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Ortstock
- Prominence
- 543 m1,780 ft
- Isolation
- 4.5 km
- Tonight
- -11°CSnow · Wind 9 km/h W
Ortstock is a 2,717 m (8,912 ft) mountain in the Glärnisch-Charetalp Group, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,717 m · 8,912 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Bös Fulen (2,801 m)
- Range
- Glärnisch-Charetalp Group
- Region
- Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.9254° N, 8.9479° E
Ortstock 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.2 × 6.2 km
Ortstock 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.
Ortstock elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Ortstock weather
Tonight · Snow · -11°C (12°F) · 1.8 mm · Wind 9 km/h W
Ortstock forecast for the summit, about 2,717 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 680 m.
- Tonight-11°1.8 mm9 km/h WBase 2°
- Today-12°-7°10.4 mm13 km/h SBase 0 / 5°
- Sun-11°-4°21.5 mm13 km/h SBase 1 / 8°
- Mon-14°0°–6 km/h SBase -1 / 12°
- Tue-4°4°–3 km/h SEBase 8 / 17°
- Wed-4°0°0.4 mm3 km/h NWBase 9 / 12°
- Thu-9°1°–6 km/h SEBase 3 / 13°
- Fri-10°1°–4 km/h NWBase 3 / 13°
- Sat-9°0°0.8 mm6 km/h WBase 4 / 12°
- Sun-6°-3°9.6 mm5 km/h NWBase 6 / 9°
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 near Ortstock
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ortstock, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.9 km SSE
Nearest caravan site
2.8 km SSW
Nearest hut
Ortstockhaus
Nearest campsite
Abenteuercamp Braunwald
Nearest trailhead
Helsana Trail
All mapped places 12
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.9 km SSE |
| Parking | 1.9 km SSE |
| Parking | 2.0 km S |
| Caravan site | 2.8 km SSW |
| Caravan site | 3.0 km SSW |
| OrtstockhausHut | 3.3 km NE |
| Caravan site | 3.7 km SSW |
| Abenteuercamp BraunwaldCampsite | 4.0 km NE |
| Helsana TrailTrailhead | 4.1 km ENE |
| Berggasthaus GumenHut | 4.4 km NE |
| Panorama-JurteHut | 4.4 km NE |
| Klettersteig ZingelstöckliTrailhead | 5.0 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 6.2 × 6.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 40.3% of the 38 km² view
- Relief in view
- 2,026 m low point 680 m
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 3.1 km, measured from the Ortstock summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Schön Büel2,087 m 0.9 km NNE
- 2Schijen2,610 m 1.1 km WSW
- 3Höch Turm2,666 m 1.2 km NW
- 4Flätstock2,401 m 1.9 km NNW
- 5Rund Eggen2,122 m 2.2 km NNE
- 6Gross Chilchberg2,436 m 2.9 km WNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.1 km; 137 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Oxlip5
- Yellow Saxifrage5
- Fireweed5
- Nettle-leaved Bellflower4
- Cowslip4
- Eight-petal Mountain-Avens4
Where Ortstock sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Glarner Alpen im weiteren Sinne (SOIUSA)20Osturner Alpen6
- Region
- Canton of Schwyz10Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Bös FulenPeak · 2,801 m↑4.6 km N
Urnerboden1,372 m↑5.3 km SW
MuttseeLake↑9.1 km SE
Klausen Pass1,948 m↑9.5 km SW
HausstockPeak · 3,158 m↑11 km ESE
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More in the Osturner Alpen 4
Ortstock downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
11 m low This 3D map reads 2,706 m at the summit; the official height is 2,717 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,717 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,706 m | -11 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,698 m | -19 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)
- 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