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Bifertenstock · 3,421 m · 7.8 km SW
Lake · Canton of Glarus

Muttsee

2,429 m7,969 ft
Area
0.55 km²
Tonight
-8°CSnow · Wind 9 km/h NW

Muttsee is a lake at 2,429 m above sea level in Canton of Glarus, Switzerland, 0.55 km² in area and 1.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
2,429 m
Length
1.1 km
Shoreline
3.3 km
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Lake

Muttsee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.1 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
3.3 km≈45 min to walk around
3D map

Muttsee 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Muttsee terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. 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 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Muttsee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Muttsee weather

Tonight · Snow · -8°C (18°F) · 2.0 mm · Wind 9 km/h NW

Muttsee forecast for about 2,429 m.

  • Tonight-8°2.0 mm9 km/h NW
  • Today-9°-6°8.6 mm13 km/h S
  • Sun-11°-2°19.5 mm13 km/h S
  • Mon-13°2°–6 km/h SW
  • Tue-2°6°–2 km/h W
  • Wed-2°2°0.3 mm3 km/h NW
  • Thu-8°2°–3 km/h SE
  • Fri-9°3°–4 km/h NW
  • Sat-7°1°0.9 mm5 km/h NW
  • Sun-4°-2°8.6 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Muttsee

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

All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
MuttseehütteHut0.9 km SW
KistenpasshütteHut2.6 km S
Parking3.9 km WNW
Parking3.9 km WNW
Campsite4.0 km SE
Campsite4.1 km S
Campsite4.2 km SSE
BifertenhütteHut5.5 km S
Parking5.8 km NW
Unsere kleine FarmCaravan site7.0 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
14.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
23.6%
Steep, 30–45°
39.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
22.1%
Steeper than 30°
62.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
1,695 m low point 1,401 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 43.8%Grassland 23.1%Moss & lichen 15.5%Snow & ice 11.0%Water 4.2%Trees 2.4%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2 km of Muttsee.

NESW1 km2 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Nüschenstock2,893 m 0.9 km NW
  2. 2Ruchi3,107 m 1.4 km E
  3. 3Chli Ruchi3,034 m 1.9 km ENE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 46 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Alpine Ibex3
  • Alpine Toadflax3
  • Mount Cenis Bellflower3
  • Yellow Saxifrage3
  • Black Wormwood3
  • Bavarian gentian2
Where it sits

Where Muttsee sits

Region
Canton of Glarus11Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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Sources

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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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 · Wikipedia