Bernese Oberland

Portions of the range of the Alps called the Bernese Oberland are in Cantons other than that of Bern, see: Vaud, Fribourg, the Valais, Lucerne, Uri, and Nidwalden.

List of peaks

The chief peaks of this range, from the Lake Geneva to the Furka, the Reuss Valley and the Lake of Lucerne, are:

Name	Elevation		Name	Elevation
Finsteraarhorn	4275 meters	14,026 feet	Wellhorn	3196 meters	10,486 feet
Aletschhorn	4182 meters	13,721 feet	Mettenberg	3107 meters	10,194 feet
Jungfrau	4166 meters	13,669 feet	Loffelhorn	3098 meters	10,165 feet
M�nch	4105 meters	13,468 feet	Grand Muveran	3061 meters	10,043 feet
Grosses Schreckhorn	4080 meters	13,386 feet	Gross Wendenstock	3044 meters	9987 feet
Grosses Fiescherhorn	4049 meters	13,285 feet	Sparrhorn	3026 meters	9928 feet
Eiger	3975 meters	13,042 feet	Torrenthorn	3003 meters	9853 feet
Bietschhorn	3953 meters	12,970 feet	Grande Dent de Morcles	2980 meters	9777 feet
Gross Wannehorn	3905 meters	12,812 feet	Schilthorn	2973 meters	9754 feet
Gross Nesthorn	3820 meters	12,533 feet	Eggishorn	2934 meters	9626 feet
Lauterbrunnen Breithorn	3779 meters	12,399 feet	Uri Rothstock	2932 meters	9620 feet
Balmhorn	3711 meters	12,176 feet	Schwarzhorn Grindelwald	2930 meters	9613 feet
Wetterhorn Mittelhorn	3708 meters	12,166 feet	Gross Siedelhorn	2881 meters	9452 feet
Wetterhorn Hash Jungfrau	3703 meters	12,149 feet	Albristhorn	2764 meters	9069 feet
Wetterhorn Rosenhorn	3691 meters	12,110 feet	Rothihorn	2759 meters	9052 feet
Blumlisalphorn	3671 meters	12,044 feet	Faulhorn	2683 meters	8803 feet
Gross Doldenhorn	3647 meters	11,966 feet	Gummfluh	2461 meters	8074 feet
Atels	3636 meters	11,930 feet	Sulegg	2412 meters	7914 feet
Dammastock	3633 meters	11,920 feet	Vanil Noir	2395 meters	7858 feet
Galenstock	3597 meters	11,802 feet	Niesen	2366 meters	7763 feet
Sustenhorn	3512 meters	11,523 feet	Brienzer Rothorn	2351 meters	7714 feet
Gspaltenhorn	3442 meters	11,293 feet	Tour d'Ai	2334 meters	7658 feet
Fleckistock	3418 meters	11,214 feet	Hohgant	2202 meters	7225 feet
Gross Huhnerstock	3348 meters	10,985 feet	Stockhorn	2192 meters	7192 feet
Ewigschneehorn	3331 meters	10,929 feet	Kaiseregg	2189 meters	7182 feet
Ritzlihorn	3282 meters	10,768 feet	Mount Pilatus Tomlishorn	2132 meters	6995 feet
Wildhorn	3264 meters	10,709 feet	Chamossaire	2116 meters	6943 feet
Wildstrubel	3253 meters	10,673 feet	Gemmenalphorn	2064 meters	6772 feet
Diablerets	3246 meters	10,650 feet	Rochers de Naye	1740 meters	5710 feet
Titlis	3239 meters	10,627 feet	Moleson	2006 meters	6582 feet
Gross Spannort	3205 meters	10,516 feet	Dent de Jaman	1879 meters	6165 feet
			Napf	1411 meters	4629 feet

List of passes

The chief passes of the Bernese Oberland, from the Lake of Geneva to the Furka, the Reuss Valley and the Lake of Lucerne, are:

Note: road status as of 1911.

Mountain pass	location	type (as of 1911)	elevation
Lauithor	Lauterbrunnen to the Eggishorn	snow	3700 meters	12'140 feet
M�nchjoch	Grindelwald to the Eggishorn	snow	3560 meters	11'680 feet
Jungfraujoch	Wengernalp to the Eggishorn	snow	3470 meters	11'385 feet
Strahlegg Pass	Grindelwald to the Grimsel	snow	3351 meters	10'995 feet
Gr�nhornl�cke	Great Aletsch Glacier to the Fiescher Glacier	snow	3305 meters	10'844 feet
Oberaarjoch	Grimsel to the Eggishorn	snow	3233 meters	10'607 feet
Gauli Pass	Grimsel to Meiringen	snow	3206 meters	10'519 feet
Petersgrat	Lauterbrunnen to the L�tschental	snow	3205 meters	10'516 feet
L�tschenlucke	L�tschental to the Eggishorn	snow	3204 meters	10'512 feet
Lauteraarsattel	Grindelwald to the Grimsel	snow	3156 meters	10'355 feet
Beichgrat	L�tschental to the Belalp	snow	3136 meters	10'289 feet
Lammernjoch	Lenk to the Gemmi	snow	3132 meters	10'276 feet
Triftlimmi	Rhone Glacier to the Gadmental	snow	3109 meters	10'200 feet
Sustenlimmi	Stein Alp to G�schenen	snow	3103 meters	10'181 feet
Gamchilucke	Kiental to Lauterbrunnen	snow	2833 meters	9295 feet
Tschiugel Pass	Lauterbrunnen to Kandersteg	snow	2824 meters	9265 feet
Hohthurli Pass	Kandersteg to the Kiental	foot path	2707 meters	8882 feet
L�tschen Pass	Kandersteg to the L�tschental	snow	2695 meters	8842 feet
Sefinenfurka	Lauterbrunnen to the Kiental	foot path	2616 meters	8583 feet
Wendenjoch	Engelberg to the Gadmental	snow	2604 meters	8544 feet
Furtwangsattel	Guttannen to the Gadmental	foot path	2558 meters	8393 feet
Furka Pass	Rhone Glacier to Andermatt	carriage road	2436 meters	7992 feet
Rawil Pass	Sion to Lenk im Simmental	bridle path	2415 meters	7924 feet
Gemmi Pass	Kandersteg to Leukerbad	bridle path	2329 meters	7641 feet
Surenen Pass	Engelberg to Altdorf	foot path	2305 meters	7563 feet
Susten Pass	Meiringen to Wassen	partly carriage road	2262 meters	7422 feet
Sanetsch Pass	Sion to Saanen	bridle path	2234 meters	7331 feet
Joch Pass	Meiringen to Engelberg	bridle path	2215 meters	7267 feet
Grimsel Pass	Meiringen to the Rhone Glacier	carriage road	2164 meters	7100 feet
Kleine Scheidegg	Grindelwald to Lauterbrunnen	railway over	2064 meters	6772 feet
Col de Cheville	Sion to Bex	bridle path	2049 meters	6723 feet
Grosse Scheidegg	Grindelwald to Meiringen	bridle path	1967 meters	6454 feet
Col de Jaman	Montreux to Montbovon	mule path over railway tunnel beneath	1516 meters	4974 feet
Br�nig Pass	Meiringen to Lucerne	railway over	1035 meters	3396 feet

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclop�dia Britannica.

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