Schwarzhorn

Considered to be part of the Berner Voralpen - the Bernese Prealps - the Schwarzhorn is dominated by the mighty summits of the Bernese Alps from the Wetterhorn west to the Jungfrau and beyond. However, this peak makes for a nice day climb and offers some grand views. It’s a good trip to get to know the really crumbly, layered rock so typical of the area. While the Schwarzhorn presents few technical difficulties and can be done solo, it does require one to pay attention on the final, exposed summit ridge. It is the highest and most easterly summit in the subrange that starts from Männlichen and includes the Faulhorn, Reeti and Simelihorn and Wildgerst.

Grindelwald can by reached by rail or car from Interlaken. The First gondola , which starts from nearly the center of town, takes you to the First, a broad basin area. One can hike up to First, about a 3 hour hike. One first follows a well-maintained wide trail towards the Grosse Scheidegg around into another basin, Distelboden from where a smaller trail takes off towards Schwarzhorn.

The Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen and Interlaken offer a large variety of hotels, hostels and camping grounds. This is a very heavily visited part of Switzerland and reservations are needed. It would be possible to do this climb from Interlaken, if one left early and took an early gondola. The first gondola up is 8am, the last one down is 6pm.

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Photo: Tiia Monto