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Morgenberghorn
- Easiest route
- 2.4 km+660 m · about 1.5 h · T3
- Prominence
- 370 m1,215 ft
- Isolation
- 2.1 km
- Tonight
- -5°CSnow · Wind 9 km/h S
Morgenberghorn is a 2,249 m (7,378 ft) mountain in the Bernese Prealps, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,249 m · 7,378 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Latrejespitz (2,436 m)
- Range
- Bernese Prealps
- Region
- Canton of Berne, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.6218° N, 7.7940° E
How to get to the top of Morgenberghorn
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end near Mittelberg
- Distance
- 2.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +660 m−19 m (2,165 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Morgenberghorn 3D map
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Morgenberghorn terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Mittelberg. 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
Morgenberghorn weather
Tonight · Snow · -5°C (23°F) · 1.5 mm · Wind 9 km/h S
Morgenberghorn forecast for the summit, about 2,249 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,084 m.
- Tonight-5°1.5 mm9 km/h SBase 2°
- Today-6°-1°5.9 mm9 km/h SEBase 1 / 6°
- Sun-5°6°9.3 mm11 km/h SBase 2 / 13°
- Mon-2°6°–5 km/h NWBase 5 / 13°
- Tue3°12°–4 km/h NWBase 10 / 19°
- Wed0°5°0.8 mm4 km/h NWBase 7 / 12°
- Thu0°6°–4 km/h NWBase 7 / 13°
- Fri0°6°–3 km/h NWBase 7 / 13°
- Sat-1°5°2.5 mm4 km/h NWBase 6 / 12°
- Sun-3°1°8.8 mm4 km/h NBase 4 / 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 Morgenberghorn
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Morgenberghorn, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Brunnialp
Nearest parking
1.2 km SW
Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Bir Sagi
Nearest campsite
Blüemlisalp
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| BrunnialpHut | 1.0 km WNW |
| Parking | 1.2 km SW |
| Parking | 2.3 km W |
| Parking | 2.5 km E |
| Tipi ZeltlagerHut | 4.7 km NW |
| Suls-LobhornhütteHut | 5.7 km E |
| Stellplatz Bir SagiCaravan site | 6.7 km ENE |
| BlüemlisalpCampsite | 6.7 km SW |
| Manor FarmCampsite | 6.8 km NNE |
| Camping AlpenblickCampsite | 6.8 km NNE |
How steep is the route to Morgenberghorn?
The easiest mapped route, 2.4 km from 1,574 m to 2,249 m. Steepest stretch: 48°.
- 0–15°1.2 km
- 15–30°1.0 km
- 30–45°0.1 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 Morgenberghorn summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Gross-Schiffli2,038 m 1.4 km NE
- 2Rengghorn2,013 m 1.4 km SE
- 3Burg1,947 m 1.6 km ESE
- 4Witliflue1,967 m 1.9 km SW
- 5Doren1,986 m 2.2 km SE
- 6Greberegg1,595 m 2.4 km WNW
- 7Rotenegg1,890 m 2.5 km NE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 134 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Marsh grass-of-Parnassus7
- Silver-washed Fritillary4
- Great masterwort4
- Red campion3
- Silver Thistle3
- False Asphodel3
Where Morgenberghorn sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Swiss Prealps46Bernese Prealps20
- Region
- Canton of Berne59Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
SchilthornPeak · 2,970 m↑7.8 km SSE
BirgPeak · 2,684 m↑8.2 km SE
Lake Thun558 m↑9.0 km NW
NiederhornPeak · 1,963 m↑10 km N
MännlichenPeak · 2,343 m↑11 km E
More in the Bernese Prealps 6
Morgenberghorn downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
27 m low This 3D map reads 2,222 m at the summit; the official height is 2,249 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 41 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,249 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,222 m | -27 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,208 m | -41 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 2026-09-27)
- 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