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Jungfrau
- Prominence
- 694 m2,277 ft
- Tonight
- -20°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h W
Jungfrau is a 4,158 m (13,642 ft) mountain in the Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,158 m · 13,642 ft
- Range
- Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group
- Region
- Canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.5368° N, 7.9624° E
Jungfrau 3D map
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Jungfrau topographic map
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Stechelberg. 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
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Trails toward Jungfrau
Mapped trails from the road get to 940 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.
From Road end near Stechelberg
- Distance
- 6.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +2,251 m−79 m (7,385 ft up)
- Time up
- about 5.5 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Ends 940 m below the summit.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Jungfrau weather
Tonight · Snow · -20°C (-4°F) · 2.2 mm · Wind 8 km/h W
Jungfrau forecast for the summit, about 4,158 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 981 m.
- Tonight-20°2.2 mm8 km/h WBase -1°
- Today-21°-18°18.7 mm8 km/h WBase -1 / 2°
- Sun-22°-8°13.5 mm9 km/h WBase -3 / 11°
- Mon-16°-8°0.1 mm6 km/h WBase 3 / 12°
- Tue-12°-3°–3 km/h NBase 7 / 16°
- Wed-15°-9°–3 km/h NBase 4 / 10°
- Thu-15°-7°–3 km/h NWBase 5 / 12°
- Fri-18°-9°–4 km/h NWBase 2 / 11°
- Sat-19°-11°5.6 mm4 km/h NWBase 1 / 9°
- Sun-17°-11°5.7 mm5 km/h WBase 3 / 8°
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 Jungfrau
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Jungfrau, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Rottalhütte SAC
Nearest campsite
Rütti
Nearest parking
Auto-Parkplatz Stechelberg
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Rottalhütte SACHut | 1.8 km SW |
| Silberhornhütte SACHut | 2.6 km WNW |
| GuggihütteHut | 3.0 km NNE |
| Parking | 4.8 km WNW |
| RüttiCampsite | 4.8 km WNW |
| Auto-Parkplatz StechelbergParking | 5.1 km WNW |
| BreithornCampsite | 5.4 km NW |
| Coach Bus ParkingParking | 5.6 km NW |
| JungfrauCampsite | 6.9 km NW |
How steep is the route to Jungfrau?
The easiest mapped route, 6.7 km from 981 m to 3,154 m. Steepest stretch: 47°.
- 0–15°2.6 km
- 15–30°3.5 km
- 30–45°0.4 km
- 45°+0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 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 3.4 km, measured from the Jungfrau summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Rottalhorn3,972 m 0.7 km SE
- 2Silberhorn3,690 m 1.2 km WNW
- 3Louwihorn3,773 m 1.2 km SSE
- 4Kranzberg3,742 m 2.2 km SE
- 5Gletscherhorn3,982 m 2.7 km S
- 6Ebnefluh3,962 m 3.3 km SSW
- 7Kranzberg Südgipfel3,666 m 3.4 km SE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.4 km; 34 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yellow-billed Chough195
- White-winged Snowfinch3
- Perennial Cornflower2
- Small Tortoiseshell2
- Rock Ptarmigan1
- Barn Swallow1
Where Jungfrau sits
- Region
- Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
SilberhornPeak · 3,690 m↑1.2 km WNW
JungfraujochPass · 3,471 m↑2.0 km NE
GletscherhornPeak · 3,982 m↑2.7 km S
MönchPeak · 4,110 m↑3.6 km NE
Eiger Glacier↑3.8 km NNE
More in the Jungfrau-Fiescherhorn Group 6
How accurate is this?
66 m low This 3D map reads 4,092 m at the summit; the official height is 4,158 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 75 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,158 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 4,092 m | -66 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,083 m | -75 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)
- 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