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Bürgenstock
- Prominence
- 682 m2,236 ft
- Isolation
- 5.3 km
- Tonight
- 3°CLight rain · Wind 17 km/h SW
Bürgenstock is a 1,128 m (3,700 ft) mountain in the Uri Alps, Canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,128 m · 3,700 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Buochserhorn (1,807 m)
- Range
- Uri Alps
- Region
- Canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 47.0001° N, 8.3982° E
Bürgenstock 3D map
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Bürgenstock topographic map
25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Trogen. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Bürgenstock downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Bürgenstock
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end near Trogen
- Distance
- 0.8 kmone way
- Climb
- +133 m−45 m (436 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Bürgenstock weather
Tonight · Light rain · 3°C (37°F) · 1.0 mm · Wind 17 km/h SW
Bürgenstock forecast for the summit, about 1,128 m.
- Tonight3°1.0 mm17 km/h SW
- Today3°6°14.0 mm13 km/h SW
- Sun4°13°7.1 mm27 km/h W
- Mon3°8°–5 km/h N
- Tue7°13°–3 km/h N
- Wed6°9°1.5 mm5 km/h NW
- Thu4°7°0.3 mm4 km/h N
- Fri4°7°0.3 mm3 km/h N
- Sat4°7°0.6 mm4 km/h N
- Sun3°7°11.2 mm4 km/h NW
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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Bürgenstock
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Bürgenstock, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.6 km SSE
Nearest campsite
Camping Buochs-Vierwaldstättersee
Nearest hut
Ribihuisli
Nearest caravan site
6.9 km SE
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km SSE |
| Parking | 0.7 km SW |
| Parking | 0.7 km SW |
| Camping Buochs-VierwaldstätterseeCampsite | 2.9 km SE |
| Campingplatz GerbeweidCampsite | 4.5 km NNE |
| RibihuisliHut | 5.8 km SSE |
| TCS Camping Luzern-HorwCampsite | 6.7 km W |
| Caravan site | 6.9 km SE |
How steep is the route to Bürgenstock?
The easiest mapped route, 0.8 km from 1,012 m to 1,128 m. Steepest stretch: 61°.
- 0–15°0.7 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.3 km; 503 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Eurasian Kestrel39
- Black Redstart32
- Great Tit28
- Common Buzzard26
- Red-backed Shrike25
- Cirl Bunting23
Where Bürgenstock sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Bernese Alps65Uri Alps18
- Region
- Canton of Nidwalden3Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Lake Lucerne434 m↑2.2 km N
StanserhornPeak · 1,898 m↑9.0 km SSW
RigiPeak · 1,797 m↑9.1 km NE
Rigi ScheideggPeak · 1,659 m↑9.7 km ENE
Lake Zug413 m↑14 km NNE
More in the Uri Alps 6
How accurate is this?
14 m low This 3D map reads 1,114 m at the summit; the official height is 1,128 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,128 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,114 m | -14 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,104 m | -24 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 2026-09-25)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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