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Wellhorn

3,191 m10,469 ft

Prominence: 243 m798 ft
Isolation: 1.5 km
Tonight: -11°CSnow · Wind 14 km/h W

Wellhorn is a 3,191 m (10,469 ft) mountain in the Schreckhorn-Wetterhorn Group, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,191 m · 10,469 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mittelhorn (3,702 m)
Range: Schreckhorn-Wetterhorn Group
Region: Canton of Berne, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.6546° N, 8.1415° E

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3D map

Wellhorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Wellhorn 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

Wellhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Wellhorn weather

Tonight · Snow · -11°C (12°F) · 1.1 mm · Wind 14 km/h W

Wellhorn forecast for the summit, about 3,191 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,321 m.

Tonight-11°1.1 mm14 km/h WBase 0°
Today-12°-8°8.5 mm10 km/h WBase -1 / 3°
Sun-11°0°13.9 mm15 km/h SWBase 1 / 11°
Mon-10°1°–4 km/h SEBase 1 / 12°
Tue-7°6°–4 km/h SBase 5 / 18°
Wed-7°-1°1.3 mm3 km/h SBase 4 / 11°
Thu-8°0°–3 km/h NBase 3 / 11°
Fri-8°1°–4 km/h WBase 3 / 12°
Sat-9°-1°1.3 mm5 km/h WBase 3 / 10°
Sun-8°-5°11.5 mm4 km/h NWBase 3 / 6°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

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°

18.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

34.7%

Steep, 30–45°

25.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

21.2%

Steeper than 30°: 46.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 2,393 m low point 1,321 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 36.1%Grassland 24.6%Bare rock / sparse 20.2%Trees 14.7%Moss & lichen 3.8%Water 0.5%

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 Wellhorn summit.

Summit list 8

1Dossen3,138 m 1.8 km ESE
2Tossen3,144 m 1.9 km ESE
3Mittelhorn3,702 m 2.5 km SSW
4Rosenhorn3,689 m 2.5 km S
5Scheideggwetterhorn3,361 m 2.6 km WSW
6Wetterhorn3,692 m 2.7 km SW
7Gstellihorn2,855 m 2.7 km ENE
8Ränfenhorn3,255 m 2.9 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 153 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

European Globeflower9
Common bistort6
Bladder campion5
Wood crane's-bill5
Willow gentian5
Woodland strawberry4

Where it sits

Where Wellhorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGWellhorn satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

13 m high This 3D map reads 3,204 m at the summit; the official height is 3,191 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,191 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,204 m	+13 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,173 m	-18 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)
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