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Lyskamm

You can see 249 km from here, looking east.

76Viewyas Score

SummitSunset360°Long viewMany peaks

Calculating the panorama…

Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.

The view

Up to 249 km away.

Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.

76out of 100

Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).

  • 249 kmFarthest ridgelooking east
  • 100%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 1,394Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
  • 4,451 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

The 1,394 peaks you can name from here

From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.

Bietschhorn3,934 m · 52 km · northJungfrau4,158 m · 69 km · northAletschhorn4,194 m · 62 km · northGross Fiescherhorn4,049 m · 72 km · northFinsteraarhorn4,274 m · 72 km · northTitlis3,238 m · 105 km · north-eastWeissmies4,013 m · 27 km · north-eastTödi3,612 m · 129 km · north-eastDufourspitze4,634 m · 3.0 km · north-eastPiz Platta3,392 m · 147 km · north-eastGran Paradiso4,061 m · 62 km · south-westGrande Casse3,855 m · 97 km · south-westMont Blanc4,806 m · 76 km · westAiguille du Midi3,842 m · 73 km · westGrand Combin4,309 m · 41 km · westDent d'Hérens4,173 m · 19 km · westHaute Cime3,257 m · 75 km · westMatterhorn4,478 m · 15 km · north-westDent Blanche4,357 m · 21 km · north-westOber Gabelhorn4,063 m · 18 km · north-westVanil Noir2,389 m · 86 km · north-westWeisshorn4,505 m · 22 km · north-westBalmhorn3,690 m · 57 km · northBlüemlisalp3,661 m · 63 km · north

From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.

The sun

The best sunsets are from July to September.

When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.

  1. Jansouth-west-2 min before the sea-level sunset26%
  2. Febwest-4 min before the sea-level sunset26%
  3. Marwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset27%
  4. Aprwest-4 min before the sea-level sunset26%
  5. Maynorth-west-6 min before the sea-level sunset23%
  6. Junnorth-west-2 min before the sea-level sunset29%
  7. Julnorth-west-6 min before the sea-level sunset36%
  8. Augwest-4 min before the sea-level sunset36%
  9. Sepwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset35%
  10. Octwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset32%
  11. Novsouth-west-4 min before the sea-level sunset27%
  12. Decsouth-west-2 min before the sea-level sunset26%
  • Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
  • Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
  • %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).

The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.

The place

Lyskamm.

Mountain in the Pennine Alps

Lyskamm is a summit in Switzerland, 4,451 m above the sea.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 249 km away, looking east.

1,394 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Mont Blanc (4,806 m), 76 km away.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 100% of the circle.

The skies are clearest from July to September.

Liskamm north
Alagna · Public domain

Get there and stay

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

Tours, cable cars and tickets for LyskammGetYourGuideSee prices Stays with a view near LyskammBooking.comSee prices Car hire at MXP airport (Ferno)Discover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The viewpoint and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.

Lyskamm seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1other viewpoints within 5 kmSella del Cacciatore
  • 36named peaks within 5 kmPunta Gnifetti / Signalkuppe, Corno Nero, Castor and 33 more
  • 5cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmPasso dei Salati, Stazione Punta Indren, Colle Salati and 2 more
  • 1marked trails within 3 km
  • 9shelters and huts within 5 kmCapanna dell'Asino, Bivacco Città di Gallarate, Bivacco Valentino Belloni and 6 more
  • 6campsites within 10 kmTschaval, rifugi monterosa campground, Area Sosta Camper Macugnaga and 3 more
  • 114places to stay within 10 kmRifugio Guide d'Ayas, Rifugio Ottorino Mezzalama, Albergo del Ponte and 111 more
  • car parks within 3 km
  • visitor centres within 5 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

What you see from Lyskamm, and what is near.

Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.

Peakyas357 mountains within 25 km
Lyskamm · this placeLyskamm4,532 m · 0.2 kmDufourspitze4,634 m · 3.0 kmZumsteinspitze4,563 m · 3.0 kmSignalkuppe4,554 m · 3.2 kmMatterhorn4,478 m · 15 kmTäschhorn4,491 m · 18 kmDom4,546 m · 19 kmWeisshorn4,505 m · 22 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Goillet Lake0.3 km² · 13 km
Forestyas2 forests and trees within 15 km
Tiglio di Macugnaga · 11 kmLarice di Rima San Giuseppe · 13 km
Darkskyas9 dark-sky places within 30 km
LudwigshöheBortle 3 · 2.3 kmVincent PyramidBortle 3 · 2.6 kmParrotspitzeBortle 3 · 2.8 kmDufourspitzeBortle 2 · 2.9 kmZumsteinspitzeBortle 2 · 3.0 kmSignalkuppeBortle 2 · 3.2 kmJägerhornBortle 3 · 4.6 kmCima di JazziBortle 3 · 8.0 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Gouffre des Busserailles · 17 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The view, as people saw it.

Liskamm 01
Paweł Kuźniar ( Jojo_1 , Jojo ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lyskamm
4000er · Public domain
Lyskamm Orientale
Francofranco56 · Public domain

Other viewpoints nearby.

Lyskamm

Switzerland

  • 76Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 1,394Peaks in view
  • 4,451 mAltitude

Dufourspitze

Switzerland · 3 km

  • 76Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 1,443Peaks in view
  • 4,514 mAltitude

See the guide

Breithorn

Italy · 7 km

  • 77Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 1,103Peaks in view
  • 4,133 mAltitude

See the guide

Matterhorn

Switzerland · 15 km

  • 77Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 1,282Peaks in view
  • 4,317 mAltitude

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q15120) · CC0
SunJ. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms
Peaks in viewPeakyas (Wikidata, CC0)
Panorama and altitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
CloudsNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas, Forestyas, Darkskyas, Cavernyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.You are here
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Visit