Oberaarhorn

#419 among destinations in Switzerland

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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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. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 11906 ftProminence: 801 ftCoordinates: 46°31'53"N, 8°10'28"E

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ValaisSwitzerland

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

Nearby attractions include: Finsteraarrothorn, Oberaarrothorn, Oberaarjoch, Scheuchzerhorn.

1.6 miSW
Mountain
Finsteraarrothorn, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
40 min walk • The Finsteraarrothorn is a mountains of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Fiescher Glacier in the canton of Valais. It lies at the southeastern end of the ridge descending from the Finsteraarhorn, between the Fiescher Glacier and the Studer Glacier.
0.8 miSE
Mountain
Oberaarrothorn, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
21 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.
0.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Oberaarjoch
11 min walk • The Oberaarjoch is a high mountain pass across the eastern Bernese Alps, connecting the Fiescher Glacier in the canton of Valais to the Oberaar Glacier in the canton Bern.
1.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Scheuchzerhorn
30 min walk • The Scheuchzerhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located west of the Grimsel Pass in the canton of Bern. It lies north-east of the Oberaarhorn, on the range separating the valley of the Unteraar Glacier from the valley of the Oberaar Glacier.
~1960 ftS
Alpine hut, Hiking
Oberaarjoch Hut
10 min walk • The Oberaarjoch Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located north of Fieschertal in the canton of Valais, close to the canton of Bern. The hut lies at a height of 3,258 metres above sea level at the foot of the Oberaarhorn, just above the Oberaarjoch, the glacier pass connecting the Fiescher Glacier from the Oberaar Glacier.

Oberaarhorn

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

Finsteraarrothorn, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch

Oberaarrothorn, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch

Oberaarjoch

Scheuchzerhorn

Oberaarjoch Hut