Fiescher Glacier

Geschichte

The Fiescher Glacier is a valley glacier on the south side of the Bernese Alps in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. 16km in length, it is the second longest glacier in the Alps. The glacier covers an area of 33km2.The starting point of the Fiescher Glacier is 4000m above sea level, on the eastern slope of the Fiescherhorn, it is flanked to the west by the Grünhorn and Gross Wannenhorn and to the east by the Finsteraarhorn.In the lower section, the Fiescher Glacier flows south through a deep valley between the Gross Wannenhorn and the Wasenhorn. In summer, when the snow layer melts, it has a grey colour as it is covered with rocks coming from the steep slopes of the mountains around. The end of glacier tongue is at around 1700m above sea level.On the south western slope of the Finsteraarhorn, about 100m above the Fieschergletscher, the Finsteraarhornhütte of the Swiss Alpine Club is often used as an intermediate station on the route from Lötschental or Jungfraujoch to the Grimsel Pass.