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Stanserhorn
- Prominence
- 506 m1,660 ft
- Isolation
- 4.3 km
- Tonight
- -4°CSnow · Wind 16 km/h SW
Stanserhorn is a 1,898 m (6,227 ft) mountain in the Uri Alps, Canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,898 m · 6,227 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Gräfimattstand (2,050 m)
- Range
- Uri Alps
- Region
- Canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 46.9296° N, 8.3404° E
Stanserhorn 3D map
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Stanserhorn 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.
West → east through the summit
Stanserhorn downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Stanserhorn
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 1.2 km S of Stanserhorn
- Distance
- 2.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +548 m−105 m (1,798 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 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.
Stanserhorn weather
Tonight · Snow · -4°C (25°F) · 1.0 mm · Wind 16 km/h SW
Stanserhorn forecast for the summit, about 1,898 m.
- Tonight-4°1.0 mm16 km/h SW
- Today-4°1°5.6 mm14 km/h S
- Sun-3°9°11.6 mm20 km/h W
- Mon-5°6°–5 km/h S
- Tue3°13°–4 km/h N
- Wed2°5°1.7 mm6 km/h N
- Thu-1°5°–6 km/h N
- Fri-2°5°–3 km/h N
- Sat-2°5°0.7 mm5 km/h N
- Sun-2°3°10.0 mm6 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 Stanserhorn
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Stanserhorn, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.8 km WNW
Nearest campsite
Camping Hostetten
Nearest caravan site
5.6 km W
Nearest hut
Ribihuisli
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.8 km WNW |
| Parking | 2.3 km SW |
| Parking | 2.3 km S |
| Camping HostettenCampsite | 2.9 km NW |
| Camping auf dem BauernhofCampsite | 3.1 km WSW |
| Camping Ebnet "Bio Bauernhof"Campsite | 3.3 km WNW |
| Caravan site | 5.6 km W |
| RibihuisliHut | 7.5 km ENE |
| BlockhütteHut | 7.5 km SW |
How steep is the route to Stanserhorn?
The easiest mapped route, 2.6 km from 1,437 m to 1,898 m. Steepest stretch: 48°.
- 0–15°1.6 km
- 15–30°0.7 km
- 30–45°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 182 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Perennial Cornflower20
- Late spider-orchid and allies11
- Alpine Marmot8
- Common Drone Fly8
- Bladder campion8
- Common Kidney-Vetch8
Where Stanserhorn sits
- Range
- Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Bernese Alps65Uri Alps18
- Region
- Canton of Nidwalden3Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
BürgenstockPeak · 1,128 m↑9.0 km NNE
Lake Lucerne434 m↑11 km NNE
Lake Sarnen469 m↑12 km SW
Engelberger RotstockPeak · 2,818 m↑15 km SE
HahnenPeak · 2,607 m↑15 km SE
More in the Uri Alps 6
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,891 m at the summit; the official height is 1,898 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,898 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,891 m | -7 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,870 m | -28 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)
- 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