Spillgerte

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The Spillgerte (also Spillgerten written ) is a mountain between the Simmental and the Diemtigtal in the Bernese Oberland. The name Spillgerte is Alemannic origin and means spindle rod.

Location

The Spillgerte dominated by the Upper Simmental from the view to the north; from Diemtigtal from falls, especially the pointed shape of the main summit in the eye. Together with the Rothorn and some secondary peaks forms the Spillgerte a solid, bounded on the south by Färmeltal ( a side valley of the Simmental ), to the west by the Simmental and the North East of Alpetli, Wildgrimmi and Grimmi ( three Alpine uppermost in Diemtigtal ). The Scheidegg in the northwest and the Grimmifurggi in the east form two foot walk-in transitions between the Simmental and the Diemtigtal.

Summit

Main peak is the Hinderi Spillgerte with 2476 m. Approx. 900 m in west-north- westerly direction is another prominent peak, the 2253 meter high Vorderi Spillgerte.

The Hinderi Spillgerte may, unusual for a pre-Alpine peaks, only over a longer climbing routes ( III. degrees partly brittle rock ) are climbed. The Vorderi Spillgerte be reached in a challenging mountain hike over roadless terrain.