Oberaarsee

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Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Oberaarsee is a hydroelectric reservoir in the Grimsel area, part of the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.47 km². The Oberaar dam was completed in 1953, and is operated by Kraftwerke Oberhasli. It is drained by the Oberaarbach, which flows into the Grimselsee. ()

Alternative names: Area: 0.57 mi²Length: 9186 ftMaximum depth: 295 ftElevation: 7556 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 46°32'35"N, 8°15'26"E

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BernSwitzerland

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

Nearby attractions include: Sidelhorn, Grimselsee, Oberaarhorn, Lauteraar Hut.

2.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sidelhorn
70 min walk • The Sidelhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located west of the Grimsel Pass. It lies at the eastern end of the mountain chain between the Unteraar Glacier and the Rhone valley, named Aargrat.
2.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Grimselsee
68 min walk • The Grimselsee or Lake Grimsel is an artificial lake near the Grimsel Pass in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. With a volume of 95 mio m³, it is larger than other hydroelectric reservoirs in the region: Oberaarsee, Räterichsbodensee and Gelmersee.
4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Oberaarhorn
103 min walk • The Oberaarhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Bern. Its summit is the tripoint between the basins of the Fiesch, Unteraar and Oberaar Glacier.
2.5 miNW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Lauteraar Hut
64 min walk • The Lauteraar Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located south-west of Handegg in the canton of Bern. The hut lies at a height of 2,392 metres above sea level, above the Unteraar Glacier, at the foot of the Hienderstock in the Bernese Alps.
4.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Hotel Grimsel Passhöhe
104 min walk • The Grimsel Pass is a mountain pass in Switzerland, crossing the Bernese Alps at an elevation of 2,164 metres. The pass connects the Haslital, the upper valley of the river Aare, with the upper valley of the Rhône.
2.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Unteraargletscher
72 min walk • The Unteraargletscher, literally "Lower Aare-Glacier", is the larger of the two sources of the Aare river in the Bernese Alps. It emerges from the association of the Finsteraargletscher and the Lauteraargletscher and flows for about 6 km to the east down to the Grimselsee near the Grimsel Pass.
2.6 miNE
Mountain
Brünberg, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
66 min walk • The Brünberg is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Grimselsee in the canton of Bern. It is composed of several summits, of which the highest has an elevation of 2,982 metres above sea level.
2.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Trübtensee
53 min walk • Trübtensee or Triebtenseewli is a lake in the municipality of Guttannen, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The reservoir's surface area is 0.1 km². Its dam was completed in the 1950s and holds a volume of 1.1 mio m³.
3.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Grosser Diamantstock
89 min walk • The Grosser Diamantstock is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located west of Handegg in the Bernese Oberland. Its summit has an elevation of 3,162 metres above sea level and is the tripoint between the glacier valleys of Hiendertelltigletscher, Bächligletscher and Gruebengletscher.
3.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hienderstock
90 min walk • The Hienderstock is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, located between the Gauli Glacier and the Unteraar Glacier, in the canton of Bern. Its main summit has an elevation of 3,307 metres above sea level.
4 miSW
Mountain
Oberaarrothorn, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
101 min walk • The Oberaarrothorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Bern. It is south of the Oberaarjoch, between the Fiescher Glacier and the Oberaar Glacier.