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Säntis

2,501 m8,205 ft

Prominence: 2,013 m6,604 ft
Isolation: 26 km
Tonight: -7°CHeavy snow · Wind 21 km/h W

Säntis is a 2,501 m (8,205 ft) mountain in the Appenzell Alps, Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,501 m · 8,205 ft
Nearest higher peak: Magerrain (2,524 m)
Range: Appenzell Alps
Region: Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland
Coordinates: 47.2493° N, 9.3440° E

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3D map

Säntis 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Säntis 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 summit

Säntis elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Säntis weather

Tonight · Heavy snow · -7°C (19°F) · 2.4 mm · Wind 21 km/h W

Säntis forecast for the summit, about 2,501 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 624 m.

Tonight-7°2.4 mm21 km/h WBase 4°
Today-8°-5°9.8 mm19 km/h WBase 3 / 6°
Sun-6°0°15.2 mm26 km/h WBase 5 / 11°
Mon-6°3°–10 km/h SWBase 5 / 14°
Tue0°10°–4 km/h WBase 11 / 21°
Wed-2°1°2.5 mm6 km/h NBase 9 / 12°
Thu-5°2°–5 km/h NEBase 7 / 14°
Fri-6°3°–4 km/h NWBase 6 / 14°
Sat-7°1°0.8 mm4 km/h NWBase 5 / 13°
Sun-6°-3°15.0 mm7 km/h WBase 5 / 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

Camping & parking near Säntis

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

Nearest hut
Berggasthaus Alter Säntis
0.0 km NNE · +2 more within 1.4 km
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Nearest parking
1.9 km WNW
+2 more within 2.0 km
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Nearest caravan site
2.0 km WNW
+1 more within 6.4 km
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Nearest campsite
Schafbergblick
5.6 km SSE · +2 more within 7.7 km
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All mapped places 11

Place	Distance
Berggasthaus Alter SäntisHut	0.0 km NNE
Berggasthaus TierwiesHut	1.2 km W
Berggasthaus Schafboden AlpsteinHut	1.4 km SSE
Parking	1.9 km WNW
Parking	2.0 km WNW
Parking	2.0 km WNW
Caravan site	2.0 km WNW
SchafbergblickCampsite	5.6 km SSE
Wohnmobil-Stellplatz UnterwasserCaravan site	6.4 km SSW
Campingplatz ThurCampsite	7.5 km SW
Campingplatz JakobsbadCampsite	7.7 km N

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

27.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

38.1%

Steep, 30–45°

25.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

9.5%

Steeper than 30°: 34.8% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 1,832 m low point 624 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 62.8%Trees 34.1%Bare rock / sparse 2.1%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km, measured from the Säntis summit.

Summit list 8

1Hüenerberg2,311 m 1.1 km NNE
2Nädliger2,321 m 1.9 km SE
3Fliskopf2,386 m 2.0 km ESE
4Jöchliturm2,336 m 2.2 km SSE
5Wildhuser Schafberg2,373 m 2.3 km SSE
6Altmann2,435 m 2.3 km ESE
7Wildhauser Schafberg (Vorgipfel)2,363 m 2.4 km SSE
8Moor2,342 m 2.4 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 744 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Yellow-billed Chough50
Silver Thistle46
Monk's-hood44
Northern Chamois34
Alpine Ibex34
Small Tortoiseshell33

Where it sits

Where Säntis sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Drei SchwesternPeak · 2,053 m19 km ESE

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

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Print & wall

JPGSäntis satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

45 m low This 3D map reads 2,456 m at the summit; the official height is 2,501 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 70 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,501 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,456 m	-45 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,431 m	-70 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 2026-07-24)
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

Säntis

West → east through the summit

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