Wächselgletscher

Wächselgletscher is a glacier in Grindelwald, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern and has an elevation of 2,383 metres. Wächselgletscher is situated nearby to the locality Pfingstegg, as well as near Gletscherschlucht.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mettenberg and Old Wetterhorn Lift station ‘Enge’.

Peak

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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.

Building

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The Wetterhorn Elevator was an aerial tramway in the valley of Grindelwald. It connected the base of the Upper Grindelwald Glacier to a higher location in the Wetterhorn massif.

Mountain hut

Photo: Patrick.Lie, Public domain.

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.

Nearby places include Grosse Scheidegg.

Locality

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 5 km north of Wächselgletscher.

Latitude

46.6159° or 46° 36′ 57″ north

Longitude

8.07805° or 8° 4′ 41″ east

Elevation

2,383 metres (7,818 feet)

Open location code

8FRCJ38H+96

GeoNames ID

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