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Eiger · 3,967 m · 11 km SW
Pass · Canton of Berne

Grosse Scheidegg

1,945 m6,381 ft
Connects
Engi – Alpiglen-Scheidegg
Tonight
-4°CSnow · Wind 14 km/h W

Grosse Scheidegg is a mountain pass at 1,945 m in Canton of Berne, Switzerland. It links Engi and Alpiglen-Scheidegg.

All facts
Saddle
1,945 m
Lowest point
1,301 m / 1,616 m
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Grosse Scheidegg 3D map

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Topographic map

Grosse Scheidegg topographic map

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

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Grosse Scheidegg elevation profile

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Pass

Grosse Scheidegg: the climb from each side

Saddle 1,945 mEngi 1,301 m+644 m · 3.0 kmAlpiglen-Scheidegg 1,616 m+329 m · 1.5 km

Crossed by: Romantikweg, Panoramaweg

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

Weather

Grosse Scheidegg weather

Tonight · Snow · -4°C (25°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 14 km/h W

Grosse Scheidegg forecast for about 1,945 m.

  • Tonight-4°1.7 mm14 km/h W
  • Today-5°0°8.5 mm10 km/h W
  • Sun-3°7°13.9 mm15 km/h SW
  • Mon-3°8°–4 km/h SE
  • Tue1°14°–4 km/h S
  • Wed0°7°1.3 mm3 km/h S
  • Thu-1°7°–3 km/h N
  • Fri-1°8°–4 km/h W
  • Sat-1°7°1.3 mm5 km/h W
  • Sun-1°2°11.5 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Grosse Scheidegg

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.7 km SW

    +2 more within 3.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Glecksteinhütte SAC

    3.4 km S · +2 more within 5.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping Sand Grindelwald

    7.0 km SW · +1 more within 7.5 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking1.7 km SW
MühleParking3.3 km NE
Glecksteinhütte SACHut3.4 km S
Parking3.6 km SW
BrochhütteHut3.9 km NE
Dossenhütte SACHut5.2 km E
Camping Sand GrindelwaldCampsite7.0 km SW
EigernordwandCampsite7.5 km WSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
23.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
41.2%
Steep, 30–45°
21.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
13.5%
Steeper than 30°
35.2% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
2,721 m low point 992 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 49.3%Trees 17.7%Snow & ice 17.5%Bare rock / sparse 12.6%Moss & lichen 1.9%Water 0.9%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Grosse Scheidegg.

NESW2 km5 km123456
Summit list 6
  1. 1Scheideggwetterhorn3,361 m 1.3 km SSE
  2. 2Wetterhorn3,692 m 2.2 km SSE
  3. 3Mittelhorn3,702 m 2.9 km SE
  4. 4Hick3,127 m 3.0 km SSE
  5. 5Wellhorn3,191 m 3.1 km E
  6. 6Rosenhorn3,689 m 3.8 km SE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 520 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Yellow-billed Chough43
  • Bladder campion22
  • European Globeflower22
  • Common Kidney-Vetch20
  • Trumpet gentian20
  • Common bistort20
Where it sits

Where Grosse Scheidegg sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Bernese Alps42
Region
Canton of Berne59Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Bernese Alps 6
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Sources

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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia