The Gross Lohner (also spelled ''Gross Loner'', german: Great Lohner), is a

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of the

Bernese Alps , topo_map= Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo , photo=BerneseAlps.jpg , photo_caption=The Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau , country= Switzerland , subdivision1_type= Cantons , subdivision1= , parent= Western Alps , borders_on= , ...

, located between

Adelboden , neighboring_municipalities= Diemtigen, Frutigen, Kandersteg, Lenk im Simmental, Leukerbad (VS), Sankt Stephan , twintowns= } Adelboden is a mountain village and a municipality in Switzerland, located in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental admin ...

and

Kandersteg Kandersteg is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located along the valley of the River Kander, west of the Jungfrau massif. It is noted for its spectacular mountai ...

in the

Bernese Oberland The Bernese Oberland ( en, Bernese Highlands, german: Berner Oberland; gsw, Bärner Oberland; french: Oberland bernois), the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern, is one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which context ...

. The main summit has an elevation of above sea level and is distinguished by the name ''Vorder Lohner'' ("Fore Lohner"). The mountain features several other peaks, from east to west: * ''Nünihorn'', * ''Hinder Lohner'' (Rear Lohner), * ''Mittler Lohner'' (Central Lohner), * ''Mittaghorn'', The Lohner range is located east of Adelboden in the Engstlige valley and southwest of Kandersteg in Kander valley. The Gross Lohner is separated from the Chlyne Lohner (Small Lohner) to the north by the

Bunderchrinde Pass The Bunderchrinde Pass is a mountain pass of the Bernese Alps. The pass crosses the col between the peaks of Gross Lohner and Chlyne Lohner, at an elevation of . The pass is traversed by a hiking track, which connects Kandersteg, at an eleva ...

, which provides a hiking route between Adelboden and Kandersteg. The first tourist to climb the Lohner was one C. Dürheim from Bern in July 1876. In August of the same year, four members of the Alpine Club, during another ascent, found a bottle with the names of the two Kandersteg mountain guides Ogi and Hari, dated 1875. Approximately halfways up the rock face, the Lohner hut can be found, which can be reached by skilled

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without proper climbing. The mountain with its many

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s is almost only accessible by one of its three ridges. From the Lohner hut, the ''Mittler Lohner'' can be reached via the face by skilled climbers.

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