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Ortler · 3,905 m · 40 km SSW
Mountain · Weißkamm · Trentino-South Tyrol

Weißseespitze

3,498 m11,476 ft
Prominence
340 m1,114 ft
Isolation
5.0 km
Tonight
-13°CFog · Wind 7 km/h N

Weißseespitze is a 3,498 m (11,476 ft) mountain in the Weißkamm, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy.

All facts
Elevation
3,498 m · 11,476 ft
Nearest higher peak
Langtauferer Spitze (3,528 m)
Range
Weißkamm
Region
Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
Coordinates
46.8460° N, 10.7171° E
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3D map

Weißseespitze 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Weißseespitze 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

Weißseespitze elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Weißseespitze weather

Tonight · Fog · -13°C (9°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 7 km/h N

Weißseespitze forecast for the summit, about 3,498 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,960 m.

  • Tonight-13°0.2 mm7 km/h NBase -4°
  • Today-16°-12°2.5 mm13 km/h NWBase -7 / -3°
  • Sun-16°-5°3.7 mm12 km/h SWBase -7 / 5°
  • Mon-13°-7°0.3 mm7 km/h NBase -4 / 3°
  • Tue-5°0°–8 km/h NBase 5 / 9°
  • Wed-8°-3°–6 km/h NBase 1 / 6°
  • Thu-11°-5°–4 km/h NBase -2 / 4°
  • Fri-13°-5°–5 km/h NWBase -3 / 4°
  • Sat-14°-8°–9 km/h NWBase -4 / 1°
  • Sun-12°-8°3.0 mm5 km/h WBase -3 / 1°

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 Weißseespitze

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

  • Nearest parking

    Gletscherrestaurant

    2.0 km N · +2 more within 2.1 km

  • Nearest hut

    Weißkugelhütte - Rifugio Pio XI alla Palla Bianca

    2.5 km SSW · +2 more within 4.6 km

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
GletscherrestaurantParking2.0 km N
Parking2.1 km N
Parking2.1 km N
Weißkugelhütte - Rifugio Pio XI alla Palla BiancaHut2.5 km SSW
RauhekopfhütteHut4.4 km NE
Brandenburger HausHut4.6 km E
Slope

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°
31.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
32.0%
Steep, 30–45°
30.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
5.8%
Steeper than 30°
36.3% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
1,538 m low point 1,960 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 55.7%Bare rock / sparse 20.5%Moss & lichen 15.9%Grassland 6.1%Trees 1.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Weißseespitze summit.

NESW1 km3 km1234567
Summit list 7
  1. 1Zahn3,376 m 0.9 km NE
  2. 2Hinterer Falgginkopf3,261 m 0.9 km SW
  3. 3Hinterer Schmied3,207 m 1.2 km SSW
  4. 4Vorderer Schmied3,170 m 1.6 km SW
  5. 5Vordere Karlesspitze - Cima di Càrles Meridionale3,233 m 2.0 km WNW
  6. 6Hintere Karlesspitze3,160 m 2.3 km NW
  7. 7Wiesjagglkopf - Cima di Càrles3,130 m 2.4 km NW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 77 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Mossy saxifrage8
  • European Common Frog7
  • Simple-leaved Milfoil6
  • Spiniest thistle5
  • Alpine Toadflax5
  • Creeping avens5
Where it sits

Where Weißseespitze sits

Range
Alps751Eastern Alps350Central Eastern Alps140Eastern Rhaetian Alps26Ötztal Alps13Eastern Ötztal Alps7Weißkamm3
Region
Trentino-South Tyrol50Italy316Austria205Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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

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GIS & GPS
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Free to use with credit: see the data sources

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,497 m at the summit; the official height is 3,498 m.Official 3,498 m90 m model 3,494 mThis map 3,497 m

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,498 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,497 m-1 m
Copernicus GLO-903,494 m-4 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 2026-09-04)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
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