Niesen · 2,362 m · 34 km SSE

Mountain · Canton of Berne

Gurten

858 m2,815 ft

Easiest route: 0.5 km+29 m · about 0.5 h
Prominence: 216 m709 ft
Isolation: 1.5 km
Tonight: 3°CRain showers · Wind 29 km/h SW

Gurten is an 858 m (2,815 ft) mountain in Canton of Berne, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 858 m · 2,815 ft
Nearest higher peak: Imihubel (966 m)
Region: Canton of Berne, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.9168° N, 7.4415° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Gurten

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

Easiest route: from Road end near Jennershaus

Distance: 0.5 kmone way
Climb: +29 m−24 m (95 ft up)
Time up: about 0.5 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Gurten elevation profile

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Other routes 1

Road end near Jennershaus0.6 km · +29 m · about 0.5 h
Grade not mappedGPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Gurten 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Gurten terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Jennershaus. 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 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Gurten weather

Tonight · Rain showers · 3°C (37°F) · 2.7 mm · Wind 29 km/h SW

Gurten forecast for the summit, about 858 m.

Tonight3°2.7 mm29 km/h SW
Today3°7°3.9 mm27 km/h SW
Sun3°12°5.5 mm36 km/h SW
Mon2°9°–5 km/h S
Tue6°14°–4 km/h SW
Wed5°10°0.3 mm8 km/h NE
Thu3°10°–10 km/h NE
Fri1°8°–4 km/h N
Sat2°8°3.4 mm4 km/h N
Sun2°8°7.1 mm18 km/h W

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 Gurten

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

Nearest parking
1.0 km NNW
+2 more within 1.4 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Camping Eichholz
2.0 km NNE · +1 more within 6.9 km
Directions Map
Nearest caravan site
Insula dulcamara
4.5 km NNE · +1 more within 6.0 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Parking	1.0 km NNW
Parking	1.2 km NNW
Parking	1.4 km NNE
Camping EichholzCampsite	2.0 km NNE
Insula dulcamaraCaravan site	4.5 km NNE
Womo Stellplatz BalmbergCaravan site	6.0 km SSW
TCS Camping Bern-EymattCampsite	6.9 km NW

Slope

How steep is the route to Gurten?

The easiest mapped route, 0.5 km from 852 m to 858 m. Steepest stretch: 22°.

0 km · 852 m0.5 km · 858 m

0–15°0.5 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 10 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 52.3%Grassland 22.5%Built-up 14.4%Cropland 10.2%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 km, measured from the Gurten summit.

Summit list 6

1Ulmizberg937 m 1.9 km SSW
2Schwandehubel691 m 2.6 km WSW
3Säuhoger713 m 2.7 km ESE
4Hubel945 m 2.8 km S
5Büeli854 m 2.9 km SSE
6Englisbergegg842 m 2.9 km SE

Where it sits

Where Gurten sits

Ranked in 1

#40 Treks and hikes in Switzerland

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

KaisereggPeak · 2,185 m31 km SSW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGGurten satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXGurten GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 866 m at the summit; the official height is 858 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	858 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	866 m	+8 m
Copernicus GLO-90	858 m	-0 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)
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

Gurten

Easiest route: from Road end near Jennershaus

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

Data sources