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Schnebelhorn
- Easiest route
- 0.6 km+140 m · about 0.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 115 m379 ft
- Isolation
- 3.0 km
- Tonight
- -1°CSleet · Wind 27 km/h SW
Schnebelhorn is a 1,291 m (4,237 ft) mountain in the Appenzell Alps, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,291 m · 4,237 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Höchhand (1,314 m)
- Range
- Appenzell Alps
- Region
- Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 47.3254° N, 8.9799° E
How to get to the top of Schnebelhorn
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 0.4 km WSW of Schnebelhorn
- Distance
- 0.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +140 m(459 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Schnebelhorn 3D map
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Schnebelhorn terrain and contours
25 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
Schnebelhorn weather
Tonight · Sleet · -1°C (30°F) · 2.2 mm · Wind 27 km/h SW
Schnebelhorn forecast for the summit, about 1,291 m.
- Tonight-1°2.2 mm27 km/h SW
- Today-2°3°8.0 mm25 km/h SE
- Sun2°9°13.0 mm29 km/h W
- Mon1°8°–11 km/h S
- Tue4°14°–5 km/h NW
- Wed3°7°1.2 mm7 km/h NE
- Thu0°8°–9 km/h N
- Fri1°7°–5 km/h NW
- Sat-2°6°0.5 mm5 km/h NW
- Sun0°5°10.5 mm9 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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Schnebelhorn
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Schnebelhorn, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.2 km WSW
Nearest hut
Unter Alpli
Nearest campsite
Atzmännig
Nearest trailhead
Bachtel-Trail
Nearest caravan site
Wohnmobil-Stellplatz Iddaburg
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.2 km WSW |
| Parking | 1.3 km WSW |
| Parking | 1.4 km W |
| Unter AlpliHut | 4.3 km ESE |
| AtzmännigCampsite | 4.5 km SSE |
| Atzmännig LodgeHut | 4.7 km SSE |
| Bergrestaurant FarneralpHut | 4.8 km SSW |
| Bachtel-TrailTrailhead | 7.8 km WSW |
| Wohnmobil-Stellplatz IddaburgCaravan site | 8.0 km NNE |
How steep is the route to Schnebelhorn?
The easiest mapped route, 0.6 km from 1,141 m to 1,291 m. Steepest stretch: 42°.
- 0–15°0.4 km
- 15–30°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 10 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 Schnebelhorn summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Schindelberghöchi1,235 m 0.8 km SSE
- 2Dägelsberg1,269 m 1.2 km S
- 3Schindelegg1,266 m 1.2 km SE
- 4Rossegg1,254 m 2.0 km SE
- 5Hüttchopf1,232 m 2.7 km WSW
- 6Habrütispitz1,274 m 2.8 km SE
Where Schnebelhorn sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Swiss Prealps46Appenzell Alps6
- Region
- Canton of Zurich14Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
BachtelPeak · 1,115 m↑7.8 km WSW
PfäffikerseeLake · 537 m↑15 km W
GreifenseeLake · 435 m↑23 km W
PfannenstielPeak · 853 m↑24 km W
Lake Zurich406 m↑24 km WSW
More in the Appenzell Alps 5
Schnebelhorn downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,288 m at the summit; the official height is 1,291 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,291 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,288 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,277 m | -14 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)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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