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Silberhorn
- Prominence
- 77 m253 ft
- Isolation
- 0.4 km
- Tonight
- -17°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h NW
Silberhorn is a 3,690 m (12,106 ft) mountain in the Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,690 m · 12,106 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Wengen-Jungfrau (4,085 m)
- Range
- Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group
- Region
- Canton of Berne, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.5412° N, 7.9490° E
Silberhorn 3D map
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Silberhorn 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.
Silberhorn elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Silberhorn weather
Tonight · Snow · -17°C (1°F) · 2.1 mm · Wind 8 km/h NW
Silberhorn forecast for the summit, about 3,690 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 813 m.
- Tonight-17°2.1 mm8 km/h NWBase 0°
- Today-17°-14°15.5 mm8 km/h SEBase 0 / 3°
- Sun-19°-5°12.3 mm9 km/h WBase -2 / 12°
- Mon-13°-4°–4 km/h WBase 4 / 13°
- Tue-9°0°–2 km/h NBase 8 / 17°
- Wed-12°-6°–3 km/h NBase 5 / 11°
- Thu-11°-4°–2 km/h NBase 6 / 13°
- Fri-14°-5°–3 km/h NBase 3 / 12°
- Sat-15°-7°6.1 mm3 km/h NWBase 2 / 10°
- Sun-13°-8°5.5 mm5 km/h WBase 4 / 9°
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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Silberhorn
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Silberhorn, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Silberhornhütte SAC
Nearest campsite
Rütti
Nearest parking
Auto-Parkplatz Stechelberg
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Silberhornhütte SACHut | 1.5 km NW |
| Rottalhütte SACHut | 1.7 km S |
| GuggihütteHut | 3.1 km NE |
| Parking | 3.7 km W |
| RüttiCampsite | 3.7 km W |
| Auto-Parkplatz StechelbergParking | 4.0 km WNW |
| BreithornCampsite | 4.3 km NW |
| Coach Bus ParkingParking | 4.5 km NW |
| JungfrauCampsite | 6.0 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 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.
- Steeper than 30°
- 64.7% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 3,279 m low point 813 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Silberhorn summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Wengen-Jungfrau4,085 m 1.1 km E
- 2Jungfrau4,158 m 1.2 km ESE
- 3Rottalhorn3,972 m 1.7 km SE
- 4Mathildespitze3,557 m 2.2 km ENE
- 5Louwihorn3,773 m 2.2 km SE
- 6Sphinx3,571 m 2.9 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 40 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yellow-billed Chough192
- White-winged Snowfinch3
- Alpine Ibex2
- Northern coralroot2
- Small Tortoiseshell2
- Mount Cenis Violet2
Where Silberhorn sits
- Region
- Canton of Berne59Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
JungfraujochPass · 3,471 m↑2.7 km ENE
GletscherhornPeak · 3,982 m↑3.5 km SSE
Eiger Glacier↑4.0 km NE
MönchPeak · 4,110 m↑4.2 km ENE
Kleine ScheideggPass · 2,061 m↑4.9 km N
More in the Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group 6
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How accurate is this?
35 m low This 3D map reads 3,655 m at the summit; the official height is 3,690 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 43 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,690 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,655 m | -35 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,647 m | -43 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)
- Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- 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