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Niesen

2,362 m7,749 ft

Easiest route: 2.9 km+569 m · about 1.5 h · T2
Prominence: 432 m1,419 ft
Isolation: 2.3 km
Tonight: -5°CSnow · Wind 11 km/h S

Niesen is a 2,362 m (7,749 ft) mountain in the Albristhorn-Männliflue-Niesengrat Group, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,362 m · 7,749 ft
Nearest higher peak: Fromberghorn (2,394 m)
Range: Albristhorn-Männliflue-Niesengrat Group
Region: Canton of Berne, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.6460° N, 7.6526° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Niesen

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

Easiest route: from Road end, 1.1 km SSW of Niesen

Distance: 2.9 kmone way
Climb: +569 m−36 m (1,867 ft up)
Time up: about 1.5 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Niesen elevation profile

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Other routes 2

Road end, 1.9 km SE of Niesen3.8 km · +929 m · about 2.5 h
T2GPX KML
Road end, 2.0 km NW of Niesen4.4 km · +1,305 m · about 3.5 h
T3GPX KML

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

3D map

Niesen 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Niesen terrain and contours

100 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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Niesen weather

Tonight · Snow · -5°C (23°F) · 1.4 mm · Wind 11 km/h S

Niesen forecast for the summit, about 2,362 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,816 m.

Tonight-5°1.4 mm11 km/h SBase -3°
Today-6°-1°5.5 mm12 km/h SBase -3 / 2°
Sun-6°6°9.9 mm13 km/h SBase -4 / 7°
Mon-3°5°–5 km/h NBase -2 / 9°
Tue2°11°–4 km/h NBase 4 / 15°
Wed-1°4°1.0 mm5 km/h NBase 2 / 7°
Thu-1°4°–5 km/h NBase 1 / 7°
Fri-1°5°–4 km/h NBase 1 / 9°
Sat-2°4°3.1 mm5 km/h NBase 0 / 7°
Sun-4°1°13.5 mm4 km/h NBase -1 / 4°

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 Niesen

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

Nearest parking
2.9 km ESE
+2 more within 3.0 km
Directions Map
Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Niesenbahn
3.0 km ESE · +1 more within 6.6 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Panorama
3.7 km ENE · +2 more within 5.1 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Sennhütte Ottenschwand
5.8 km WSW · +1 more within 7.0 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Parking	2.9 km ESE
Parking	3.0 km ESE
Parking	3.0 km ESE
Stellplatz NiesenbahnCaravan site	3.0 km ESE
PanoramaCampsite	3.7 km ENE
Genossenschaft Camping FaulenseebadCampsite	4.8 km ENE
Camping StuhleggCampsite	5.1 km ENE
Sennhütte OttenschwandHut	5.8 km WSW
Stellplatz GwattCaravan site	6.6 km NNW
Tipi ZeltlagerHut	7.0 km E

Slope

How steep is the route to Niesen?

The easiest mapped route, 2.9 km from 1,816 m to 2,362 m. Steepest stretch: 46°.

0 km · 1,816 m2.9 km · 2,362 m

0–15°2.0 km
15–30°0.8 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 49.1%Grassland 46.3%Bare rock / sparse 1.9%Built-up 1.6%Cropland 0.7%

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 Niesen summit.

Summit list 3

1Glogghore1,984 m 0.7 km ESE
2Meiehöri1,865 m 0.7 km N
3Fromberghorn2,394 m 2.3 km SW

Where it sits

Where Niesen sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

MännlifluePeak · 2,652 m13 km SW

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXNiesen 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 2,354 m at the summit; the official height is 2,362 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,362 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,354 m	-8 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,342 m	-20 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: Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Niesen

Easiest route: from Road end, 1.1 km SSW of Niesen

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

Data sources