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Weissmies · 4,013 m · 7.3 km E
Canton of Valais

Saastal

Floor1,575 m5,167 ft
Depth
1,555 m
Rim
3,131 m
Length
25 km
Tonight
-14°CLight snow · Wind 9 km/h W

Saastal is up to 1,555 m deep: the rim reaches 3,131 m and the floor 1,575 m, along 25 km.

All facts
Floor
1,575 m
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Depth

Depth of Saastal

Up to 1,555 m deep (typically 265 m) along the 25.0 km in view.

1,5002,0002,5003,0003,5001,555 mrimfloor01025.0 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Saastal 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 17.5 × 17.5 km

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Topographic map

Saastal terrain and contours

200 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 1,000 mShowing west → east through the centre

Saastal elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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

Saastal weather

Tonight · Light snow · -14°C (7°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 9 km/h W

Saastal forecast for about 3,131 m.

  • Tonight-14°0.5 mm9 km/h W
  • Today-14°-11°7.9 mm10 km/h W
  • Sun-16°-2°11.0 mm10 km/h SW
  • Mon-10°-2°–7 km/h SW
  • Tue-6°3°–3 km/h SW
  • Wed-9°-1°–3 km/h W
  • Thu-9°-1°–3 km/h NW
  • Fri-12°-2°–4 km/h NW
  • Sat-14°-4°2.5 mm4 km/h W
  • Sun-11°-4°0.3 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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Saastal

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping Am Kapellenweg

    0.4 km E · +2 more within 1.2 km

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  • Nearest parking

    0.5 km ENE

    +2 more within 0.7 km

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  • Nearest caravan site

    Stellplatz Saas-Fee

    0.6 km S

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Bergrestaurant Kreuzboden

    3.4 km NE · +2 more within 4.3 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Camping Am KapellenwegCampsite0.4 km E
Parking0.5 km ENE
Parking0.6 km NE
Stellplatz Saas-FeeCaravan site0.6 km S
Parking0.7 km SSW
SchönblickCampsite0.9 km SE
BergheimatCampsite1.2 km N
Bergrestaurant KreuzbodenHut3.4 km NE
MischabelhütteHut3.5 km WSW
AlmagelleralpHut4.3 km ESE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 17.5 × 17.5 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°
11.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
36.1%
Steep, 30–45°
40.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
12.4%
Steeper than 30°
52.5% of the 306 km² view
Relief in view
3,571 m low point 901 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 29.4%Snow & ice 29.4%Trees 16.4%Grassland 13.9%Moss & lichen 10.1%Built-up 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 8.8 km of Saastal.

NESW5 km10 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Balfrin3,795 m 3.0 km WNW
  2. 2Ulrichshorn3,925 m 3.3 km WSW
  3. 3Balfrin Nordwestgipfel3,783 m 3.5 km WNW
  4. 4Bigerhorn3,626 m 4.1 km WNW
  5. 5Lenzspitze4,294 m 4.5 km SW
  6. 6Nadelhorn Vorgipfel4,325 m 4.6 km WSW
  7. 7Nadelhorn4,327 m 4.6 km WSW
  8. 8Rottalhorn3,815 m 6.6 km E
  9. 9Lagginhorn4,010 m 7.4 km ENE
Where it sits

Where Saastal sits

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

Nearby places

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Downloads

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Sources

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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia