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Photo locations · Bernese Oberland · Switzerland

Männlichen: sunrise photography forecast

At 2,225 m you stand directly opposite the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. The important thing to understand here is that the best light is usually behind you: the sun sets to the west while the alpenglow burns on the peaks to the south-east. The other important thing is the last cable car, which normally leaves before the light happens.

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Will tomorrow's sunrise be worth it?

Simplified forecast from the open model run. The full forecast — a second model, your exact viewpoint, the hourly cloud timeline — is in the app.

Low cloud is resting on the viewpoint, so you will be inside it.

in 15h 20m

Blocked grey lid

Flat grey light · moody close-ups at best

Little usable cloud structure, or the viewpoint sits inside a uniform lid.

High confidence · event-time scene

Sky colors

Golden hour
Sunrise

Light corridor

Viewer's line of sight, tangent to the Earth at your locationNear-ground relative humidity9% cover — too thin to draw as cloud5% cover — too thin to draw as cloudConnected cloud layer · 22–53% cover · 45–45% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 0–100% cover · 10–100% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 21–100% cover · 10–100% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 72–100% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 0–100% cover · 10–65% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 38–100% cover · 10–100% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 72–100% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 0–100% cover · 10–65% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 38–100% cover · 10–10% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 0–100% cover · 10–45% visual uncertaintyConnected cloud layer · 0–100% cover · 10–45% visual uncertainty20 km · 2.0 km of air with no pressure level in it — the decks above and below are measured, this span is not50 km · 1.7 km of air with no pressure level in it — the decks above and below are measured, this span is not50 km · 2.0 km of air with no pressure level in it — the decks above and below are measured, this span is not100 km · 1.7 km of air with no pressure level in it — the decks above and below are measured, this span is not100 km · 2.0 km of air with no pressure level in it — the decks above and below are measured, this span is notlow cloud · 100% reported, 48% resolved on a pressure surface — 52% is somewhere between 1.82 and 3 kmmid cloud · 100% reported, 81% resolved on a pressure surface — 19% is somewhere between 3 and 8 kmlow cloud · 97% reported, 0% resolved on a pressure surface — 97% is somewhere between 2.13 and 3 kmlow cloud · 93% reported, 38% resolved on a pressure surface — 55% is somewhere between 1.44 and 3 kmmid cloud · 100% reported, 81% resolved on a pressure surface — 19% is somewhere between 3 and 8 kmlow cloud · 43% reported, 21% resolved on a pressure surface — 22% is somewhere between 1.9 and 3 kmlow cloud · 44% reported, 0% resolved on a pressure surface — 44% is somewhere between 2.72 and 3 km

-5 km

Behind you

8/8L 100 · M 100 · H 10090% · rain 1.2 mm23.2 km

Your location

2130 m asl

8/8L 97 · M 100 · H 10097% · rain 0.6 mm5.1 km

5 km

Nearby

8/8L 93 · M 100 · H 10094% · rain 1.0 mm17.1 km

20 km

Near horizon

8/8L 100 · M 100 · H 10092% · rain 0.9 mm3.5 km

50 km

Light path

8/8L 43 · M 96 · H 10081%33.2 km

100 km

Light path

8/8L 44 · M 100 · H 10089%23.7 km

150 km

Far light path

8/8L 94 · M 100 · H 10086%25 km

200 km

Far light path

8/8L 62 · M 32 · H 10072%38.2 km

300 km

Far light path

8/8L 0 · M 0 · H 10083%32.8 km

350 km

Far light path

7/8L 67 · M 0 · H 7398%1.6 km
cloud-cover fieldinterpolation uncertaintysun directionnear-ground humiditycloud at unresolved heightmodelled underlightunderlight · height uncertainunderlight · lit on one readinglit but hidden behind nearer cloud

Terrain is drawn for illustration only — it is not used to calculate underlight or obstruction.

Forecast refreshed a few hours before sunrise.

Know the light
before it happens

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For photographers: shooting Männlichen

Best months

Summer into autumn, and especially the first snow on the high peaks while the valley is still green.

Suggested focal lengths

16–35 mm for the whole peak group; 70–200 mm for individual faces as the pink light moves down them

Composition

Frame the wall first and let the foreground ridge anchor the bottom. Keep shooting after the sun is down — the best colour on the peaks arrives late.

Recommended arrival

On the ridge at least an hour before sunset, and only if you have sorted the descent.

Access planning

Gondola from Grindelwald or cable car from Wengen, then the Royal Walk toward the summit. Standard descents finish around 17:00–17:30, so staying for sunset usually means a night at Berghaus Männlichen.

Parking: Grindelwald or Wengen valley stations

Approach: Cable car plus the Royal Walk, roughly 20 minutes uphill

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