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The Hinter Tierberg is a 3,445 metres high
mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...
in the
Uri Alps The Uri Alps (also known as ''Urner Alps'', german: Urner Alpen) are a mountain range in Central Switzerland and part of the Western Alps. They extend into the cantons of Obwalden, Valais, Bern, Uri and Nidwalden and are bordered by the Bernese A ...
, located on the border between the cantons of Bern and Uri. It overlooks the
Trift Glacier The Trift Glacier (german: Triftgletscher) is a long glacier (2005) in the Urner Alps near Gadmen, in the extreme east of the canton Berne in Switzerland. Morphology In 1973 glacier was 5.75 km long, 3 km wide at the top and around 500 m w ...
on its west side and the Chelen Glacier on its east side. The massif of the Tierberg consists of several mountains, they are (from north to south): Vorder Tierberg (3,091 metres), Mittler Tierberg (3,418 metres) and Hinter Tierberg. The Hinter Tierberg is connected to the south to the higher
Dammastock The Dammastock (3,630 m) is the highest mountain in the Urner Alps in Switzerland and is part of the Winterberg massif. Its summit ridge forms the border between the cantons of Uri and the Valais. It is the highest summit in the canton of Uri ...
by a ridge whose lowest point is approximately 3,260 metres. In August 2016, a Swiss Air Force
F/A-18 The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather, twin-engine, supersonic, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation). Designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part ...
fighter crashed close to the mountain.


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Hinter Tierberg on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of the canton of Uri Mountains of the canton of Bern Bern–Uri border {{Bern-mountain-stub