Mountain·Switzerland

Titlis

3,238m

Uri Alps

3D view drawn from Copernicus WorldDEM-30 (© DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA) and Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH, CC BY 4.0

Elevation: 3,238m
Prominence: 1,014m
Isolation: 6.9km
Relief: 2,221mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 67°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: All yearSee month by month ↓
First ascent: 1739
Summit: 46.7728°N, 8.4361°E

Swiss mountain of the Urner Alps

Titlis is a mountain in the Uri Alps (Switzerland). Its summit stands 3,238 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 1,014 m, and the nearest higher ground is 6.9 km away. It was first climbed in 1739.

From the lowest point within 5 km (1,017 m), it rises 2,221 m. The steepest side is the north-east face: 50° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 67° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Engelberg, 6 km away at 1,015 m: 2,223 m below the summit.

Titlis for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

9.8/10

Difficulty to the top

Alpine climb

Most path sections around the top are T4 on the SAC hiking scale. Glaciers around the top.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

2.5/2.571 waymarked routes and 206 path sections nearby
1.5/1.58 huts and shelters
2.0/22,223 m of ascent from the valley
1.3/1.51,014 m of prominence
1.5/1.57 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
1.0/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

9.3/10

3.3/4107 km of downhill runs
1.5/1.552 ski lifts
1.5/1.52,044 m between the lowest and highest lift station
3.0/37 months of snow at about 2,018 m

Runs by difficulty

Beginner 1 km
Easy 41 km
Intermediate 38 km
Difficult 20 km
Freeride 6 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 2,018 m, in the middle of the ski area: snow from November to May (some years from October to May).

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

52 lifts · lift stations from 996 to 3,040 m · 43 km cross-country

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

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Snow

When there is snow on Titlis

At the summit, snow all year round. Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Summit3,238 msnow all year round	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Halfway up2,126 msnow from November to June (some years from October to June)	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow some of the time	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Engelberg1,015 msnow from December to March (some years from December to April)	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow some of the time	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow on the ground all month

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Titlis, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average July afternoon the summit reaches about 7 °C; on January nights it falls to about -21 °C. In 7 months of the year it stays below freezing at the top even in the afternoon. In July the 0 °C line climbs to about 4,280 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, February is the driest month (80 mm) and August the wettest (190 mm).

0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Engelberg high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-14	-21	1	1,160	101	14	2.5
February	-13	-21	2	1,300	80	12	3.8
March	-8	-17	6	1,960	102	15	5.3
April	-3	-12	11	2,730	107	16	6.5
May	1	-8	15	3,390	163	19	6.7
June	5	-3	20	4,040	176	20	8.0
July	7	-1	21	4,280	173	19	8.1
August	6	-2	21	4,240	190	18	7.3
September	2	-6	17	3,620	124	15	6.0
October	-2	-10	13	3,010	110	14	4.2
November	-8	-15	6	2,020	103	15	2.4
December	-13	-20	2	1,300	106	15	2.0

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 1,237 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. Heights drawn 2× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

West – east

South – north

Steepness by direction

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Titlis

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

A lift reaches Bergstation Sessellift Ice Flyer at 3,040 m — just 198 m below the summit.

8mountain huts and shelters
Biwak am Grassen (2,647 m), Sustlihütte SAC (2,257 m), Sewenhütte SAC (2,150 m), Spannorthütte SAC (1,956 m) and 4 more
32cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Sessellift Trübsee-Hopper, Sessellift Jochstock-Xpress, Sessellift Ice Flyer, Luftseilbahn Titlis-Rotair and 28 more
6ski areas
Engelberg - Großtitlis Ski Schanze, Engelberg-Titlis, Engelberg-Brunni, Skipisten Titlis Bergbahnen and 2 more
71waymarked hiking routes
Eienwäldli - Herrenrütiboden, Eienwäldli - Wasserfall, Wasserfall - Herrenrütiboden, Herrenrütiboden - Alpenrösli and 67 more
15via ferratas
Höllenstieg, Zittergrat + Brunnistöckli, Zittergrat, Klettersteig Jochpass-Graustock and 11 more
54climbing crags and routes
Pfriendler, Sven Glückspilz, Hüttenfels, Sewenkegel Südwand and 50 more
26named glaciers
Steinlimigletscher, Wallenburfirn, Chalchtalfirn, Wendengletscher and 22 more
15viewpoints
Hundschuft, Schlossberglücke, Klein Titlis, Stotzig Egg and 11 more
3campsites
Stellplatz Truft, Gadmen, Camping Gadmen, Campingplatz Eienwäldli
35hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hotel Engstlenalp, Eienwäldli, Gasthaus Engel, Bellevue-Terminus and 31 more
49restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

206 path sections within 5 km, by SAC hiking scale (T1 easy walk … T6 difficult alpine).

T1T2T3T4T5

T1 hiking
T2 mountain hiking
T3 demanding mountain hiking
T4 alpine hiking
T5 demanding alpine hiking

Towns at the foot

Engelberg6 km · 1,015 m
Wolfenschiessen15 km · 517 m
Erstfeld17 km · 473 m
Dallenwil17 km · 565 m
Silenen18 km · 540 m
Sachseln19 km · 477 m
Kerns19 km · 564 m
Schattdorf20 km · 483 m

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Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

00 0481 Titlis - Westseite — W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0

00 0522 Titlis - Engelberg (Obwalden) — W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0

Titlis top panoramic view 02 — MatthiasKabel · CC BY-SA 3.0

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991–2020 average	-14	-13	-8	-3	1	5	7	6	2	-2	-8	-13
2020	+2.9	+3.4	+0.8	+3.5	+0.9	−1.9	+0.4	+0.6	+1.4	−2.5	+3.1	−0.6
2021	−1.7	+1.5	−0.6	−2.6	−3.0	+1.9	−0.7	−1.7	+2.1	−0.6	−0.6	+0.8
2022	+1.2	+1.7	+2.4	−0.1	+2.2	+3.1	+2.2	+1.6	−0.5	+4.3	+1.3	+1.1
2023	+0.5	+3.2	+1.9	−1.8	−0.1	+1.8	+1.6	+1.4	+4.8	+3.5	−0.8	+1.5
2024	+1.5	+5.3	+2.0	−0.7	−0.1	+0.1	+1.5	+3.1	±0.0	+1.5	+2.1	+1.2
2025	+1.7	+3.2	+2.0	+2.7	−0.1	+4.0	−0.9	+1.6	+0.8	−0.8	±0.0	+2.6

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q15138) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profiles	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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