Altels
The Altels is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It is situated in the Balmhorn massif, approximately halfway between Kandersteg and Leukerbad.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Balmhorn and Balmhorngletscher.
Balmhorn
Peak
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The Balmhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. Its summit ridge lies on the border between the cantons of Bern and the Valais. It was first climbed by Frank Walker, Horace Walker and Lucy Walker, with guides Jakob Anderegg and Melchior Anderegg on 21 July 1864.
Rinderhorn
Peak
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The Rinderhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Leukerbad in the canton of Valais. It lies east of Gemmi Pass on the chain culminating at the Balmhorn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leukerbad and Lauchernalp.
Leukerbad
Leukerbad is a mountain spa and ski resort in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is best known for its thermal springs and unique mountains scenery.
Lauchernalp
Village
Lauchernalp is an alp and resort area in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Valais. It sits on a sunny terrace, between 1,900 and 2,100 metres above sea level, overlooking the Lötschental above Wiler. Lauchernalp is situated 7 km east of Altels.
Kippel
Village
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Kippel is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Kippel is situated 8 km southeast of Altels.
Altels
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,629 metres
- Description: mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Kandersteg, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Canton of Bern, Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.42893° or 46° 25′ 44″ northLongitude
7.67846° or 7° 40′ 43″ eastElevation
3,629 metres (11,906 feet)Open location code
8FR9CMHH+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 413493885OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Altels” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ألتليس”
- Bulgarian: “Алтелс”
- Catalan: “Altels”
- Cebuano: “Altels”
- Chinese: “阿爾特爾斯山”
- Dutch: “Altels”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل التليس”
- French: “Altels”
- German: “Altels”
- Hebrew: “אלטלס”
- Italian: “Altels”
- Ladin: “Altels”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Altels”
- Persian: “آلتلز”
- Polish: “Altels”
- Swedish: “Altels”
- Venetian: “Altels”
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