- Elevation
- 2,360 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- ZRH Zürich Airport73 km
- ACH Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport84 km
About Gletscherchopf
Gletscherchopf is a mountain. Location: Glarus Süd, Glarus. Elevation: 2,360 m. The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (73 km). Nearby sights include Altenorenstock and Griggeli.
Photos of Gletscherchopf
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Ortstock Felix Günther FeG · CC BY-SA 2.5 -
Urnerboden Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht · CC BY-SA 4.0
Climate of Gletscherchopf
This month · November
A wet month
Day -2° · Night -8° · Rain 151 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 10°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -11°)
- Wettest month
- July (199 mm)
- Driest month
- February (114 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -5° | -5° | -3° | -1° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 10° | 7° | 3° | -2° | -4° |
| Average low (°C) | -11° | -11° | -10° | -7° | -3° | 0° | 3° | 3° | 0° | -3° | -8° | -10° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 126 | 114 | 130 | 156 | 160 | 188 | 199 | 186 | 165 | 150 | 151 | 136 |
How to get to Gletscherchopf
The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), 73 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zurich, 63 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Zürich Airport (ZRH) Zurich 73 kmnorthwest
- Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH) St. Gallen 84 kmnortheast
- Lugano Airport (LUG) Agno 95 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Zurich Population: 415.4K 63 kmnorthwest
- Winterthur Population: 111.8K 73 kmnorth
- Bern Population: 121.6K 114 kmwest
- Basel Population: 177.6K 129 kmnorthwest
- Freiburg im Breisgau Population: 237.5K 150 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Gletscherchopf
Within 100 km: 355 historic and cultural sites, 7,154 natural sites, 1,090 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km862 places
- Klöntalersee Lake 18 kmN
- Lag Crest Ault Lake 17 kmSW
- Dachlisee Lake 18 kmSE
- Limmerensee Lake 7 kmSE
25–60 km3,189 places
- Lago Nero Lake 55 kmSW
- Ufenau Island 41 kmN
- Insel Lützelau Island 41 kmN
- Schönenwerd Island 42 kmNW
60–100 km4,548 places
- Mainau Island 96 kmN
- Fahr Abbey Attraction 72 kmNW
- Dominikanerinsel Konstanz Island 91 kmN
- Strandbad Steckborn Beach 89 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Spiringen Municipality, Uri3 km NW
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Tierfehd Village, Glarus Süd4.1 km NE
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Urnerboden Village, Spiringen4 km NW -
Linthal Village, Glarus Süd8.2 km NE
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Orthalden Village, Spiringen3.6 km N
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Hergersboden Village, Spiringen4 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Altenorenstock Mountain, Glarus Süd0.5 km E
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Griggeli Mountain, Glarus Süd0.8 km N
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Rotstock Mountain, Glarus Süd1 km N
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Zuetribistock Mountain, Glarus Süd1.2 km SE
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Gemsfairenstock Mountain, Glarus Süd1.4 km W
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Gemsistock Mountain, Glarus Süd1.4 km E
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Beggistock Mountain, Glarus Süd1.4 km S
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Lang Firn Natural site, Spiringen1.3 km W
Sources & licences
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