Berner Oberland 1998

Holiday in the Berner Oberland with the Met Office Mountaineering Club, Saturday 25th July 1998 to Friday 7th August.

Images are © Jonathan Gregory 1998.

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Kandersteg via Gemmipass to Lämmernhütte, Sunday 26th
We had intended to climb Wildstrubel but the weather was poor the next day.
03-005 View N along the Kandertal, while climbing up to Schwarenbach 03-006 Lämmerenboden and Lämmerengrat
03-007 Lämmerenalp 03-008 Lämmernhütte
Kandersteg to Blüemlisalphütte, Wednesday 29th
We started up Morgenhorn the next day but it was icy and my group turned back.
03-010 Ascending towards Oeschinensee 03-011 Oeschinensee below Fründenhorn in the middle (I think)
03-012 Headwall of the Oeschinensee with Blüemlisalp behind 03-015 Blüemlisalp Gletscher
03-016 Looking ahead to the hut, which is on the skyline in the middle 03-017
03-018 Wyssi Frau on the L from the terrace of the hut
Grimselpass to Oberaarjochhütte, Sunday 2nd
03-019 Oberaarsee
Oberaarjochhütte to Finsteraarhornhütte, Tuesday 4th
03-021 Looking towards Gemslicke (I think) 03-022 On the moraine of Fieschergletcher
03-023 Finsteraarhorn
Finsteraarhorn (4274 m), Wednesday 5th
We followed the ordinary route PD via the Hugisattel along the NW ridge
03-025 Glaciers descending from Wannenhorn into Fieschergletcher 03-026 View SW across Fieschergletcher; the nearest ridge is the Wannenhörner on the L and the Grünhörner on the R; the peak behind on the R is Jungfrau; in the distance are the Valais Alps, with the Monte Rosa chain on the L, the Matterhorn and Dent Blanche in the middle of the picture
03-028 Dave Storkey and Mike Cullen on the summit 03-mc me on the summit, perhaps Lauteraarhorn behind
03-029 View down the route of the NW ridge 03-030a Finsteraargletcher seen from the summit
Gross Fiescherhorn (4049 m) to Korkordia hut, Thursday 6th
We followed the ordinary route PD via the Fieschersattel
03-031 Through the ice-falls of the Walliser Fiescherfirn 03-033 Agassizhorn and Finsteraarhorn
03-034 Konkordiaplatz and hut, on the shoulder of rock on the L
Konkordia hut to Fiesch, Friday 7th
03-037 Dave on the Grosser Aletschgletscher 03-038 View of Olmenhorn across the Grosser Aletschgletscher at Märjelsee