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Brienzer Rothorn

2,349 m7,707 ft

Easiest route: 2.9 km+523 m · about 1.5 h · T2
Prominence: 1,340 m4,395 ft
Isolation: 9.7 km
Tonight: -5°CSnow · Wind 19 km/h W

Brienzer Rothorn is a 2,349 m (7,707 ft) mountain in the North-Eastern Bernese Prealps, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,349 m · 7,707 ft
Nearest higher peak: Wildgärst (2,891 m)
Range: North-Eastern Bernese Prealps
Region: Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.7871° N, 8.0471° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Brienzer Rothorn

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end, 1.1 km SW of Brienzer Rothorn

Distance: 2.9 kmone way
Climb: +523 m−13 m (1,716 ft up)
Time up: about 1.5 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Brienzer Rothorn elevation profile

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Other routes 2

Road end, 2.4 km WNW of Brienzer Rothorn3.4 km · +752 m · about 2 h
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Road end, 1.5 km N of Brienzer Rothorn3.0 km · +902 m · about 2.5 h
T3GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Brienzer Rothorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Brienzer Rothorn terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Brienzer Rothorn weather

Tonight · Snow · -5°C (23°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 19 km/h W

Brienzer Rothorn forecast for the summit, about 2,349 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,822 m.

Tonight-5°1.7 mm19 km/h WBase -2°
Today-6°-3°9.4 mm21 km/h SWBase -2 / 0°
Sun-4°6°10.1 mm27 km/h SWBase -1 / 9°
Mon-5°6°–5 km/h NWBase -2 / 9°
Tue-1°12°–3 km/h NWBase 3 / 15°
Wed-2°3°3.5 mm6 km/h NEBase 2 / 6°
Thu-3°4°–4 km/h NEBase 0 / 7°
Fri-3°6°–4 km/h NWBase 0 / 9°
Sat-3°5°1.6 mm6 km/h WBase 0 / 8°
Sun-4°0°13.0 mm9 km/h WBase -1 / 3°

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 Brienzer Rothorn

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

Nearest parking
2.5 km NNE
+2 more within 2.8 km
Directions Map
Nearest caravan site
Sörenberg Platz
3.4 km N · +1 more within 5.7 km
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Nearest campsite
Seebucht
4.1 km S · +2 more within 4.3 km
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Nearest hut
Neurüti
6.4 km S · +2 more within 7.5 km
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All mapped places 11

Place	Distance
Parking	2.5 km NNE
Parking	2.7 km NNW
Parking	2.8 km NNW
Sörenberg PlatzCaravan site	3.4 km N
SeebuchtCampsite	4.1 km S
SeegärtliCampsite	4.1 km S
AareggCampsite	4.3 km S
Stellplatz Parking 1, Le ChenitBallenberg, BrienzwilerCaravan site	5.7 km SE
Hut	6.1 km SSW
NeurütiHut	6.4 km S
ChlushütteHut	7.5 km WNW

Slope

How steep is the route to Brienzer Rothorn?

The easiest mapped route, 2.9 km from 1,822 m to 2,349 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.

0 km · 1,822 m2.9 km · 2,349 m

0–15°2.4 km
15–30°0.5 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 55.7%Trees 34.5%Water 6.0%Built-up 1.9%Bare rock / sparse 1.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.7 km, measured from the Brienzer Rothorn summit.

Summit list 9

1Schongütsch2,319 m 0.8 km WNW
2Brätterstock2,115 m 0.8 km NW
3Arnihaaggen2,216 m 2.0 km E
4Burg2,148 m 3.2 km WSW
5Briefehörnli2,165 m 3.3 km W
6Höch Gumme2,205 m 3.3 km E
7Arnifirst2,154 m 3.4 km E
8Balmi2,141 m 4.1 km WSW
9Mändli2,059 m 4.6 km ENE

Where it sits

Where Brienzer Rothorn sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

FaulhornPeak · 2,681 m13 km SSW

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NiederhornPeak · 1,963 m22 km WSW

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,339 m at the summit; the official height is 2,349 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 32 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,349 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,339 m	-10 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,317 m	-32 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)
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

Brienzer Rothorn

Easiest route: from Road end, 1.1 km SW of Brienzer Rothorn

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

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