Hohstock

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Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Hohstock is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located north of Belalp in the Swiss canton of Valais. It lies on the range east of the Unterbächhorn, between the valley of the Oberaletsch Glacier and the cirque of Belalp. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 10584 ftProminence: 167 ftCoordinates: 46°24'23"N, 7°57'51"E

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ValaisSwitzerland

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

Nearby attractions include: Geisshorn, Sparrhorn, Stausee Gibidum, Riederhorn.

3.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Geisshorn
79 min walk • The Geisshorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Aletsch Glacier in the canton of Valais.
1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sparrhorn
25 min walk • The Sparrhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located north of Belalp in the canton of Valais. It lies at the eastern end of the range located south of the Oberaletsch Glacier, west of the Aletsch Glacier. From Belalp a trail leads to its summit.
2.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Stausee Gibidum
73 min walk • Stausee Gibidum is a reservoir in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.21 km², shared by the municipalities of Naters and Riederalp. The construction of Gebidem dam was started in 1964 and completed by 1967. The arch dam has an elevation of 122 m and a crest length of 327 m.
3.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Riederhorn
89 min walk • The Riederhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Riederalp in the canton of Valais. It lies near the western end of the chain south of the Aletsch Glacier.
3.6 miW
Hiking, Alpine hut
Baltschieder Hut
93 min walk • The Baltschieder Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located north of Baltschieder in the canton of Valais. It lies at a height of 2,783 metres above sea level, at the end of the Baltschiedertal near the Bietschhorn.
2.7 miNE
Mountain
Rotstock, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
69 min walk • The Rotstock is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Aletsch Glacier in the Swiss canton of Valais. It lies on the range between the Oberaletsch Glacier and the Aletsch Glacier, south of the Geisshorn.
1.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Nesthorn
50 min walk • The Nesthorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps. It is located in the Swiss canton of Valais north of Brig. The mountain lies between the Oberaletsch Glacier on the north and east side and the Gredetschtal on the south side.
0.9 miN
Natural feature
Oberaletsch Glacier, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
24 min walk • The Oberaletsch Glacier is a valley glacier on the south side of the Bernese Alps, in the canton of Valais. It had a length of 9 km with an average width of just under 1 km and an area of about 22 km² in 1973.
3.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Breithorn
89 min walk • The Breithorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located east of Blatten in the canton of Valais. It lies between the Bietschhorn and the Schinhorn, on the range separating the Lötschental from the main Rhone valley.
3.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Schinhorn
83 min walk • The Schinhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located west of the Aletschhorn in the canton of Valais. It lies between the valleys of Lötschental and Oberaletsch.
4.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Lang Glacier
106 min walk • The Lang Glacier is a 6.6 km long glacier situated in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 10.1 km².