Oberaar Glacier

The Oberaargletscher is a valley glacier in the eastern part of the Bernese Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of less than 5 km is an average of 800 meters wide and covers together with the Seitenfirnen an area of ​​about 5 sq. km.

The origins of the Oberaargletscher on the glacier pass of Oberaarjochs ( 3'216 m above sea level. M. ) between the Oberaarhorn and the Oberaarrothorn ( 3'463 m above sea level. M. ). Then it flows to the east, flanked by Scheuchzerhorn ( 3'456 m above sea level. M. ) in the north and the Aargrat (up to 3'132 m above sea level. M. ) in the south. The glacier is situated on 2,310 m above sea level. M. at the far end of the reservoir Oberaar; address future further melting of the glacier but soon withdraw from the dam. From the reservoir the Oberaarbach flows from that in the Grimsel, also a reservoir, opens shortly thereafter.

On Oberaarjoch, the transition from Oberaargletscher for Studer Glacier, an arm of the Fiescher glacier, stands on 3'256 meters above sea level. M. Oberaarjochhütte of the Swiss Alpine Club SAC. It is an important stage on the high alpine glacier route from Loetschental or Jungfraujoch in the region of the Grimsel Pass.