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| Page Type: Mountain/Rock Location: Berne & Valais, Switzerland, Europe Lat/Lon: 46.44921°N / 7.64511°E Activities: Mountaineering, Skiing Season: Spring, Summer, Fall Elevation: 11906 ft / 3629 m | Page By: Digitalis Created/Edited: Dec 4, 2007 / Mar 18, 2008 Object ID: 362615 Hits: 772 Loading... Page Score: 90.24% - 24 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
OverviewThe Altels 3629m is a mountain in Switzerland, in the canton Berne, located in the Bernese Alps. Altels is in the norh-west of the Balmhorn 3698m. This mountain is close-by the villages Kandersteg and Leukerbad on the boarder of the Swiss-cantons Berne (Bern) and Valais (Wallis).
On the normal route (north-west flank) is no glacier. To the south-east of the summit you find the glacier "Balmhorngletscher" and to the south the "Schwarzgletscher". Altels is a popular mountain in summer as well as in spring with ski. With ski is essential to have a minimal avalanche risk. First ascent: 8. July 1874 by Hans Hari, Hermann Löhnert & Fritz Ogi.
Link to Altels 3629m: >Altels 3629m
Route & DifficultyA celebrity and ambitious tour is the exceedance Balmhorn - Altels.
Route: Balmhorn Hut - Wildelsigen ridge - Balmhorn - south-east ridge - Altels.
Difficulty: ZS (AD)
or easier:
Schwarenbach Hotel - Zacken ridge - Balmhorn - south-east ridge - Altels
Difficulty: ZS- (AD-)
Normal route to Altels (also not easy):
Schwarenbach Hotel, over the broad and abrupt north-west flank to Altels
Difficulty: WS+ / ZS- (PD+ / AD-).
Ski route:
Schwarenbach Hotel, over the band and abrupt north-west flank to Altels.
Difficulty: ZS-S
Getting ThereWith public transport:
From Berne with train to Kandersteg and with bus to Eggeschwand. Take cable car up to Sunnbüel 1934m.
Online train schedule (public transport Switzerland): SBB schedule
By Car:
From Berne to Kandersteg.Take cable car up to Sunnbüel 1934m.
Online route scheduler: route scheduler in english and TCS.ch
AccommodationsMountain Hotel Schwarenbach 2061m. Link> Schwarenbach
Winteregg Hut 1888m. Link> Winteregg Hut
Balmhorn Hut 1955m. Link>Balmhorn Hut
More accommodations on Kandersteg-Tourismus: >kandersteg.ch
Books & MapGuidebook summer:
Hochtouren Berner Alpen
Author: Ueli Mosimann
Guidebook winter/spring:
Skitouren Berner Alpen ost
Author: Ralph Schnegg/Daniel Anker
online maps:
Map Search - Online Maps
Online Map Swissmap Weather, climate and snow conditions in Switzerland Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology
Weather SFDRS
Meteo News.ch
Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research Davos: www.slf.ch LinksBernese Oberland Tourismus: berneroberland.ch
Switzerland Tourism: www.myswitzerland.com
Good and favorable accommodations: www.rooms.ch
Wikipedia about Altels (german): Altels
Wikipedia about Bernese Alps: Bernese Alps Images
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