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Bernese Oberland 4000m Peak Tour: The Finsteraarhorn
Day 3: The largest summit in the Bernese Oberland and the 15th highest major 4000m peak in the Alps.
Difficult Ski Touring
- Distance
- 5.9 km
- Ascent
- 1.3 km
- Descent
- 1.3 km
Day 4: This is a long distance journey to relocate to beneath the Aletschhorn. NOTE THE OLD BIVI HUT HERE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY AVALANCHE JAN '19 SO THERE IS NO HUT ANY MORE
Ski Touring Moderate
Make sure you have an alpine start for this day as your final 3 hours will be uphill on a S facing slope to the bivi hut. We left at 6 and that was only just early enough. The first section is the reverse of your day 1 to Konkordia, the rest is new.
The first section is the reverse of your day 1 to Konkordia, over the Grunhornlucke at 3278m. The ski the far side will be tricky as it will be frozen, but the advantage being that from Konkordia downwards you can glide effortlessly down the Aletsch Glacier, trending to the glacial R bank, steepening up as you get down to about 2100m to put you skins on. This last section down the Aletsch Glacier may involve some weaving through seracs and crevasses, but there is often a track in. Skin up the long valley floor initially, then up onto the glacier more steeply, taking a blunt snowy nose to the L in ascent of a small icefall, before traversing back R on flat glacier, then rising gently to the cosy Mittelaletsch Bivouac Hut at 3013m. There are places for 18 including mattresses and blankets. It is reasonably well insulated, but no stove or fire. There is an honesty box for the 15CHF hut fee (10 for CAS/Reciprocal Rights card holders), prices in May 2018.
Moderate
Slopes become slightly steeper at around 25-30 degrees.
5 m away
Day 3: The largest summit in the Bernese Oberland and the 15th highest major 4000m peak in the Alps.
Difficult Ski Touring
8 m away
Day 3: A high summit, returning to the same hut. The Gross Wannenhorn, 3906m.
Difficult Ski Touring
25 m away
Day 2: Two summits of 4000m that can easily be combined in a single outing.
Difficult Ski Touring
40 m away
Day 4: Over the Grunhornlucke, a short descent then ascent of Trugberg, 3880m
Difficult Ski Touring
5.3 km away
Day 5: Traverse of Kranzberg, 3666m, followed by ascent to the Hollandia Hut, 3235m
Severe Ski Touring
5.3 km away
Day 2: Over a pass, descending the far side before reascent to the Wysnollen, 3590m
Moderate Ski Touring
9.4 km away
Day 5: The easiest, though not easy, route to one of the remotest and most coveted 4000m peaks in the Alps.
Severe Ski Touring
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