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Glacier · Bavaria

Schneeferner

2,687 m8,816 ft

Area: 0.11 km²
Lowest point: 2,571 m
Tonight: -10°CFog · Wind 10 km/h W

Schneeferner Glacier in Bavaria, Germany covers 0.11 km² and spans 2,571–2,687 m above sea level.

All facts

Highest point: 2,687 m

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Glacier

Schneeferner: size and slope

Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.

Vertical range: 116 m
Mean slope: 15°
Faces: eastmorning sun

3D map

Schneeferner 3D map

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Surface

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Schneeferner 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 centre

Schneeferner elevation profile

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Weather

Schneeferner weather

Tonight · Fog · -10°C (14°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 10 km/h W

Schneeferner forecast for about 2,687 m.

Tonight-10°0.4 mm10 km/h W
Today-10°-4°2.8 mm15 km/h W
Sun-8°1°11.4 mm17 km/h W
Mon-8°2°0.1 mm6 km/h NW
Tue-3°8°–3 km/h S
Wed-5°2°4.1 mm5 km/h N
Thu-9°2°–4 km/h NE
Fri-11°2°–4 km/h N
Sat-10°1°0.2 mm6 km/h NW
Sun-8°-4°2.0 mm3 km/h W

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 Schneeferner

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

Nearest hut
Wiener-Neustädter-Hütte
1.1 km NNW · +2 more within 2.9 km
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Nearest parking
Tiroler Zugspitzbahn
2.9 km WNW · +2 more within 3.6 km
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Nearest campsite
5-Sterne-Camping Zugspitz Resort
3.0 km WNW · +2 more within 6.6 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Wiener-Neustädter-HütteHut	1.1 km NNW
Münchner HausHut	1.1 km NE
Parking	2.7 km WNW
Tiroler ZugspitzbahnParking	2.9 km WNW
KnorrhütteHut	2.9 km E
5-Sterne-Camping Zugspitz ResortCampsite	3.0 km WNW
Parking	3.6 km WSW
Camping Dr.LauthCampsite	3.8 km W
Camping BiberhofCampsite	6.6 km WSW

Slope

Share of the 3 × 3 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°

13.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.1%

Steep, 30–45°

27.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

28.5%

Steeper than 30°: 55.6% of the 9 km² view
Relief in view: 1,515 m low point 1,434 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 63.4%Snow & ice 13.4%Grassland 12.8%Trees 9.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 1.5 km of Schneeferner.

Summit list 5

1Zugspitzeck2,815 m 0.5 km NNW
2Schneefernerkopf2,874 m 0.5 km SSW
3Nördliche Wetterspitze2,746 m 1.1 km SSW
4Zugspitze2,962 m 1.3 km NE
5Wetterspitzen2,746 m 1.5 km S

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 1.5 km; 102 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Yellow-billed Chough201
Chamois Cress22
Round-leaved Pennycress18
Small Tortoiseshell13
White-winged Snowfinch10
Broad-leaved Mouse-ear9

Where it sits

Where Schneeferner sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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AlpspitzePeak · 2,628 m5.8 km ENE

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Print & wall

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

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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 2026-07-24)
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
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)
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