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Schilthorn
- Prominence
- 382 m1,253 ft
- Isolation
- 3.6 km
- Tonight
- -9°CSnow · Wind 9 km/h S
Schilthorn is a 2,970 m (9,744 ft) mountain in the Bernese Prealps, Canton of Berne, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,970 m · 9,744 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Bütlasse (3,194 m)
- Range
- Bernese Prealps
- Region
- Canton of Berne, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.5574° N, 7.8346° E
Schilthorn 3D map
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Schilthorn topographic map
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.
West → east through the summit
Schilthorn downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Schilthorn
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 0.6 km ENE of Schilthorn
- Distance
- 1.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +309 m(1,014 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Schilthorn weather
Tonight · Snow · -9°C (16°F) · 1.5 mm · Wind 9 km/h S
Schilthorn forecast for the summit, about 2,970 m.
- Tonight-9°1.5 mm9 km/h S
- Today-10°-5°5.9 mm9 km/h SE
- Sun-9°2°9.3 mm11 km/h S
- Mon-6°1°–5 km/h NW
- Tue-2°8°–4 km/h NW
- Wed-4°1°0.8 mm4 km/h NW
- Thu-4°1°–4 km/h NW
- Fri-5°2°–3 km/h NW
- Sat-6°0°2.5 mm4 km/h NW
- Sun-7°-4°8.8 mm4 km/h N
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 near Schilthorn
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Schilthorn, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Rotstockhütte
Nearest parking
Auto-Parkplatz Stechelberg
Nearest campsite
Rütti
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| RotstockhütteHut | 1.4 km SSE |
| SchilthornhütteHut | 2.6 km ENE |
| SpielbodenalpHut | 3.2 km ESE |
| Auto-Parkplatz StechelbergParking | 5.2 km E |
| RüttiCampsite | 5.2 km ESE |
| Parking | 5.3 km ESE |
| Parking | 5.5 km SW |
| BreithornCampsite | 5.8 km ENE |
| JungfrauCampsite | 6.7 km ENE |
How steep is the route to Schilthorn?
The easiest mapped route, 1.3 km from 2,650 m to 2,970 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.
- 0–15°0.8 km
- 15–30°0.5 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.
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 Schilthorn summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Schwarzbirg2,791 m 1.1 km NE
- 2Chilchflüh2,833 m 1.3 km WNW
- 3Eltitashorn2,693 m 2.4 km NE
- 4Hundshorn2,928 m 2.7 km SW
- 5Hundsflue2,860 m 2.7 km SW
- 6Drättehorn2,794 m 2.9 km NNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 242 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Glacier Crowfoot42
- Yellow Saxifrage21
- Yellow-billed Chough20
- Musky Saxifrage20
- Purple Saxifrage17
- Alpine Toadflax16
Where Schilthorn sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Swiss Prealps46Bernese Prealps20
- Region
- Canton of Berne59Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
BirgPeak · 2,684 m↑1.8 km ENE
GspaltenhornPeak · 3,436 m↑5.1 km S
MorgenberghornPeak · 2,249 m↑7.9 km NNW
TschingelhornPeak · 3,555 m↑8.8 km S
SilberhornPeak · 3,690 m↑8.9 km E
More in the Bernese Prealps 6
How accurate is this?
11 m low This 3D map reads 2,959 m at the summit; the official height is 2,970 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,970 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,959 m | -11 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,946 m | -24 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 2026-09-27)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, 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