Mettenberg

#829 among destinations in Switzerland

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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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. ()

Local name: Mättenberg Elevation: 10184 ftProminence: 177 ftCoordinates: 46°36'31"N, 8°4'45"E

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BernSwitzerland

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

Nearby attractions include: First, Bergli Hut, Schreckhorn, Grosses Fiescherhorn.

3.7 miN
Summit with cable cars and dramatic views
First, Grindelwald
96 min walk • First is a mountain location and minor summit on the slopes of the Schwarzhorn in the Bernese Oberland. It is mostly known as a cable car station above Grindelwald and as a popular hiking area with the Bachalpsee in proximity.
4 miSW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Bergli Hut
102 min walk • The Bergli Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located south of Grindelwald in the canton of Bern. It lies at a height of 3,299 metres above sea level on a rocky outcrop of the Eismeer, the glacier at the eastern foot of the Eiger and the Mönch.
2.3 miSE
Prominent mountain with a base hut
Schreckhorn
58 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.
4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Grosses Fiescherhorn
104 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.
2.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wetterhorn, Grindelwald
69 min walk • The Wetterhorn is a peak in the Swiss Alps towering above the village of Grindelwald. Formerly known as Hasle Jungfrau, it is one of three summits on a mountain named the "Wetterhörner", the highest of which is the Mittelhorn and the lowest and most distant the Rosenhorn.
2.1 miSE
Alpine hut, Hiking
Schreckhorn Hut
53 min walk • 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.
2.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lauteraarhorn
75 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.
3.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rosenhorn
82 min walk • The Rosenhorn is a peak in the Bernese Alps in the Bernese Oberland. It is lowest of the three composing the Wetterhorner massif, and most distant from the alpine village of Grindelwald to the southwest.
2.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mittelhorn
73 min walk • The Mittelhorn is a peak in the Swiss Alps close to the village of Grindelwald. It is the highest of the three composing the Wetterhorner massif.
1.4 miNE
Alpine hut, Hiking
Gleckstein Hut
36 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.
3.1 miW
Aerial tramway
Grindelwald–Männlichen gondola cableway
79 min walk • The Grindelwald–Männlichen gondola cableway is a gondola cableway linking Grindelwald with Männlichen. It is owned and operated by the Gondelbahn Grindelwald–Männlichen AG. The Grindelwald–Männlichen gondola cableway was the longest passenger-carrying gondola cableway in the world when it opened in 1978.