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Simmental

Floor584 m1,916 ft

Depth: 1,253 m
Rim: 2,286 m
Length: 48.3 km
Tonight: -6°CSnow · Wind 20 km/h SW

Simmental is up to 1,253 m deep: the rim reaches 2,286 m and the floor 584 m, along 48.3 km.

All facts

Floor: 584 m

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Depth

Depth of Simmental

Up to 1,253 m deep (typically 933 m) along the 48.3 km in view.

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

3D map

Simmental 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Simmental 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

Simmental elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Simmental weather

Tonight · Snow · -6°C (21°F) · 2.8 mm · Wind 20 km/h SW

Simmental forecast for about 2,286 m.

Tonight-6°2.8 mm20 km/h SW
Today-6°-2°5.1 mm20 km/h SW
Sun-8°2°8.9 mm24 km/h SW
Mon-7°6°–8 km/h S
Tue0°12°–3 km/h S
Wed-1°4°1.0 mm7 km/h NE
Thu-4°5°–6 km/h NE
Fri-2°6°–4 km/h N
Sat-3°5°7.7 mm5 km/h N
Sun-4°0°7.3 mm6 km/h S

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 Simmental

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

Nearest parking
0.6 km ESE
+2 more within 1.0 km
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Nearest campsite
Simme-Camping
2.0 km NE · +2 more within 5.0 km
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Nearest hut
Chalet Grat
6.8 km NW
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Parking	0.6 km ESE
Parking	0.9 km ENE
Parking	1.0 km ENE
Simme-CampingCampsite	2.0 km NE
VermeilleCampsite	2.0 km NE
Camping JaunpassCampsite	5.0 km NNW
Chalet GratHut	6.8 km NW

Slope

Share of the 29.4 × 29.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

21.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.7%

Steep, 30–45°

30.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

6.2%

Steeper than 30°: 36.4% of the 864 km² view
Relief in view: 3,015 m low point 555 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 56.9%Trees 36.0%Bare rock / sparse 4.3%Built-up 1.2%Moss & lichen 0.5%Snow & ice 0.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 14.7 km of Simmental.

Summit list 9

1Chumigalm2,125 m 5.8 km W
2Lerchflue2,022 m 6.6 km WSW
3Niderhorn2,077 m 6.8 km WNW
4Blutte Hubel2,061 m 7.1 km NW
5Lueglespitz2,027 m 7.2 km WNW
6Gandhore2,112 m 7.2 km WSW
7Gyrshubel1,966 m 8.0 km WSW
8Vordere Spitz2,014 m 13 km WSW
9Rinderberg2,079 m 13 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 14.7 km; 1,211 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Purple Gentian52
Marsh grass-of-Parnassus51
Great masterwort47
European Globeflower45
Alpine Salamander44
Bearded Bellflower43

Where it sits

Where Simmental sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

GiferspitzPeak · 2,542 m17 km SW

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Print & wall

JPGSimmental 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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