The Tschingel Pass (2,787 m) is a high
mountain pass of the
Bernese Alps
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, connecting
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 mount ...
with
Stechelberg
Stechelberg is a small village in Switzerland located at the base of the Schwarzmönch mountain in the Bernese Alps, part of the district of Lauterbrunnen.
History
The name "Stächelbärg" is first recorded in 1749 to describe this part of the ...
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 ...
. It is the lowest pass between the upper
Kandertal and the valley of
Lauterbrunnen
, neighboring_municipalities= Aeschi bei Spiez, Blatten (Lötschen) (VS), Fieschertal (VS), Grindelwald, Gündlischwand, Kandersteg, Lütschental, Reichenbach im Kandertal, Saxeten, Wilderswil
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Lauterbrunnen is a village an ...
. The pass is glaciated and separated the
Kander Glacier
The Kander Neve (german: Kanderfirn) is a long glacier (2005) of the Bernese Alps, situated south of Kandersteg in the canton of Berne. The glacier lies at the upper end of the Gasterental, at the foot of the Blüemlisalp and the Tschingelhorn. I ...
from the
Tschingel Glacier. It lies between the
Blüemlisalp
The Blüemlisalp is a massif of the Bernese Alps, in the territory of the municipalities of Kandersteg and Reichenbach im Kandertal.
Its main peaks are:
*Blüemlisalphorn (3,661 m)
*Wyssi Frau (3,648 m)
*Morgenhorn (3,623 m)
The entire massif ...
and the
Tschingelhorn
The Tschingelhorn (3,562 m) is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. The summit of the Klein Tschingelhorn (3,495 m) on the west is the tripoint between the valleys of Kandertal, La ...
and is overlooked by the
Mutthorn.
References
External links
Tschingel Pass on Hikr
Mountain passes of the canton of Bern
Mountain passes of the Alps
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