Brienzergrat

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The steep Brienzergrat is a prominent part of a mountain range in the Emmental Alps that belongs to the municipality of Brienz and which - in the narrower sense - between the Brienzer Rothorn and the Allgäuwlicka is particularly prominent from the southern side.

geography

The Brienzergrat separates the municipality of Brienz from the Lucerne Mariental with its ski and health resort Sörenberg and forms part of the canton border with the canton of Lucerne in the eastern section . In a broader sense, the term is used to represent the entire mountain range between the Brünig Pass and the Harder Kulm , including the fork in the east at Höch Gumme down to Giswil .

The highest point of the Brienzergrat and the Emmental Alps is the Brienzer Rothorn ( 2350  m above sea level ). Other notable peaks are the Tannhorn ( 2221  m ), the Briefenhorn ( 2165  m ) and the Ällgäuhorn ( 2047  m ). The Ällgäuwlicka ( 1918  m ) and the Wannenpass ( 2071  m ) serve as pass crossings from the communities on Lake Brienz to the alpine pastures north of the ridge. To the west of the Brienzergrat is the Riedergrat , followed by the Gragge-Rächtli . The Harder with the Harder Kulm near Interlaken forms the western end of the entire mountain range as a popular excursion destination, which can be reached directly from Interlaken by funicular.

Several torrents drain the southern slope of the Brienzergrat, such as the Bachtalen , the Mühlebach , the Trachtbach , the Glyssibach , the Schwanderbach and the Lammbach . A debris flow from the Glyssibach and the Trachtbach caused great damage in Brienz on August 23, 2005.

Larger alpine pastures above the tree line are the Planalp and Rotschalp .

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Photographed from the north of the Brienzergrat near Haglätsch / Stand. On the far left the Brienzer Rothorn , followed u. a. from Tannhorn , Ällgäuwhoren, Schirenhireli, Gummhoren, Blasenhubel and on the right the Augstmatthorn .

Alpine hiking trail

A narrow, exposed alpine hiking trail ( T5 ) runs over the long ridge , which can only be used on demanding day excursions. In the western part of the ridge on the south side is the Balmhütte of the Ringgenberg ski club, which is built on the overhanging rock face like under a balm .

gallery

  • The Brienzergrat north of Lake Brienz spans about the second quarter of the entire mountain range divided from the east; photographed from the southeast.

  • View from Ällgäuwlicka to the east to Ällgäuwhoren and Tannhorn. In the background the Brienzer Rothorn is visible as the highest elevation of the Brienzergrat.

  • Brienzergrat from Schöniseischwand (community Schangnau) with Tannhorn (center), Allgäuwhoren, Allgäuwlicka and Schierenhireli

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brienzergrat. In: Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland: First Volume, AA - Emmengruppe. Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, V. Attinger; Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1902, p. 342 , accessed on August 23, 2016 .
  2. ↑ No. 1209 Brienz. In: National map 1 : 25,000. Federal Office for Topography swisstopo, 2015, accessed on August 18, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Tour description Brienzer Grat.