Finsteraarhorn Hut
The Finsteraarhorn Hut is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located north of Fieschertal in the canton of Valais. It lies at a height of 3,048 metres above sea level at the southern foot of the Finsteraarhorn, the highest peak of the Bernese Alps.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: info@finsteraarhornhuette.ch
- Type: Mountain hut
- Description: mountain hut
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Finsteraarhorn and Grünhorn.
Finsteraarhorn
Peak
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Finsteraarhorn is a mountain lying on the border between the cantons of Bern and Valais. It is the highest mountain of the Bernese Alps and the most prominent peak of Switzerland.
Grünhorn
Peak
Photo: Johnw, Public domain.
The Grünhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps range of the Swiss Alps. It is located on the ridge between the two largest glaciers of the Alps: the Aletsch Glacier to the west and the Fiescher Glacier to the east. Grünhorn is situated 3 km west of Finsteraarhorn Hut.
Agassizhorn
Peak
Photo: Fiesch, Public domain.
The Agassizhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. It lies just north-west of the Finsteraarhorn, the main summit of the range. The Agassizhorn is the tripoint between the valleys of the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, the Unteraar Glacier and the Fiescher Glacier. Agassizhorn is situated 2½ km north of Finsteraarhorn Hut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch.
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch is a protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site between the Valais and the Bernese Highlands in the Swiss Alps. It was known as Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn until its name was changed in 2007.
Finsteraarhorn Hut
- Categories: tourism, accommodation, and building
- Location: Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.52198° or 46° 31′ 19″ northLongitude
8.11447° or 8° 6′ 52″ eastElevation
3,048 metres (10,000 feet)Open location code
8FRCG4C7+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 10177900507OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=alpine_hutWikidata ID
Q1418340
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Korean—“Finsteraarhorn Hut” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Finsteraarhorn Hut”
- German: “Finsteraarhornhütte”
- Italian: “Finsteraarhornhütte”
- Korean: “핀스터아어호른 산장”
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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 “Finsteraarhorn Hut”. Photo: El.Sarmiento, CC BY-SA 3.0.