List of mountains of Obwalden explained

This is a list of mountains of the Swiss canton of Obwalden. Obwalden is a very mountainous canton and is one of the nine cantons having summits over 3,000 metres. Topographically, the three most important summits of the canton are those of the Titlis (most elevated), the Brienzer Rothorn (most prominent) and Pilatus (most isolated).

This list only includes significant summits with a topographic prominence of at least 150m (490feet). There are 28 such summits in Obwalden and they are found in all its seven municipalities.^[1] All mountain heights and prominences on the list are from the largest-scale maps available.^[2]

List

Mountain	Height (m)	Drop (m)	Coordinates	Range	Municipality(ies)	First^[3] ascent
Titlis	3238	978		Uri Alps	Engelberg	1739
Reissend Nollen	3003	229		Uri Alps	Engelberg
Wissigstock	2887	329		Uri Alps	Engelberg
Rotsandnollen	2700	493		Uri Alps	Kerns
Huetstock	2676	230		Uri Alps	Kerns
Graustock	2662	256		Uri Alps	Kerns
Gross Sättelistock	2637	272		Uri Alps	Engelberg
Hahnen	2606	201		Uri Alps	Engelberg
Glogghüs	2534	554		Uri Alps	Kerns
Hochstollen	2481	160		Uri Alps	Lungern/Kerns
Nünalphorn	2385	214		Uri Alps	Kerns
Brienzer Rothorn	2350	1342		Emmental Alps	Giswil
Heitlistock	2146	284		Uri Alps	Sachseln
Pilatus (Tomlishorn)	2128	585		Emmental Alps	Alpnach
Chingstuel	2118	190		Uri Alps	Lungern
Schluchberg	2106	364		Uri Alps	Kerns
Güpfi	2043	381		Uri Alps	Lungern
Fürstein	2040	481		Emmental Alps	Sarnen
Hagleren	1949	365		Emmental Alps	Giswil
Stäfeliflue	1922	227		Emmental Alps	Alpnach
Mittaggüpfi	1917	167		Emmental Alps	Alpnach

Notes and References

1. Christian Thöni, Directory of the mountains of Switzerland
2. All mountain heights and prominences are from the 1:25,000 Swisstopo topographic maps.
3. The three main sources for first ascent data are:
   For the Western Alps; W.A.B. Coolidge, The Alps in nature and history, Methuen & Co, London, 1908.
   For the Central Alps; Gottlieb Studer, Über Eis und Schnee: Die höchsten Gipfel der Schweiz und die Geschichte ihrer Besteigung, Volumes 1-3, Schmid & Francke, Bern, 1896-1899.
   For the Eastern Alps: Die Erschließung der Ostalpen, Volumes 1-3, German and Austrian Alpine Club, Berlin, 1894.
   Given are the years for the first recorded ascents. In many cases local people or surveyors made earlier ascents. In particular, chamois and ibex hunters are expected to have reached many summits. Years in italics indicate that it is known that an earlier ascent was made, for example by the presence of artifacts on top or the summit's prior use as a triangulation point.