3.5 km away
Approach to Gleckstein Hut
A beautiful hut approach from the valley floor, one of the few nearby mountain huts where people do not take a ski lift first.
Difficult Hiking
- Distance
- 4.4 km
- Ascent
- 915 m
- Descent
- 82 m
A long but very beautiful approach to a remote hut
Hiking Difficult
Far away from the madding crowds the Shreckhorn Hut, deep in the true remote wilderness of the Oberland, is a serene place to spend the night. It is a substantial walk to get there but justified by the beauty and the isolation. It is approached from Grindelwald, initially by using the lift to Pingsteg at 1391m. If you want the purist approach, avoiding the lift, you can add an extra hour by starting from the Lütschine Bridge at 986m.
It is a lovely walk, on a small path, clinging high above the gorge draining the Unter Grindelwald glacier, giving a grand sense of scale to the huge mountains all around you. The path leads past a private hut at Baregg at 1775m, which is a scenic spot for a break. Admire the great N wall of the Fiescherwand. These summits are relatively easy from the S, but from here they appear daunting.
The path continues traversing around the Banisegg spur at 1808m, then round the spur and then upwards and onwards to the Rots Gufer, 1990m. Here there are series of wires to protect the crossing of the path over several large cascading streams. The ascent continues, passing near to an icefall, over further streams, beneath a buttress to the hut. On this section of the walk you get tantalising glimpses across the E Face of the Finsteraarhorn, far in the distance to the S. The hut is positioned on a spur beneath the Schreckhorn at 2529m. It is still a long way beneath the summit of the mountain it is named after.
Difficult
Hiking trails where obstacles such as rocks or roots are prevalent. Some obstacles can require care to step over or around. At times, the trail can be worn and eroded. The grade of the trail is generally quite steep, and can often lead to strenuous hiking.
3.5 km away
A beautiful hut approach from the valley floor, one of the few nearby mountain huts where people do not take a ski lift first.
Difficult Hiking
8 routes · Alpine Climbing · Hiking
10 routes · Alpine Climbing · Hiking