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Tschingelhorn

3,555 m11,663 ft

Prominence: 393 m1,289 ft
Isolation: 1.7 km
Tonight: -15°CSnow · Wind 9 km/h W

Tschingelhorn is a 3,555 m (11,663 ft) mountain in the Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,555 m · 11,663 ft
Nearest higher peak: Breithorn (3,780 m)
Range: Gletscherhorn-Blümlisalp-Balmhorn Group
Region: Canton of Berne, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.4782° N, 7.8487° E

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3D map

Tschingelhorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Tschingelhorn 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

Tschingelhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Tschingelhorn weather

Tonight · Snow · -15°C (5°F) · 2.5 mm · Wind 9 km/h W

Tschingelhorn forecast for the summit, about 3,555 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,925 m.

Tonight-15°2.5 mm9 km/h WBase -5°
Today-15°-13°10.1 mm9 km/h SEBase -5 / -3°
Sun-19°-5°11.4 mm11 km/h SEBase -9 / 5°
Mon-12°-3°–4 km/h SEBase -3 / 7°
Tue-7°1°–1 km/h SEBase 2 / 11°
Wed-11°-5°–3 km/h NBase -2 / 5°
Thu-9°-3°–1 km/h SEBase 0 / 7°
Fri-11°-4°–1 km/h NWBase -1 / 6°
Sat-12°-5°6.5 mm3 km/h NWBase -2 / 5°
Sun-11°-7°5.2 mm5 km/h WBase -2 / 3°

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 Tschingelhorn

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

Nearest hut
Mutthornhütte
2.6 km WNW · +2 more within 4.1 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping Fafleralp
4.9 km SSE
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Nearest parking
Fafleralp
5.0 km SSE · +2 more within 5.0 km
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
MutthornhütteHut	2.6 km WNW
Neue MutthornhütteHut	2.6 km WNW
SchmadrihütteHut	4.1 km NE
Parking	4.9 km S
Camping FafleralpCampsite	4.9 km SSE
Parking	5.0 km S
FafleralpParking	5.0 km SSE

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°

27.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

36.7%

Steep, 30–45°

23.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

12.0%

Steeper than 30°: 35.4% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,828 m low point 1,925 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 61.6%Bare rock / sparse 27.7%Grassland 6.1%Moss & lichen 4.3%

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 Tschingelhorn summit.

Summit list 6

1Wetterhorn3,233 m 0.9 km N
2Chanzel3,002 m 1.7 km NNE
3Kleines Breithorn3,654 m 2.0 km E
4Breithorn3,780 m 2.2 km E
5Mutthorn3,035 m 2.3 km WNW
6Chrindelspitza3,016 m 2.8 km S

Where it sits

Where Tschingelhorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGTschingelhorn 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 3,534 m at the summit; the official height is 3,555 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,555 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,534 m	-21 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,528 m	-27 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)
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

Tschingelhorn

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest campsite

Nearest parking

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