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Schesaplana

2,965 m9,728 ft

Easiest route: 6.2 km+1,098 m · about 3.5 h · T3
Prominence: 815 m2,673 ft
Isolation: 30 km
Tonight: -13°CSnow · Wind 5 km/h S

Schesaplana is a 2,965 m (9,728 ft) mountain in the Rätikon, Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,965 m · 9,728 ft
Nearest higher peak: Chlein Seehorn (3,032 m)
Range: Rätikon
Region: Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland
Coordinates: 47.0535° N, 9.7076° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Schesaplana

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end, 2.6 km SE of Schesaplana

Distance: 6.2 kmone way
Climb: +1,098 m−74 m (3,602 ft up)
Time up: about 3.5 h
Difficulty: T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling

Schesaplana elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2

Road end, 3.9 km ENE of Schesaplana6.7 km · +1,405 m · about 4 h
T3GPX KML
Road end, 2.1 km WSW of Schesaplana3.6 km · +1,085 m · about 2.5 h
T4GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Schesaplana 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Schesaplana terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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

West → east through the summit

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

Weather

Schesaplana weather

Tonight · Snow · -13°C (9°F) · 1.4 mm · Wind 5 km/h S

Schesaplana forecast for the summit, about 2,965 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,902 m.

Tonight-13°1.4 mm5 km/h SBase -6°
Today-12°-7°3.0 mm13 km/h SBase -6 / -1°
Sun-12°0°18.0 mm15 km/h SBase -5 / 5°
Mon-13°-1°–9 km/h SEBase -7 / 6°
Tue-6°7°–5 km/h SEBase 2 / 13°
Wed-6°0°1.3 mm8 km/h NBase 0 / 8°
Thu-10°0°–6 km/h NWBase -3 / 7°
Fri-10°1°–6 km/h NWBase -4 / 8°
Sat-10°-1°0.6 mm5 km/h NWBase -4 / 6°
Sun-8°-7°5.8 mm7 km/h SBase -2 / 0°

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 Schesaplana

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

Nearest hut
Totalphütte
1.5 km E · +2 more within 2.1 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
3.3 km NE
+2 more within 3.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest caravan site
AlpinSpot Brand
6.8 km NNE
Directions Map

All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
TotalphütteHut	1.5 km E
Mannheimer HütteHut	1.7 km NW
SchesaplanahütteHut	2.1 km WSW
Parking	3.3 km NE
Parking	3.7 km NE
Parking	3.7 km NE
AlpinSpot BrandCaravan site	6.8 km NNE

Slope

How steep is the route to Schesaplana?

The easiest mapped route, 6.2 km from 1,920 m to 2,965 m. Steepest stretch: 29°.

0 km · 1,920 m6.2 km · 2,965 m

0–15°4.7 km
15–30°1.5 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 44.2%Bare rock / sparse 22.0%Trees 20.8%Snow & ice 6.3%Moss & lichen 4.5%Water 2.1%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.7 km, measured from the Schesaplana summit.

Summit list 9

1Felsenkopf2,835 m 0.5 km E
2Zirmenkopf2,760 m 1.0 km ENE
3Totalpköpfe2,580 m 1.1 km SSE
4Schafköpfe2,806 m 1.5 km W
5Wildberg2,788 m 1.6 km NNW
6Seekopf2,698 m 2.2 km ENE
7Salaruelkopf2,841 m 2.5 km WNW
8Panüelerkopf2,860 m 2.6 km NW
9Schafberg2,729 m 3.3 km WNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.7 km; 308 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Eight-petal Mountain-Avens43
Hairy Alpenrose34
Alpine Toadflax29
Blue Saxifrage28
Fairy's-thimble27
Fragrant Orchid26

Where it sits

Where Schesaplana sits

Ranked in 3

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

SulzfluhPeak · 2,818 m11 km ESE

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

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Print & wall

JPGSchesaplana satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXSchesaplana GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

20 m low This 3D map reads 2,945 m at the summit; the official height is 2,965 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.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,965 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,945 m	-20 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,932 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)
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

Schesaplana

Easiest route: from Road end, 2.6 km SE of Schesaplana

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

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