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Seehorn

2,439 m8,002 ft

Prominence: 562 m1,843 ft
Isolation: 2.9 km
Tonight: -7°CLight snow showers · Wind 8 km/h NW

Seehorn is a 2,439 m (8,002 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,439 m · 8,002 ft
Nearest higher peak: Rothorn (2,513 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.1824° N, 8.1160° E

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3D map

Seehorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Seehorn 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

Seehorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Seehorn weather

Tonight · Light snow showers · -7°C (19°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 8 km/h NW

Seehorn forecast for the summit, about 2,439 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 773 m.

Tonight-7°0.4 mm8 km/h NWBase 3°
Today-8°-3°5.9 mm9 km/h WBase 2 / 7°
Sun-11°-1°10.9 mm10 km/h WBase -1 / 9°
Mon-10°4°–9 km/h WBase 0 / 14°
Tue-3°7°–5 km/h WBase 7 / 17°
Wed-5°5°–5 km/h WBase 5 / 15°
Thu-5°4°–3 km/h SEBase 5 / 14°
Fri-5°5°–3 km/h WBase 5 / 15°
Sat-6°4°2.4 mm4 km/h WBase 4 / 14°
Sun-4°1°1.1 mm3 km/h WBase 6 / 11°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Seehorn

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

Nearest parking
Alte Kaserne
1.9 km WNW · +2 more within 2.0 km
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Nearest hut
Rifugio Gattascosa
4.4 km SE · +2 more within 5.9 km
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Nearest caravan site
4.8 km WNW
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Alte KaserneParking	1.9 km WNW
Parking	1.9 km NNE
ZwischbergenParking	2.0 km S
Rifugio GattascosaHut	4.4 km SE
Caravan site	4.8 km WNW
Rifugio il dossoHut	5.9 km ESE
Hut	5.9 km ESE

Slope

Share of the 6.2 × 6.2 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°

6.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

28.9%

Steep, 30–45°

44.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

20.8%

Steeper than 30°: 64.9% of the 38 km² view
Relief in view: 2,076 m low point 773 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 60.6%Grassland 30.7%Bare rock / sparse 5.8%Moss & lichen 2.4%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.1 km, measured from the Seehorn summit.

Summit list 3

1Tschuggmatthorn2,313 m 2.4 km WSW
2Guggilihorn2,351 m 2.9 km SW
3Rothorn2,514 m 2.9 km NW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.1 km; 421 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common Lutestring17
Scotch Annulet13
Mottled Beauty12
Darwin's heath9
Silver-ground Carpet8
Chequered Grass-veneer8

Where it sits

Where Seehorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

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

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,429 m at the summit; the official height is 2,439 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,439 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,429 m	-10 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,418 m	-21 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

Seehorn

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest hut

Nearest caravan site

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