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Malatschkopf

You can see 60 km from here, looking east.

54Viewyas Score

ViewpointMany 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 60 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.

54out 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).

  • 60 kmFarthest ridgelooking east
  • 89%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 155Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
  • 2,326 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

The 155 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.

Grießkopf2,581 m · 0.5 km · north-eastVorderseespitze2,889 m · 3.3 km · north-eastEisenspitze2,859 m · 9.0 km · eastFundusfeiler3,079 m · 42 km · eastRuderhofspitze3,474 m · 63 km · eastLuibiskogel3,112 m · 46 km · eastZuckerhütl3,507 m · 67 km · eastRofelewand3,353 m · 40 km · south-eastPuitkogel3,345 m · 48 km · south-eastWatzespitze3,532 m · 42 km · south-eastRostizkogel3,394 m · 42 km · south-eastWildspitze3,768 m · 52 km · south-eastHochvernagtspitze3,535 m · 48 km · south-eastFurgler3,004 m · 20 km · south-eastVesulspitze3,089 m · 19 km · southSaumspitze3,039 m · 14 km · southKuchenspitze3,148 m · 16 km · south-westScheibler2,978 m · 15 km · south-westPatteriol3,056 m · 18 km · south-westSchildflue2,887 m · 43 km · south-westIsentällispitz2,873 m · 40 km · south-westValschavieler Maderer2,769 m · 26 km · south-westPflunspitzen2,912 m · 18 km · south-westStanskogel2,757 m · 1.8 km · west

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 October.

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-west16 min before the sea-level sunset24%
  2. Febwest24 min before the sea-level sunset26%
  3. Marwest44 min before the sea-level sunset28%
  4. Aprwest66 min before the sea-level sunset30%
  5. Maywest50 min before the sea-level sunset25%
  6. Junnorth-west66 min before the sea-level sunset28%
  7. Julnorth-west58 min before the sea-level sunset33%
  8. Augwest70 min before the sea-level sunset35%
  9. Sepwest54 min before the sea-level sunset34%
  10. Octwest32 min before the sea-level sunset32%
  11. Novsouth-west12 min before the sea-level sunset26%
  12. Decsouth-west14 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

Malatschkopf.

Subpeak of Grießkopf in the Lechtal Alps in Tyrol, Austria

Malatschkopf is a scenic viewpoint in Austria, 2,326 m above the sea.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 60 km away, looking east.

155 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Wildspitze (3,768 m), 52 km away.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 89% of the circle.

The skies are clearest from July to October.

Malatschkopf seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and stay

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

Tours, cable cars and tickets for MalatschkopfGetYourGuideSee prices Stays with a view near MalatschkopfBooking.comSee prices Car hire at ACH airport (St. Gallen)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.

Malatschkopf 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

  • 2other viewpoints within 5 kmAussichtsplattform mit Blick auf den
  • 47named peaks within 5 kmVorderseespitze, Guflekopf, Guflespitze and 44 more
  • 13cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmMuldenlift, Kindlisfeldlift, Fangbahn and 10 more
  • 11marked trails within 3 kmLechtaler Höhenweg, Nordalpenweg 01, Wanderweg 644 and 8 more
  • 11shelters and huts within 5 kmDoarni Rast and 10 more
  • 8car parks within 3 km
  • 3visitor centres within 5 kmTourismusverband St. Anton am Arlberg, Tourismusverband St. Anton am Arlberg - Ortsstelle
  • 12restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmArlberg-Panoramacamping, Austria Parks Arlberg
  • 509places to stay within 10 kmBergwelt, Biwak, FRANZ alpine living and 506 more

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 Malatschkopf, and what is near.

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

Peakyas369 mountains within 25 km
Parseierspitze3,036 m · 11 kmSaumspitze3,039 m · 14 kmKuchenspitze3,148 m · 16 kmKuchlspitze3,147 m · 16 kmPatteriol3,056 m · 18 kmVesulspitze3,089 m · 19 kmFurgler3,004 m · 20 kmBürkelkopf3,032 m · 20 km
Birdyas2 birding sites within 25 km
European protected area Verwall27 species · 22 kmNaturschutzgebiet Allgäuer Hochalpen · 24 km
Darkskyas10 dark-sky places within 30 km
FeuerspitzeBortle 2 · 4.4 kmParseierspitzeBortle 2 · 11 kmBockkarkopfBortle 2 · 14 kmHochfrottspitzeBortle 2 · 14 kmKrottenkopfBortle 2 · 16 kmFurglerBortle 2 · 20 kmBürkelkopfBortle 2 · 20 kmBreitachklammBortle 3 · 26 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Bacherloch · 19 km

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

Other viewpoints nearby.

Malatschkopf

Austria

  • 54Viewyas Score
  • 60 kmFarthest ridge
  • 155Peaks in view
  • 2,326 mAltitude

Wildspitze

Austria · 52 km

  • 76Viewyas Score
  • 245 kmFarthest ridge
  • 3,323Peaks in view
  • 3,733 mAltitude

See the guide

Drei Schwestern

Liechtenstein · 57 km

  • 77Viewyas Score
  • 183 kmFarthest ridge
  • 794Peaks in view
  • 2,010 mAltitude

See the guide

Grauspitz

Switzerland · 58 km

  • 77Viewyas Score
  • 204 kmFarthest ridge
  • 1,254Peaks in view
  • 2,493 mAltitude

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q17577970) · 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, Birdyas, Darkskyas, Canyonyas

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.

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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