Schreckhorn Hut

#426 among destinations in Switzerland

Alpine hut, Hiking

Gallery (1)

Map

Map

Facts and practical information

The Schreckhorn Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located south of Grindelwald in the canton of Bern. The hut lies at a height of 2,529 metres above sea level, above the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, at the foot of the Schreckhorn in the Bernese Alps. ()

Local name: Schreckhornhütte Coordinates: 46°34'54"N, 8°5'55"E

Location

BernSwitzerland

Contact

Website

Social media

Add

Day trips

Schreckhorn Hut – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Finsteraarhorn, Grünhorn, Schreckhorn, Grosses Fiescherhorn.

3.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Finsteraarhorn
86 min walk • Rising majestically above the Swiss Alps, the Finsteraarhorn stands as the highest peak in the Bernese Alps and an emblematic natural wonder of Switzerland. This towering mountain reaches an impressive altitude of 4,274 meters, making it the third highest mountain in...
3.6 miS
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Grünhorn, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
92 min walk • The Grünhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps range of the Swiss Alps. It is located on the ridge between the two largest glaciers of the Alps: the Aletsch Glacier to the west and the Fiescher Glacier to the east.
1.1 miNE
Prominent mountain with a base hut
Schreckhorn
28 min walk • The Schreckhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps. It is the highest peak located entirely in the canton of Berne. The Schreckhorn is the northernmost Alpine four-thousander and the northernmost summit rising above 4,000 metres in Europe.
2.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Grosses Fiescherhorn
71 min walk • Grosses Fiescherhorn is a mountain peak of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Bern and ValaisValais, halfway between the Mönch and the Finsteraarhorn.
2.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hinteres Fiescherhorn
73 min walk • Hinteres Fiescherhorn is a summit of the Bernese Alps and build together with Grosses and Kleines Fiescherhorn the Fiescherhörner. It is located in the Swiss canton of Valais near the border with the canton of Berne.
1.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lauteraarhorn
36 min walk • The Lauteraarhorn is a peak of the Bernese Alps, located in the canton of Bern. Together with the higher Schreckhorn, to which it is connected by a high ridge, it lies between the valleys of the Lower Grindelwald Glacier and the Unteraar Glacier, about 10 kilometres southeast of Grindelwald, the closest locality.
2.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Agassizhorn
65 min walk • The Agassizhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. It lies just north-west of the Finsteraarhorn, the main summit of the range.
2.1 miNW
Prominent peak in the Bernese Alps
Mettenberg
53 min walk • The Mettenberg is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland. It lies north of the Schreckhorn and forms a huge buttress of the Schreckhorn range.
3 miN
Alpine hut, Hiking
Gleckstein Hut
77 min walk • The Gleckstein Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located east of Grindelwald in the canton of Bern. The hut lies at a height of 2,317 metres above sea level, above the Upper Grindelwald Glacier, at the foot of the Wetterhorn in the Bernese Alps.
1.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Lower Grindelwald Glacier
49 min walk • The Lower Grindelwald Glacier is a Glacier in the Swiss Bernese Alps, situated to the south-east of Grindelwald. It starts below the Agassizhorn and the Strahlegghörner and is connected with the Finsteraar Glacier via the Finsteraarjoch.
3.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Klein Grünhorn
85 min walk • The Klein Grünhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps in Switzerland, situated north of the Gross Grünhorn in the canton of Valais.