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Gantrisch
- Easiest route
- 2.8 km+429 m · about 1.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 216 m709 ft
- Tonight
- -6°CSnow showers · Wind 27 km/h SW
Gantrisch is a 2,175 m (7,137 ft) mountain in the Bernese Prealps, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,175 m · 7,137 ft
- Range
- Bernese Prealps
- Region
- Canton of Berne, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.7026° N, 7.4329° E
How to get to the top of Gantrisch
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 1.9 km E of Gantrisch
- Distance
- 2.8 kmone way
- Climb
- +429 m−98 m (1,407 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 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.
Gantrisch 3D map
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Gantrisch terrain and contours
50 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.
West → east through the summit
Gantrisch weather
Tonight · Snow showers · -6°C (21°F) · 3.0 mm · Wind 27 km/h SW
Gantrisch forecast for the summit, about 2,175 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,657 m.
- Tonight-6°3.0 mm27 km/h SWBase -3°
- Today-5°-2°4.3 mm27 km/h SWBase -2 / 1°
- Sun-5°3°8.6 mm36 km/h SWBase -2 / 6°
- Mon-6°5°–7 km/h SBase -3 / 9°
- Tue0°12°–5 km/h SWBase 3 / 15°
- Wed0°3°1.4 mm8 km/h NEBase 3 / 6°
- Thu-3°4°–7 km/h NEBase 0 / 7°
- Fri-3°6°–3 km/h NBase 0 / 9°
- Sat-4°5°4.3 mm5 km/h WBase 0 / 8°
- Sun-4°0°8.6 mm12 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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Gantrisch
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Gantrisch, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Untere Gantrischhütte
Nearest parking
1.8 km NNE
Nearest campsite
Camping Arnist
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Untere GantrischhütteHut | 1.8 km NNE |
| Parking | 1.8 km NNE |
| Parking | 1.8 km NNE |
| Parking | 1.9 km NW |
| BergheimHut | 2.8 km NNE |
| Alp OberwirtnerenHut | 3.5 km ENE |
| Camping ArnistCampsite | 5.4 km S |
| Dür's BächliCampsite | 6.1 km SE |
How steep is the route to Gantrisch?
The easiest mapped route, 2.8 km from 1,823 m to 2,175 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.
- 0–15°2.2 km
- 15–30°0.6 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Gantrisch summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Gemsflue2,139 m 0.6 km SW
- 2Schibenspitz2,060 m 1.1 km ESE
- 3Ochsen2,188 m 1.2 km WSW
- 4Hane2,115 m 1.5 km SW
- 5Alpiglemären2,082 m 2.1 km SW
- 6Nünenenflue2,102 m 2.2 km E
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 230 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Fringed Pink12
- Silver Thistle9
- Monk's-hood7
- Marsh grass-of-Parnassus6
- Yellow-billed Chough5
- Small Tortoiseshell5
Where Gantrisch sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Swiss Prealps46Bernese Prealps20
- Region
- Canton of Berne59Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
MärePeak · 2,091 m↑5.3 km SW
StockhornPeak · 2,190 m↑8.1 km E
KaisereggPeak · 2,185 m↑10 km WSW
SeebergseeLake · 1,831 m↑14 km S
Jaun Pass1,509 m↑14 km SSW
More in the Bernese Prealps 6
Gantrisch downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
20 m low This 3D map reads 2,155 m at the summit; the official height is 2,175 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 34 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,175 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,155 m | -20 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,142 m | -34 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 2026-09-22)
- 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