Aargletschers, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch

#22 among attractions in Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch

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The Aargletschers, literally "Aare-Glaciers", are a system of glaciers located at the sources of the Aare river in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland. In the original German the name is "Aargletscher" both in singular and plural, as in German the plural of "gletscher" is only marked by a change of the article: der Gletscher, die Gletscher. The Aargletschers are constituted by two distinct partial glacier systems: ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 46°34'10"N, 8°11'30"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Oberaarhorn, Lauteraar Hut, Lauteraarhorn, Unteraargletscher.

2.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Oberaarhorn
71 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.
1.4 miE
Alpine hut, Hiking
Lauteraar Hut
37 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.
3.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lauteraarhorn
81 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.
0.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Unteraargletscher
22 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.
2.1 miW
Mountain
Hugihorn, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
55 min walk • The Hugihorn is a peak of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Unteraar Glacier in the canton of Bern. It lies south of the Klein Lauteraarhorn, on the range separating the Strahlegg Glacier from the Lauteraar Glacier, both tributaries of the Unteraar Glacier.
3.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Gauli Glacier
87 min walk • The Gauli Glacier is a 6.2 km long glacier in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. In 1973, it had an area of 17.7 km².
2.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Grosser Diamantstock
75 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.
1.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hienderstock
44 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.
2.6 miW
Mountain
Klein Lauteraarhorn, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
66 min walk • The Klein Lauteraarhorn is a peak of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Unteraar Glacier in the canton of Bern. It lies south of the Lauteraarhorn, on the range separating the Strahlegg Glacier from the Lauteraar Glacier, both tributaries of the Unteraar Glacier.
2.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bächlistock
66 min walk • The Bächlistock is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Unteraar Glacier in the canton of Bern. Its summit has an elevation of 3,247 metres above sea level and is the tripoint between the glacier valleys of Hiendertelltigletscher, Bächligletscher and Unteraar.
3.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Studerhorn
84 min walk • The Studerhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It lies between the Finsteraarhorn and the Oberaarhorn, on the ridge separating the basins of the Unteraar Glacier and the Fiescher Glacier.