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Ski Touring recommended route Ski Touring  · Bernese Alps

Walcherhorn 3693m

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  • West flank of the Walcherhorn behind the Upper Mönchsjoch
    West flank of the Walcherhorn behind the Upper Mönchsjoch
    Photo: Wolfgang Lauschensky, Alpenverein Braunau

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    Easy (approach or acclimatization) ski route from the Jungfraujoch or from the Mönchsjoch Hut over rather crevasse-free terrain.
    moderate
    Distance 9.9 km
    3:30 h
    700 m
    700 m
    3,693 m
    3,396 m
    Ascent to the Mönchsjoch, short descent to the Ewigschneefäld and then easily to the summit in a wide left bend.

    Author’s recommendation

    The Walcherhorn can also be easily included as a summit during the descent to (or ascent from) the Konkordia Hut via the Ewigschneefäld.
    Difficulty
    AD- moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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    Highest point
    Walcherhorn, 3,693 m
    Lowest point
    Jungfraujoch, 3,396 m
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    Rest stops

    Mönchsjochhütte

    Safety information

    Common glacier dangers. Acclimatization!

    Tips and suggestions

    Mönchsjoch Hut: http://www.moenchsjoch.ch

    Roadbook

    From the upper station at the Jungfraujoch, ascend slightly 200m on the groomed, wide track along the south flank of the Mönch to the Mönchsjoch Hut. From the upper Mönchsjoch, ski down at a moderate gradient into the upper basin of the Ewigschneefäld and cross flat to the orographically left edge of the glacier. At about 3400m, skin up. Ascend crossing eastwards the hump-like steep drop of the Walcher Glacier; shortly afterwards the firn surface flattens. In a few long hairpin turns ascend northwards to the southwest ridge and cross out to the right below the summit rocks again. A saddle east of the summit is easily reached, now the summit can be reached without problems with skis on the flat firn fields between the gentle rocks on the left.

    Descend over the wide southern slopes down to the Ewigschneefäld. Skin up again. 300m of ascent against slope to the upper Mönchsjoch on mostly tracked paths still have to be managed.

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    Public transport

    Public-transport-friendly

    By SBB to Grindelwald.

    Directions

    From Lucerne or Bern via Interlaken southwards to Lauterbrunnen (paid car park) or Grindelwald Grund (open paid parking). From one of these two places take the Wengeralp Railway to Kleine Scheidegg, change to the Jungfrau Railway and ascend to the mountain station. Through the Sphinx tunnel you reach the glacier. Now ascend on foot or skis over the upper Jungfrau Firn on the groomed hiking road about 200m eastwards to the Mönchsjoch Hut at 3657m altitude.

    Parking

    Paid parking in Grindelwald.

    Coordinates

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    2'642'176E 1'155'361N
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    46.548214, 7.988549
    DMS
    46°32'53.6"N 7°59'18.8"E
    UTM
    32T 422458 5155457
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    Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!

    Author’s map recommendations

    SLK Jungfrau S

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    Ski mountaineering equipment.

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    Parts of this content were machine translated from German.

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    Difficulty
    AD- moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    9.9 km
    Duration
    3:30 h
    Ascent
    700 m
    Descent
    700 m
    Highest point
    3,693 m
    Lowest point
    3,396 m
    Public-transport-friendly Out and back Multi-stage route Scenic Refreshment stops available Geological highlights Cableway ascent/descent Summit route High-altitude ski tour Clear area

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