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Berner Oberland
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Part of the Central Alps, the Bernese Oberland of southwest Switzerland, is at 70 miles the longest continuous major range in the Alps. The Oberland lies north of the Pennine Alps, separated from them by the upper Rhine valley. The western portion of the range includes a wide knot of great peaks, including eight peaks over 4,000 meters, and over 50 peaks that top 3,000 meters. The range presents a huge rock wall to the north, a breathtaking southern backdrop to the town of Bern and the popular Lake of Thun.
The Oberland is as famous for its history as its scenery. Many of its peaks were among the earliest ever climbed, and the Oberland in the nineteenth century attracted more tourist-seeking enterprise than any other part of the Alps, largely because of its accessibility from Bern.
The area offers a wealth of good climbs, in particular the finest concentration of major ice-routes in the Alps, of varying levels of difficulty. Even the easier routes, however, require some alpine experience, as many of the routes traverse long and complex glacial terrain.
Peaks of Berner Oberland
Check out any of the following peaks for additional information:
- Aletschhorn - 13763 ft./4195 m.
- Bütlasse - 10476 ft./3193 m.
- Blemlisalphorn - 12008 ft./3660 m.
- Butlassen - 10476 ft./3193 m.
- Daubenhorn - 9652 ft./2942 m.
- Eiger - 13025 ft./3970 m.
- Eiger Rotstock - 8737 ft./2663 m.
- Eveque - 12192 ft./3716 m.
- Faulhorn - 8796 ft./2681 m.
- Finsteraarhorn - 14019 ft./4273 m.
- Gross Fiescherhorn - 13284 ft./4049 m.
- Gross-Grünhorn - 13268 ft./4044 m.
- Grosser Diamantstock - 10374 ft./3162 m.
- Gspaltenhorn - 11273 ft./3436 m.
- Gwächtenhorn - 10381 ft./3164 m.
- Hinter Fiescherhorn - 13205 ft./4025 m.
- Hockenhorn - 10804 ft./3293 m.
- Ilsthorn - 11680 ft./3560 m.
- Jungfrau - 13642 ft./4158 m.
- Klein Lauteraarhorn - 12260 ft./3737 m.
- Klein Schreckhorn - 11463 ft./3494 m.
- Lauteraarhorn - 13261 ft./4042 m.
- Mönch - 13474 ft./4107 m.
- Mättenberg - 10184 ft./3104 m.
- Mittelhorn - 12152 ft./3704 m.
- Nässihorn - 12303 ft./3750 m.
- Nesthorn - 12539 ft./3822 m.
- Oldenhorn - 10243 ft./3122 m.
- Rohrbachstein - 9678 ft./2950 m.
- Rosenhorn - 12103 ft./3689 m.
- Rottalhorn - 13022 ft./3972 m.
- Schilthorn - 9744 ft./2970 m.
- Schreckhorn - 13379 ft./4078 m.
- Schwarzhorn - 9606 ft./2928 m.
- Silberhorn (Alps) - 12123 ft./3695 m.
- Strahlegghorn - 11355 ft./3461 m.
- Tschingelhorn - 11732 ft./3576 m.
- Tschingellochtighorn - 8973 ft./2735 m.
- Walcherhorn - 12113 ft./3693 m.
- Wetterhorn - 12142 ft./3692 m.
- Wildstrubel - 10643 ft./3244 m.