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Weissmies
- Prominence
- 1,178 m3,865 ft
- Isolation
- 11 km
- Tonight
- -19°CFog · Wind 9 km/h W
Weissmies is a 4,013 m (13,166 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,013 m · 13,166 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Lenzspitze (4,293 m)
- Range
- Pennine Alps
- Region
- Canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.1276° N, 8.0124° E
Weissmies 3D map
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Weissmies topographic map
100 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.
West → east through the summit
Weissmies downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Weissmies
3 mapped routes from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.
Easiest route: from Road end, 3.5 km WNW of Weissmies
- Distance
- 6.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,543 m−78 m (5,062 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4 h
- Difficulty
- T6Difficult alpine: glacier and climbing skills required
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Weissmies weather
Tonight · Fog · -19°C (-2°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 9 km/h W
Weissmies forecast for the summit, about 4,013 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,538 m.
- Tonight-19°0.2 mm9 km/h WBase -10°
- Today-19°-16°6.4 mm10 km/h WBase -10 / -7°
- Sun-20°-9°9.1 mm10 km/h WBase -11 / 0°
- Mon-15°-7°–7 km/h WBase -6 / 2°
- Tue-10°-2°–5 km/h WBase -1 / 7°
- Wed-13°-5°–5 km/h WBase -4 / 4°
- Thu-14°-7°–2 km/h WBase -5 / 2°
- Fri-16°-7°–3 km/h NWBase -7 / 2°
- Sat-18°-8°2.0 mm5 km/h WBase -9 / 1°
- Sun-14°-9°0.5 mm3 km/h WBase -5 / 0°
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 near Weissmies
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Weissmies, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Berghütte Hohsaas
Nearest parking
5.4 km SW
Nearest campsite
Schönblick
Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Saas-Fee
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Berghütte HohsaasHut | 2.0 km NW |
| Berghütte HohsaasHut | 2.0 km NW |
| AlmagellerhütteHut | 2.3 km S |
| Parking | 5.4 km SW |
| Parking | 5.4 km SW |
| Parking | 5.5 km SW |
| SchönblickCampsite | 5.7 km WSW |
| BergheimatCampsite | 5.9 km W |
| Camping Am KapellenwegCampsite | 5.9 km WSW |
| Stellplatz Saas-FeeCaravan site | 6.4 km WSW |
How steep is the route to Weissmies?
The easiest mapped route, 6.2 km from 2,538 m to 4,013 m. Steepest stretch: 32°.
- 0–15°4.3 km
- 15–30°1.4 km
- 30–45°0.4 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
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 4.4 km, measured from the Weissmies summit.
Summit list 7
- 1P35973,597 m 0.8 km SSE
- 2Rottalhorn3,815 m 0.8 km WSW
- 3P35263,526 m 1.0 km SE
- 4Tällihorn3,448 m 2.0 km ESE
- 5Portjenhorn3,567 m 2.7 km SSE
- 6Lagginhorn4,010 m 3.4 km NNW
- 7Portjengrat3,654 m 3.5 km SSE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.4 km; 256 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Jacobaea uniflora25
- Edelweiss19
- Alpine Toadflax16
- Moss Campion15
- Starry Hare's-ear13
- Alpine Clover12
Where Weissmies sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Pennine Alps76
- Region
- Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
LagginhornPeak · 4,010 m↑3.4 km NNW
JegihornPeak · 3,206 m↑4.2 km NW
Saastal1,549 m↑6.2 km WSW
Pizzo StraciugoPeak · 2,713 m↑8.4 km E
SeehornPeak · 2,439 m↑10 km NE
More in the Pennine Alps 6
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,003 m at the summit; the official height is 4,013 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,013 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 4,003 m | -10 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,990 m | -23 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)
- Routes, 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