PeakorSkip

Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Don't waste your best vacation day on the wrong mountain

A clear PEAK, MAYBE or SKIP for every big Swiss mountain excursion — the cable-car and cogwheel-railway viewpoints from Jungfraujoch to the Matterhorn — read straight off the summit weather: cloud base, visibility, and the timetable. We say plainly whether it's worth going up today, and whether tomorrow beats it. Switzerland first, more countries soon.

The panorama board

Today's Swiss mountain excursions, at a glance

1,0002,0003,0004,0000°C 4,220 mPEAK2°CMatterhornGlacier Paradise3,883 mPEAK11°CTitlis3,020 mcloud 3,380 mPEAK9°CGlacier 30002,946 mPEAK18°CPilatus2,132 mPEAK20°CStanserhorn1,898 mPEAK24°CHarder Kulm1,322 m

The strongest verdicts from every elevation band — high alpine, mid-mountain, valley — topped up from the rest where a band runs short. All twelve mountains are listed below.

Path one

Where are you staying?

  1. Interlaken

    Grindelwald First is tomorrow's best bet — PEAK at 91/100.

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  2. Lucerne

    Pilatus is tomorrow's best bet — PEAK at 92/100.

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  3. Zermatt

    Matterhorn Glacier Paradise is tomorrow's best bet — PEAK at 92/100.

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Path two

Check a mountain

  1. Matterhorn Glacier ParadiseEurope's highest cable car station, at 3,883 m above Zermatt.3,883 m
  2. JungfraujochThe highest railway station in Europe, at 3,454 m.3,454 m
  3. GornergratEurope's highest open-air cogwheel railway, facing the Matterhorn at 3,089 m.3,089 m
  4. TitlisA rotating cable car onto a glacier plateau above Engelberg, 3,020 m.3,020 m
  5. SchilthornA 360° alpine panorama at Piz Gloria, 2,970 m.2,970 m
  6. Glacier 3000A glass-floor suspension bridge over the ice at Scex Rouge, 2,946 m.2,946 m
  7. Grindelwald FirstA panoramic ridge above Grindelwald, cliff walk included.2,166 m
  8. PilatusThe world's steepest cogwheel railway, above Lucerne at 2,132 m.2,132 m
  9. Schynige PlatteA nostalgic cogwheel climb to an alpine botanical garden, 1,967 m.1,967 m
  10. StanserhornAn open-top double-decker cable car above Stans, 1,898 m.1,898 m
  11. Rigi Kulm'Queen of the Mountains' — a cogwheel summit above Lake Lucerne, 1,798 m.1,798 m
  12. Harder KulmInterlaken's local viewpoint, above both lakes at 1,322 m.1,322 m

Path three

I don't mind where

All of Switzerland

Every attraction ranked and grouped by region — the fastest way to see that one corner of the country is clear while another is socked in.

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