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Testa Grigia / Tête grise

3,479 m11,414 ft

Prominence: 37 m121 ft
Isolation: 0.5 km
Tonight: -14°CFog · Wind 11 km/h NW

Testa Grigia / Tête grise is a 3,479 m (11,414 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Italy.

All facts

Elevation: 3,479 m · 11,414 ft
Nearest higher peak: Klein Matterhorn (3,883 m)
Range: Pennine Alps
Region: Canton of Valais, Italy
Coordinates: 45.9349° N, 7.7076° E

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Testa Grigia / Tête grise 3D map

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Surface

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Testa Grigia / Tête grise 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.

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Testa Grigia / Tête grise elevation profile

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Weather

Testa Grigia / Tête grise weather

Tonight · Fog · -14°C (7°F) · Wind 11 km/h NW

Testa Grigia / Tête grise forecast for the summit, about 3,479 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,507 m.

Tonight-14°–11 km/h NWBase -8°
Today-14°-10°5.4 mm16 km/h NWBase -8 / -5°
Sun-18°-4°5.7 mm12 km/h NWBase -13 / 2°
Mon-13°-1°–8 km/h NBase -7 / 5°
Tue-8°2°–7 km/h NBase -2 / 8°
Wed-10°0°–6 km/h NBase -5 / 6°
Thu-10°-2°–4 km/h NBase -4 / 4°
Fri-12°-1°–6 km/h NBase -6 / 4°
Sat-13°-3°1.3 mm6 km/h NBase -7 / 3°
Sun-13°-4°0.1 mm5 km/h WBase -7 / 2°

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

Camping & parking near Testa Grigia / Tête grise

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

Nearest hut
Rifugio Guide del Cervino
0.1 km SSE · +2 more within 3.5 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
5.5 km W
+2 more within 5.6 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Rifugio Guide del CervinoHut	0.1 km SSE
Rifugio TeoduloHut	1.0 km N
GandegghütteHut	3.5 km NNE
Parking	5.5 km W
Parking	5.5 km W
Parking	5.6 km W

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

36.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

38.9%

Steep, 30–45°

17.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

7.2%

Steeper than 30°: 24.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,594 m low point 2,507 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 65.1%Bare rock / sparse 22.6%Moss & lichen 7.3%Grassland 3.7%Water 1.1%

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 Testa Grigia / Tête grise summit.

Summit list 5

1Theodulhorn3,472 m 1.6 km N
2Klein Matterhorn3,883 m 1.8 km ENE
3Furgghorn3,451 m 2.2 km NNW
4Punta di Rollin3,296 m 2.3 km S
5Gobba di Rollin3,898 m 2.4 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 85 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Yellow-billed Chough19
Purple Saxifrage11
White-winged Snowfinch11
Alpine Ibex5
Moss Campion5
European Common Frog4

Where it sits

Where Testa Grigia / Tête grise sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Central BreithornPeak · 4,154 m3.8 km E

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Print & wall

JPGTesta Grigia / Tête grise satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

21 m low This 3D map reads 3,458 m at the summit; the official height is 3,479 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,479 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,458 m	-21 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,453 m	-26 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 2026-09-27)
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

Testa Grigia / Tête grise

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

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