Mt Titlis glacier viewpoint • Tips for your visit

Mt Titlis is a mountain peak and glacier near Lucerne that you can easily visit using the world’s first revolving aerial cableway. Since Titlis is covered with snow year round, you can play in the snow and sled even in summer. At the top, you’ll find a suspension bridge, ice cave, restaurants and large snowy plateau where you can enjoy the view and throw snowballs. 

For a full day outing, you can stop at the middle station and hike around a beautiful alpine lake, which has a theme trail and large playground.

Popular tours to Titlis

Titlis overview

A cable car takes you to “Kleine Titlis”, a viewpoint on the glacier at 3028m. You can stroll around on the snow, cross a suspension bridge, and explore an ice cave. There is also summer skiing and snow tubing. There’s a restaurant and gift shop at the top.

If you want to hike, you’ll need to ride back to the middle station at Trübsee, where there is an easy and beautiful walk around the lake.

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How to get there

Mt Titlis is located above the Engelberg village south of Lucerne. See on Google Maps.

By car: Drive to Engelberg and follow signs to Titlisbahn. Park in the metered lot next to the base station. Address of parking: Gerschnistrasse 12, 6390 Engelberg

By transit: Take a train to Luzern, then a train to Engelberg, then a bus to Englelberg, Titlisbahn which drops directly at the gondola station.

Planning your day

Ticket prices

In 2026, a return ticket to Titlis costs CHF 102/adult. No extra fee for the suspension bridge and glacier ice cave.

Free with Lucerne Tell Pass. A 50% discount for Swiss Travel Pass, Swiss Half Fare Card, SBB GA, SBB Day Pass and children aged 6-15. Children under 6 ride free.

The novelty Ice Flyer chair lift ride costs extra: CHF 12 per person. Both the ride to Titlis and the Ice Flyer are currently included with Tell Pass. 

Operating Times

The cable car to the Titlis viewpoint runs year round starting at 8:30 every day.

They usually take a short maintenance break in early November. See current operating times.

What to wear and bring

The temperatures on Mt Titlis can be cold even in summer. The average temperate in summer is about 5 – 10° C (40 – 50° F). Inside the ice cave, it is colder, a constant temperature of -1.5° C (29° F). Best to bring a 

Checking the weather on Titlis

To check the weather forecast, we like using Search.ch and MeteoSwiss.ch. Even if the summary forecast shows rain, it might only be raining in the early morning or evening. So best to check the detailed weather animations for precipitation and clouds.

We also suggest checking the Titlis webcams the morning of your visit to make sure the view is clear. You don’t want to pay for this expensive outing if you can’t see anything at the top.

Accessibility for strollers and wheelchairs

The Titlis gondola, cable car and viewing terrace are accessible for strollers and wheelchairs. You do not need to contact them beforehand. But if you wish to visit the glacier ice cave with a wheelchair, you do need to inform the ticket office who can make arrangements for a staff member to assist you.

The amusements on the snow at the top of Mt Titlis are not accessible. The trail around the Trübsee at the middle station is obstacle free and suitable for both strollers and wheelchairs.

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Getting to Engelberg and Titlis station

By car or train, you travel through this spectacular valley to reach the Engelberg village. 

At the Titlis base station, you can purchase your tickets and board the gondola up to Trübsee. 

At Trübsee, you transfer to the rotating cable car shown here. This pic was taken in December, when all other mountains were also covered in snow.

Arriving at the glacier at Kleine Titlis

At the top, there is restaurant, an ice tunnel in the glacier, and a big area on the glacier where you can walk around.

Snow is a novelty for many tourists, so you’ll probably see people throwing snowballs and laughing in delight just to touch the snow.

Once, we visited Titlis in July during a heat wave and there was an area set aside for kids, with snowball scoops, a snowman target, and shovels for snow digging. It wasn’t very cold up there, but the snow was wet and slushy. It would have helped to have waterproof shoes and maybe rain pants for our child to keep him from getting so wet. 

Soak in the views! In winter, it’s icy cold up there, so dress super warm with a hat, gloves and good winter boots.

The suspension bridge

From the restaurant, walk across the snow toward the big tower until you reach the suspension bridge.

There’s no extra fee. Just walk across and walk back. 

In summer, there is a connection on the other side to the ice cave, but in winter the door and stairs are covered in snow.

In summer, there is a connection on the other side to the ice cave, but in winter the door and stairs are covered in snow, as shown here.

On the bridge, there is a photo booth. You can scan your ticket, pose for the pic, then go pay for the pic at this office. 

Ice Flyer

The Ice Flyer is a chair lift uses for summer skiing. For an extra fee (CHF 12 in 2020), you can pay to ride down and back up on this chair lift, only worth it as a thrill for tourists that have never seen snow or ridden on a chair lift. I really enjoyed it but my ticket was free because I was doing a site visit for a tour company. I wouldn’t pay for it myself because I ride ski lifts many times a year.

Glacier Ice Cave

From the restaurant, you can enter a 150m long tunnel cut into the glacier. There is no extra fee to visit the ice cave. The floor is ice and very slippery. So walk carefully and hold onto the hand rail. There are a few ice sculptures along the way. It is -1.5˚C inside, so make sure to have a warm jacket, even in summer.

Lots of silly photo opps around this place. Indulge!

Amusements at the Trübsee middle station

In summer, you can stop at the Trübsee middle station and walk around the alpine lake. It has a theme trail for children with various activities scattered along the trail. It also has a large playground. 

See details for Trübsee lake walk.

In winter, you can stop at the Trübsee middle station for sledding. There is a short sledding hill shown here with a magic carpet bringing you back to the top. There are usually innertubes and sleds to use for free. 

In winter, there is also a groomed winter walk around the frozen lake.