 3,336 m.Official 3,336 m90 m model 3,303 mThis map 3,322 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 33 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,336 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,322 m-14 m
Copernicus GLO-903,303 m-33 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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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