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Sustenhorn

3,503 m11,493 ft

Prominence: 428 m1,405 ft
Isolation: 5.7 km
Tonight: -14°CHeavy snow · Wind 9 km/h NW

Sustenhorn is a 3,503 m (11,493 ft) mountain in the Uri Alps, Canton of Uri, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 3,503 m · 11,493 ft
Nearest higher peak: Eggstock (3,555 m)
Range: Uri Alps
Region: Canton of Uri, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.6987° N, 8.4549° E

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3D map

Sustenhorn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Sustenhorn 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

Sustenhorn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Sustenhorn weather

Tonight · Heavy snow · -14°C (7°F) · 1.8 mm · Wind 9 km/h NW

Sustenhorn forecast for the summit, about 3,503 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,929 m.

Tonight-14°1.8 mm9 km/h NWBase -5°
Today-16°-12°11.6 mm10 km/h SBase -7 / -2°
Sun-16°-7°16.8 mm10 km/h NWBase -7 / 3°
Mon-15°-3°–6 km/h SWBase -6 / 6°
Tue-10°1°–2 km/h WBase -1 / 10°
Wed-9°-5°0.3 mm3 km/h NBase 1 / 5°
Thu-12°-3°–3 km/h SWBase -3 / 6°
Fri-15°-4°–3 km/h NWBase -5 / 5°
Sat-15°-5°1.9 mm5 km/h NWBase -6 / 4°
Sun-10°-7°8.4 mm4 km/h WBase -1 / 3°

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.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

14.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

40.3%

Steep, 30–45°

32.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

13.0%

Steeper than 30°: 45.5% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,530 m low point 1,929 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 44.3%Bare rock / sparse 31.4%Grassland 16.2%Moss & lichen 7.4%Water 0.6%

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 Sustenhorn summit.

Summit list 6

1Chli Sustenhorn3,318 m 1.3 km N
2Hinter Sustenlimihorn3,194 m 1.5 km S
3Brunnenstock3,211 m 1.8 km S
4Rot Stock3,184 m 2.0 km SW
5Voralphorn3,202 m 2.2 km SSE
6Chelenalphorn3,201 m 2.6 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 47 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Phoebus Apollo11
Alpine Toadflax5
Yellow Saxifrage5
Alpine Ibex2
Alpine Marmot2
Colt's-foot2

Where it sits

Where Sustenhorn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

GalenstockPeak · 3,586 m10 km SSW

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Print & wall

JPGSustenhorn 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?

44 m low This 3D map reads 3,459 m at the summit; the official height is 3,503 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 53 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,503 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,459 m	-44 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,450 m	-53 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