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Ötscher

1,893 m6,211 ft

Prominence: 816 m2,678 ft
Isolation: 22 km
Tonight: -2°CSnow · Wind 19 km/h NW

Ötscher is a 1,893 m (6,211 ft) mountain in the Ybbstal Alps, Lower Austria, Austria.

All facts

Elevation: 1,893 m · 6,211 ft
Nearest higher peak: Hochstadl (1,919 m)
Range: Ybbstal Alps
Region: Lower Austria, Austria
Coordinates: 47.8615° N, 15.2026° E

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3D map

Ötscher 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ötscher topographic map

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Ötscher elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGÖtscher satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-14.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Ötscher weather

Tonight · Snow · -2°C (28°F) · 1.0 mm · Wind 19 km/h NW

Ötscher forecast for the summit, about 1,893 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 505 m.

Tonight-2°1.0 mm19 km/h NWBase 6°
Today-7°0°0.8 mm22 km/h WBase 2 / 8°
Sun-5°4°6.1 mm29 km/h WBase 3 / 12°
Mon-6°1°2.6 mm22 km/h WBase 2 / 10°
Tue-3°2°0.6 mm8 km/h SWBase 6 / 10°
Wed-2°5°8.3 mm15 km/h NWBase 7 / 13°
Thu-6°1°0.7 mm13 km/h NWBase 3 / 10°
Fri-5°3°1.9 mm6 km/h NBase 4 / 11°
Sat-4°-1°3.1 mm6 km/h NBase 4 / 8°
Sun-4°2°1.8 mm9 km/h SWBase 4 / 10°

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 Ötscher

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

Nearest hut
Ötscherschutzhaus
1.9 km WSW · +2 more within 4.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
Parkplatz Weitental
2.9 km W · +2 more within 3.0 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
ÖtscherschutzhausHut	1.9 km WSW
Parking	2.4 km NNW
Parkplatz WeitentalParking	2.9 km W
Parking	3.0 km W
Schutzhaus VorderötscherHut	3.7 km SSE
FeldwiesalmHut	4.7 km S

Slope

Share of the 7.2 × 7.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

20.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

49.1%

Steep, 30–45°

28.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.5%

Steeper than 30°: 30.8% of the 52 km² view
Relief in view: 1,385 m low point 505 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 87.3%Grassland 12.3%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.6 km, measured from the Ötscher summit.

Summit list 7

1Luckerter Gipfel1,873 m 0.5 km ENE
2Hüttenkogel1,527 m 1.8 km WSW
3Ochsenkopf1,245 m 1.8 km E
4Bergl1,098 m 2.1 km WNW
5Schwarzkogel1,208 m 3.4 km ENE
6Mittereckkogel1,325 m 3.6 km SW
7Kleiner Ötscher1,552 m 3.6 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.6 km; 446 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Bear's Ear35
Early Purple Orchid30
European Globeflower28
Clusiana Primrose27
Clusius' gentian25
Eight-petal Mountain-Avens24

Where it sits

Where Ötscher sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

LeopoldsteinerseeLake · 628 m41 km SW

More in the Northern Lower Austria Alps 5

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,889 m at the summit; the official height is 1,893 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,893 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,889 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,880 m	-13 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 2026-08-14)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Ötscher

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Data sources