Gauli Glacier

The Gauligletscher is a valley glacier in the eastern Bernese Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of about 6 km, is on average 1 km wide and covers together with its side glaciers an area of ​​approximately 13.5 km ².

His starting point takes the Gauligletscher on the eastern flank of the Berglistocks and Rose Horn, belonging to the group of the Wetterhorn, to over 3400 m. In its accumulation area of the glacier is connected via firnbedeckte ridges to the west with the Upper Grindelwald Glacier, on the north with the Rosenlaui. The Gauligletscher flows to the east and to the north by Hangendgletscherhorn ( 3292 m), in the south of eternal snow Horn ( 3329 m), Trifthorn ( 3230 m) and Hienderstock flanked ( 3307 m). Here, the glacier receives from the southern side of the valley, which is almost completely covered by Firnen, further Eisnachschub. The most important of these side glacier is the Grienbärgligletscher, which has its origin between the eternal snow horn and the Trifthorn. The tongue of the Gauligletschers currently ends at 2150 m and calves in two lakes which were formed only in the second half of the 20th century, during the retreat of the glacier. For these lakes flows through the Urbachtal from the Ürbachwasser which opens at Innertkirchen in the Aare.

North of the glacier is at 2205 m the Gaulihütte of the Swiss Alpine Club SAC. It serves as a starting point for glacier and mountain tours in the catchment area of ​​the Gauligletschers.

End of 1946, an American military plane crashed onto Gauligletscher. The rescue of the survivors at that time attracted worldwide attention; among other things, it was the first alpine air rescue the world ( plane crash on the Gauligletscher ).