Grosshorn

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The Grosshorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It is situated in the middle of the Lauterbrunnen Wall. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 12316 ftProminence: 623 ftCoordinates: 46°29'13"N, 7°54'36"E

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BernSwitzerland

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Grosshorn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hollandia Hut, Rottalhorn, Rottal Hut, Tschingelhorn.

2.5 miE
Hiking, Alpine hut, Vernacular architecture
Hollandia Hut, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
65 min walk • The Hollandia Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located east of Blatten in the canton of Valais. The hut lies at a height of 3,240 metres above sea level, just above the Lötschenlücke, the glacier pass connecting the Lötschental from the Aletsch Glacier.
4.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rottalhorn
106 min walk • The Rottalhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It lies 600 m south of the Jungfrau, between the small valley of the Rottal and the Jungfraufirn.
3.2 miNE
Alpine hut, Hiking
Rottal Hut
81 min walk • The Rottal Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located south of Lauterbrunnen in the canton of Bern. It lies at a height of 2,755 metres above sea level, above the Rottal Glacier on the western slopes of the Jungfrau.
3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tschingelhorn
77 min walk • The Tschingelhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. The summit of the Klein Tschingelhorn on the west is the tripoint between the valleys of Kandertal, Lauterbrunnental and Lötschental. The main summit lies between the Lauterbrunnental and the Lötschental.
2.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ebnefluh
65 min walk • The Ebnefluh, also known as the Äbeni Flue and the Ebenefluh, is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It lies towards the eastern end of the Lauterbrunnen Wall.
1.3 miNE
Bernese Alps peak with ski tours
Mittaghorn
34 min walk • The Mittaghorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Bern and Valais. It is situated in the middle of the Lauterbrunnen Wall.
4.2 miNE
Triangular-shape alpine mountain peak
Silberhorn, Mürren
108 min walk • The Silberhorn is a pyramid-shaped mountain of the Bernese Alps, to the northwest of the Jungfrau of which it is a satellite peak. A first attempt to reach the summit of the Silberhorn was made in June 1863 by M. v. Fellenberg from the Stufensteinalp on the east side of the valley of Lauterbrunnen.
3.3 miNE
Mountain for skiing and ski touring
Gletscherhorn
84 min walk • The Gletscherhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It forms the eastern edge of the Lauterbrunnen Wall, south of the Jungfrau.
1.7 miW
Notable peak for hiking and cable car ride
Breithorn
43 min walk • The Breithorn, is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It is part of the border between Lauterbrunnental and the Lötschental.
3.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tschingelspitz
97 min walk • The Tschingelspitz is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located south of Mürren in the Bernese Oberland. It lies east of the higher Gspaltenhorn.
3.8 miW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Mutthorn Hut
97 min walk • The Mutthorn Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located between Kandersteg and Lauterbrunnen in the canton of Bern. It lies at a height of 2,900 metres above sea level, above the watershed between the Kander Glacier and the Tschingel Glacier, at the foot of the Mutthorn.