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Grosser Mythen
- Easiest route
- 1.8 km+635 m · about 1.5 h · T3
- Prominence
- 492 m1,614 ft
- Isolation
- 7.6 km
- Tonight
- -4°CSnow · Wind 15 km/h SW
Grosser Mythen is a 1,898 m (6,227 ft) mountain in the Mythen, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,898 m · 6,227 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Fronalpstock (1,920 m)
- Range
- Mythen
- Region
- Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 47.0299° N, 8.6890° E
How to get to the top of Grosser Mythen
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 0.7 km E of Grosser Mythen
- Distance
- 1.8 kmone way
- Climb
- +635 m−167 m (2,083 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Grosser Mythen 3D map
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Grosser Mythen 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
Grosser Mythen weather
Tonight · Snow · -4°C (25°F) · 1.1 mm · Wind 15 km/h SW
Grosser Mythen forecast for the summit, about 1,898 m.
- Tonight-4°1.1 mm15 km/h SW
- Today-4°-1°9.8 mm14 km/h SE
- Sun-3°3°14.1 mm18 km/h W
- Mon-4°6°–8 km/h SE
- Tue1°13°–5 km/h NW
- Wed2°5°1.3 mm6 km/h NW
- Thu-2°6°–6 km/h NW
- Fri-3°6°–5 km/h NW
- Sat-3°5°0.4 mm6 km/h NW
- Sun-2°3°14.3 mm5 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 Grosser Mythen
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Grosser Mythen, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.7 km NE
Nearest campsite
2.2 km NNE
Nearest caravan site
Ibergeregg
Nearest hut
SAC Clubhaus Bärenfang
All mapped places 11
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.7 km NE |
| Parking | 1.8 km NE |
| Parking | 2.0 km NE |
| Campsite | 2.2 km NNE |
| IbergereggCaravan site | 3.5 km ESE |
| SAC Clubhaus BärenfangHut | 4.4 km NNW |
| SterneneggHut | 5.2 km ESE |
| RütiCaravan site | 6.1 km SW |
| OberibergCampsite | 6.5 km E |
| KronenmattCampsite | 6.9 km NW |
| Metzg-HütteHut | 7.2 km S |
How steep is the route to Grosser Mythen?
The easiest mapped route, 1.8 km from 1,399 m to 1,898 m. Steepest stretch: 72°.
- 0–15°0.9 km
- 15–30°0.5 km
- 30–45°0.2 km
- 45°+0.3 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Grosser Mythen summit.
Summit list 5
- 1Kleiner Mythen1,811 m 1.2 km NNW
- 2Schwarzenstock1,495 m 1.4 km E
- 3Haggenspitz1,762 m 1.6 km N
- 4Brünnelistock1,598 m 2.9 km E
- 5Nätschhöchi1,526 m 2.9 km NNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 300 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yellow-billed Chough15
- Silver Thistle10
- Bear's Ear9
- Great Yellow Gentian9
- Northern Chamois8
- Willow gentian8
Where Grosser Mythen sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Swiss Prealps46Zentralschweizer Voralpen10Schwyzer Voralpen9
- Region
- Canton of Schwyz10Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Kleiner MythenPeak · 1,811 m↑1.2 km NNW
FronalpstockPeak · 1,920 m↑7.9 km SSW
ChlingenstockPeak · 1,935 m↑8.1 km S
DruesbergPeak · 2,282 m↑11 km ESE
ÄgeriseeLake · 723 m↑11 km NNW
More in the Schwyzer Voralpen 3
Grosser Mythen downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
26 m low This 3D map reads 1,872 m at the summit; the official height is 1,898 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 51 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,898 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,872 m | -26 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,847 m | -51 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)