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Pass · Canton of Berne

Susten Pass

2,214 m7,264 ft
Connects
Inder Wyssmadhubel – Sustenpass
Tonight
-7°CHeavy snow · Wind 9 km/h NW

Susten Pass is a mountain pass at 2,214 m in Canton of Berne, Switzerland. It links Inder Wyssmadhubel and Sustenpass.

All facts
Saddle
2,214 m
Lowest point
1,781 m / 1,834 m
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Susten Pass 3D map

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Topographic map

Susten Pass topographic map

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Susten Pass elevation profile

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Pass

Susten Pass: the climb from each side

Saddle 2,214 mInder Wyssmadhubel 1,781 m+433 m · 3.0 kmSustenpass 1,834 m+380 m · 1.2 km

Crossed by: 11 Sustenstrasse, 11

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

Weather

Susten Pass weather

Tonight · Heavy snow · -7°C (19°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 9 km/h NW

Susten Pass forecast for about 2,214 m.

  • Tonight-7°1.7 mm9 km/h NW
  • Today-9°-4°10.7 mm10 km/h S
  • Sun-11°2°15.0 mm10 km/h NW
  • Mon-9°4°0.1 mm5 km/h S
  • Tue-2°9°–1 km/h SW
  • Wed-2°3°0.2 mm3 km/h NW
  • Thu-4°4°–2 km/h S
  • Fri-6°3°–5 km/h NW
  • Sat-6°2°1.4 mm6 km/h NW
  • Sun-3°0°7.7 mm6 km/h NW

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 Susten Pass

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.1 km S

    +2 more within 0.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Sustlihütte SAC

    2.9 km NE · +2 more within 4.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Stellplatz Truft, Gadmen

    7.6 km W

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking0.1 km S
Parking0.2 km S
Parking0.2 km NE
Sustlihütte SACHut2.9 km NE
Tierberglihütte SACHut4.1 km SW
Biwak am GrassenHut4.5 km N
Stellplatz Truft, GadmenCaravan site7.6 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
11.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
35.5%
Steep, 30–45°
41.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
12.1%
Steeper than 30°
53.3% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
1,966 m low point 1,492 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 36.2%Snow & ice 25.2%Bare rock / sparse 23.0%Moss & lichen 10.4%Trees 4.6%Water 0.5%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Susten Pass.

NESW2 km5 km1234
Summit list 4
  1. 1Chli Sustenhorn3,318 m 2.1 km SSE
  2. 2Gross Griessenhorn3,201 m 3.3 km ESE
  3. 3Stucklistock3,313 m 3.4 km ESE
  4. 4Sustenhorn3,503 m 3.4 km SSE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 262 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Northern Spinach53
  • Chestnut-coloured Carpet39
  • Mesotype verberata39
  • Chersotis cuprea22
  • Yellow Saxifrage16
  • Alpine willowherb16
Where it sits

Where Susten Pass sits

Range
Alps751Western Alps353Northwestern Alps309Bernese Alps65Uri Alps18
Region
Canton of Berne59Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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Sources

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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia