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Kleiner Mythen
- Easiest route
- 1.8 km+635 m · about 1.5 h · T3
- Prominence
- 405 m1,328 ft
- Isolation
- 7.6 km
- Tonight
- -4°CSnow · Wind 15 km/h SW
Kleiner Mythen is a 1,811 m (5,942 ft) mountain in the Mythen, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,811 m · 5,942 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 Kleiner 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 Kleiner 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.
Kleiner Mythen 3D map
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Kleiner 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
Kleiner Mythen weather
Tonight · Snow · -4°C (25°F) · 1.1 mm · Wind 15 km/h SW
Kleiner Mythen forecast for the summit, about 1,811 m.
- Tonight-4°1.1 mm15 km/h SW
- Today-3°0°9.8 mm14 km/h SE
- Sun-2°3°14.1 mm18 km/h W
- Mon-3°6°–8 km/h SE
- Tue2°14°–5 km/h NW
- Wed2°5°1.3 mm6 km/h NW
- Thu-1°6°–6 km/h NW
- Fri-2°6°–5 km/h NW
- Sat-2°6°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 Kleiner Mythen
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kleiner 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 Kleiner Mythen?
The easiest mapped route, 1.8 km from 1,399 m to 1,811 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 Kleiner Mythen summit.
Summit list 4
- 1Schwarzenstock1,495 m 1.4 km E
- 2Haggenspitz1,762 m 1.6 km N
- 3Brünnelistock1,598 m 2.9 km E
- 4Nätschhöchi1,526 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 Kleiner Mythen sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Swiss Prealps46Zentralschweizer Voralpen10Schwyzer Voralpen9
- Region
- Canton of Schwyz10Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Grosser MythenPeak · 1,898 m↑0.0 km W
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
Kleiner Mythen downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
61 m high This 3D map reads 1,872 m at the summit; the official height is 1,811 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,811 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,872 m | +61 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,847 m | +36 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)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia