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Wendelstein
- Prominence
- 733 m2,404 ft
- Isolation
- 6.6 km
- Tonight
- -3°CPartly cloudy · Wind 21 km/h W
Wendelstein is a 1,838 m (6,030 ft) mountain in the Schliersee Mountains, Bavaria, Germany.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,838 m · 6,030 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Großer Traithen (1,852 m)
- Range
- Schliersee Mountains
- Region
- Bavaria, Germany
- Coordinates
- 47.7035° N, 12.0129° E
Wendelstein 3D map
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Wendelstein 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
Wendelstein downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Wendelstein
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 WNW of Wendelstein
- Distance
- 2.1 kmone way
- Climb
- +441 m−25 m (1,447 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Wendelstein weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -3°C (27°F) · Wind 21 km/h W
Wendelstein forecast for the summit, about 1,838 m.
- Tonight-3°–21 km/h W
- Today-4°1°2.8 mm26 km/h W
- Sun-3°6°14.5 mm26 km/h W
- Mon-2°4°0.1 mm19 km/h W
- Tue4°12°–6 km/h W
- Wed0°4°3.3 mm8 km/h NW
- Thu-4°4°–6 km/h NE
- Fri-4°4°–6 km/h N
- Sat-4°2°0.6 mm5 km/h N
- Sun-2°2°4.2 mm7 km/h S
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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Wendelstein
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Wendelstein, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Mitteralm
Nearest parking
Wedellift
Nearest caravan site
Wohnmobilstellplatz Bayrischzell
Nearest campsite
Campingplatz NATURAMA Glockenalm
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| MitteralmHut | 2.0 km ENE |
| Parking | 2.7 km SW |
| WedelliftParking | 2.7 km SE |
| KesselalmHut | 2.7 km WNW |
| Parking | 2.8 km S |
| Wohnmobilstellplatz BayrischzellCaravan site | 3.1 km SSE |
| SchuhbräualmHut | 3.8 km NE |
| Leitzachtaler ZiegenhofCaravan site | 5.3 km WNW |
| Wohnmobilstellplatz Gasthof SonnenkaiserCaravan site | 6.2 km NW |
| Campingplatz NATURAMA GlockenalmCampsite | 7.1 km W |
How steep is the route to Wendelstein?
The easiest mapped route, 2.1 km from 1,381 m to 1,838 m. Steepest stretch: 50°.
- 0–15°1.4 km
- 15–30°0.5 km
- 30–45°0.2 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 3.5 km, measured from the Wendelstein summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Kesselwand1,721 m 0.6 km ESE
- 2Soin1,756 m 0.7 km ENE
- 3Lacherspitz1,724 m 0.9 km ESE
- 4Bärenstein1,651 m 1.1 km SE
- 5Tagweidkopf1,633 m 1.2 km SE
- 6Seewandköpfl1,664 m 1.3 km E
- 7Wildalpjoch1,720 m 1.7 km E
- 8Kaserwand1,690 m 2.0 km E
- 9Hochsalwand1,625 m 2.3 km NE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.5 km; 748 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yellow-billed Chough46
- Northern Chamois35
- Bear's Ear27
- Early Purple Orchid25
- Clusius' gentian24
- Silver Thistle21
Where Wendelstein sits
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
SpitzingseeLake · 1,084 m↑10 km WSW
TegernseeLake · 726 m↑21 km W
PyramidenspitzePeak · 1,997 m↑22 km ESE
Ellmauer HaltPeak · 2,344 m↑27 km SE
FleischbankPeak · 2,186 m↑27 km ESE
More in the Bavarian Prealps 2
How accurate is this?
17 m low This 3D map reads 1,821 m at the summit; the official height is 1,838 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 44 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,838 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,821 m | -17 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,794 m | -44 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