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Weisshorn

4,505 m14,780 ft

Easiest route: 9.7 km+3,103 m · about 7.5 h · T6
Prominence: 1,273 m4,175 ft
Isolation: 11 km
Tonight: -22°CSnow · Wind 11 km/h NW

Weisshorn is a 4,505 m (14,780 ft) mountain in the Weisshorn Mountains, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 4,505 m · 14,780 ft
Nearest higher peak: Dom (4,546 m)
Range: Weisshorn Mountains
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.1015° N, 7.7165° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Weisshorn

2 mapped routes from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.

Easiest route: from Parking, 4.8 km E of Weisshorn

Distance: 9.7 kmone way
Climb: +3,103 m−106 m (10,180 ft up)
Time up: about 7.5 h
Difficulty: T6Difficult alpine: glacier and climbing skills required

Weisshorn elevation profile

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Other routes 1

Parking, 7.7 km WNW of Weisshorn14.6 km · +2,905 m · about 8.5 h
T6GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Weisshorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Weisshorn terrain and contours

200 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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 summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Weisshorn weather

Tonight · Snow · -22°C (-8°F) · 1.2 mm · Wind 11 km/h NW

Weisshorn forecast for the summit, about 4,505 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,421 m.

Tonight-22°1.2 mm11 km/h NWBase -4°
Today-22°-18°9.9 mm8 km/h NWBase -3 / 0°
Sun-25°-9°11.8 mm12 km/h NWBase -7 / 9°
Mon-19°-9°–7 km/h SBase -1 / 9°
Tue-13°-4°–1 km/h SBase 4 / 14°
Wed-16°-9°–2 km/h WBase 1 / 9°
Thu-17°-9°–1 km/h NWBase 1 / 9°
Fri-20°-10°–2 km/h WBase -2 / 8°
Sat-20°-12°3.2 mm3 km/h WBase -3 / 6°
Sun-20°-12°0.5 mm3 km/h NWBase -1 / 7°

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 Weisshorn

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

Nearest hut
Schalijochbiwak
1.1 km SSW · +2 more within 2.9 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
5.0 km E
+2 more within 5.0 km
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Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Wildi
5.0 km E
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Nearest campsite
Attermenzen
5.4 km ESE · +2 more within 7.1 km
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
SchalijochbiwakHut	1.1 km SSW
Weisshornhütte SACHut	2.7 km SE
Cabane d'ArpitettazHut	2.9 km W
Parking	5.0 km E
Parking	5.0 km E
Parking	5.0 km E
Stellplatz WildiCaravan site	5.0 km E
AttermenzenCampsite	5.4 km ESE
AlphubelCampsite	6.1 km SE
Relais de la TzoucdanaCampsite	7.1 km WNW

Slope

How steep is the route to Weisshorn?

The easiest mapped route, 9.7 km from 1,421 m to 4,505 m. Steepest stretch: 42°.

0 km · 1,421 m9.7 km · 4,505 m

0–15°4.4 km
15–30°4.1 km
30–45°1.2 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 100 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 55.3%Bare rock / sparse 21.9%Grassland 13.0%Moss & lichen 5.7%Trees 4.0%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.5 km, measured from the Weisshorn summit.

Summit list 8

1Grand Gendarme4,329 m 0.7 km NNW
2Bishorn4,149 m 1.8 km N
3Pointe Burnaby4,134 m 1.9 km N
4Schalihorn3,975 m 2.1 km SSW
5Crête Nord de Moming3,862 m 3.0 km SSW
6Brunegghorn3,833 m 3.5 km NE
7Pointe Sud de Moming3,963 m 3.6 km SSW
8L'Epaule du Rothorn4,016 m 4.2 km SSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.5 km; 68 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Scarce Copper6
Alpine Ibex5
Common Drone Fly3
Eurasian Red Squirrel2
Black-striped Longhorn Beetle2
Bladder campion2

Where it sits

Where Weisshorn sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Zinal Glacier7.3 km SW

Weisshorn downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGWeisshorn satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXWeisshorn GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

75 m low This 3D map reads 4,430 m at the summit; the official height is 4,505 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 83 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,505 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,430 m	-75 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,422 m	-83 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

Weisshorn

Easiest route: from Parking, 4.8 km E of Weisshorn

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Nearest campsite

Data sources