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Eggishorn

2,926 m9,600 ft

Prominence: 561 m1,842 ft
Isolation: 2.1 km
Tonight: -11°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h W

Eggishorn is a 2,926 m (9,600 ft) mountain in the Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,926 m · 9,600 ft
Nearest higher peak: Strahlhorn (3,027 m)
Range: Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.4312° N, 8.0943° E

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3D map

Eggishorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Eggishorn topographic map

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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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGEggishorn 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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Route

How to get to the top of Eggishorn

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

Easiest route: from Road end, 2.6 km S of Eggishorn

Distance: 3.5 kmone way
Climb: +648 m−89 m (2,126 ft up)
Time up: about 2 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Eggishorn elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2

Road end, 1.1 km NE of Eggishorn3.4 km · +624 m · about 2 h
T3GPX KML
Road end near Fiescherstafel3.9 km · +768 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.

Weather

Eggishorn weather

Tonight · Snow · -11°C (12°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 8 km/h W

Eggishorn forecast for the summit, about 2,926 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,347 m.

Tonight-11°0.9 mm8 km/h WBase -7°
Today-12°-9°16.4 mm9 km/h NWBase -8 / -5°
Sun-17°-2°12.6 mm9 km/h WBase -13 / 2°
Mon-11°0°0.1 mm6 km/h NWBase -7 / 4°
Tue-6°4°–3 km/h NBase -2 / 8°
Wed-10°1°–3 km/h NBase -6 / 5°
Thu-9°1°–1 km/h NBase -5 / 5°
Fri-9°0°–3 km/h WBase -5 / 4°
Sat-11°-1°4.5 mm4 km/h WBase -7 / 3°
Sun-11°-3°3.0 mm5 km/h WBase -7 / 1°

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

Camping & parking near Eggishorn

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

Nearest hut
Gletscherstube Märjelen
1.2 km NNE · +2 more within 6.3 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
Privatparkplatz Burghütte
3.3 km E · +2 more within 3.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Camping Eggishorn
4.2 km SE
Directions Map

All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Gletscherstube MärjelenHut	1.2 km NNE
Privatparkplatz BurghütteParking	3.3 km E
Parking	3.6 km E
Parking	3.7 km E
BurghütteHut	3.8 km NE
Camping EggishornCampsite	4.2 km SE
DriesthütteHut	6.3 km WSW

Slope

How steep is the route to Eggishorn?

The easiest mapped route, 3.5 km from 2,350 m to 2,926 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.

0 km · 2,350 m3.5 km · 2,926 m

0–15°2.7 km
15–30°0.8 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 39.1%Snow & ice 19.2%Bare rock / sparse 18.3%Trees 13.8%Moss & lichen 8.9%Water 0.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.1 km, measured from the Eggishorn summit.

Summit list 4

1Fiescherhorli2,893 m 0.5 km SSW
2Bettmergrat2,871 m 1.7 km SSW
3Bettmerhorn2,857 m 2.2 km SSW
4Strahlhorn3,026 m 2.2 km N

Where it sits

Where Eggishorn sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Gross GrünhornPeak · 4,043 m11 km N

More in the Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group 4

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,916 m at the summit; the official height is 2,926 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 41 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,926 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,916 m	-10 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,885 m	-41 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

Eggishorn

West → east through the summit

Easiest route: from Road end, 2.6 km S of Eggishorn

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Data sources