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Rigi

1,797 m5,896 ft

Prominence: 1,288 m4,224 ft
Isolation: 13 km
Tonight: -2°CPartly cloudy · Wind 23 km/h SW

Rigi is a 1,797 m (5,896 ft) mountain in the Schwyzer Voralpen, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 1,797 m · 5,896 ft
Nearest higher peak: Buochserhorn (1,807 m)
Range: Schwyzer Voralpen
Region: Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
Coordinates: 47.0565° N, 8.4854° E

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3D map

Rigi 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 9.2 × 9.2 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Rigi topographic map

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGRigi satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-25.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXRigi GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Route

How to get to the top of Rigi

The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

From Road end, 0.5 km E of Rigi

Distance: 1.2 kmone way
Climb: +287 m−35 m (942 ft up)
Time up: about 1 h
Difficulty: T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places

Rigi elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

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

Weather

Rigi weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -2°C (28°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 23 km/h SW

Rigi forecast for the summit, about 1,797 m.

Tonight-2°0.5 mm23 km/h SW
Today-2°1°8.1 mm19 km/h SW
Sun0°7°8.5 mm27 km/h W
Mon0°4°–6 km/h S
Tue1°9°–3 km/h NW
Wed1°4°1.2 mm5 km/h NW
Thu-2°4°–5 km/h N
Fri-2°2°–3 km/h NW
Sat-1°2°0.4 mm4 km/h NW
Sun-2°2°12.0 mm5 km/h W

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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Rigi

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

Nearest parking
Überlaufparkplatz Seeboden
1.9 km NW · +2 more within 2.0 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Campingplatz Vitznau
5.6 km S · +2 more within 5.9 km
Directions Map
Nearest caravan site
7.9 km ESE
Directions Map

All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Überlaufparkplatz SeebodenParking	1.9 km NW
Parking	2.0 km NW
Parking	2.0 km NNE
Campingplatz VitznauCampsite	5.6 km S
Campingplatz GerbeweidCampsite	5.7 km WSW
Camping BernerhöheCampsite	5.9 km ESE
Caravan site	7.9 km ESE

Slope

How steep is the route to Rigi?

The easiest mapped route, 1.2 km from 1,535 m to 1,797 m. Steepest stretch: 39°.

0 km · 1,535 m1.2 km · 1,797 m

0–15°0.6 km
15–30°0.5 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.

Trees 43.1%Grassland 31.9%Water 20.6%Built-up 3.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.6 km, measured from the Rigi summit.

Summit list 3

1Rigi Rotstock1,650 m 1.6 km SW
2Dossen1,685 m 3.4 km SSE
3Rigi Scheidegg1,659 m 4.1 km SE

Where it sits

Where Rigi sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

FronalpstockPeak · 1,920 m15 km SE

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,797 m at the summit; the official height is 1,797 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,797 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,797 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,785 m	-12 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)
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

Rigi

West → east through the summit

From Road end, 0.5 km E of Rigi

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

Data sources