Gleckstein Hut
The Gleckstein Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located east of Grindelwald in the Swiss 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Patrick.Lie, Public domain.
- Email: welcome@gleckstein.ch
- Type: Mountain hut
- Description: mountain hut
- Also known as: “Glecksteinhuette” and “Glecksteinhütte SAC”
- Address: 1, Gleckstein, Grindelwald, 3818
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chrinnenhorn and Byhorn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grosse Scheidegg.
Grosse Scheidegg
Locality
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grosse Scheidegg is a mountain pass in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, The pass crosses the col between the Schwarzhorn and the Wetterhorn mountains at an elevation of 1,962 m. Grosse Scheidegg is situated 3½ km north of Gleckstein Hut.
Gleckstein Hut
- Categories: building, tourism, and accommodation
- Location: Grindelwald, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.62512° or 46° 37′ 30″ northLongitude
8.09652° or 8° 5′ 48″ eastElevation
2,257 metres (7,405 feet)Operator
SAC - CASOpen location code
8FRCJ3GW+2JOpenStreetMap ID
way 326835393OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=alpine_hut
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Gleckstein Hut” goes by many names.
- French: “cabane du Gleckstein”
- French: “Cabane du Gleckstein”
- German: “Glecksteinhütte”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gleckstein Hut”. Photo: Patrick.Lie, Public domain.