☀️ Snow-Free Trails

Snow-free hikes in Switzerland

226 Swiss day hikes scored for snow from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, with weather models filling the gaps the clouds leave. Each score belongs to the date it was read.

Assessed this week Assessed 2 Oct 2026

226 of 226 hikes read clear. None read snowy.

226
Snow-free
0
Mostly clear
0
Some snow
0
Snowed in
61
Loops 🔁
165
Point to point →
58
Over 1,000 m climb

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Snow status
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Mostly clear
Some snow
Snowed in

How are these trails selected?

We extract the hiking routes in Switzerland from OpenStreetMap (network tags: iwn, nwn, rwn, lwn), filter for day-hike distances (4–80 km), then score each route on quality and snow. Routes whose name in OpenStreetMap is a tagging error rather than a name are left out.

This list is built from what OpenStreetMap holds as a hiking route, which is not the same as the hikes people know. Many well-known Swiss day hikes are not one route relation, and short walks between two lift stations are missing entirely. Rebuilding the selection around the named hikes, their huts and their lifts is in progress.

Quality Score (0–100)

  • Network importance — National (nwn), regional (rwn), and local (lwn) hiking networks. Higher-tier networks are generally better maintained and more scenic.
  • Wikipedia fame — How many language editions of Wikipedia cover the trail (via Wikidata sitelinks). Popular, well-known trails score highest.
  • Distance fit — Trails in the 15–40 km sweet spot for day hikes get a bonus.
  • Trail completeness — Trails with operator info, trail markings (osmc:symbol), elevation data, and descriptions score higher.

Snow-Free Score (0–100)

Each trail's geometry is sampled against our Sentinel-2 satellite snow layer using the route-forecast API. Cloud gaps remain unknown. The score summarizes observed clear samples on the date shown; even a score of 100 is not a guarantee that the whole trail is snow-free today.

Getting there

These pages do not start from a place we chose, because visitors read them from everywhere. Where a parking spot was found near the trailhead, it is linked. Public transport to each trailhead, and travel time from a station you pick, are being added.

Loop detection

Trails whose start and end points are within 500 m of each other are marked as loops 🔁. A loop needs no transport between two different ends.

Validation

Click "🗺️" to open any trail in the TrailSplits planner with the snow overlay enabled. This lets you visually verify the satellite-based snow assessment against the actual trail route on the map.