Oberer GrindelwaldgletscherLocation: Bernese Alps, 652.500/162.500, Length (1973): 6.50km, length (2004): 6.5km, orientation: NW, surface are (1973): 9.52km2, surface are (1998/99): 9.16km2.
Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher is a classic valley glacier west of Grindelwald. There are two icefalls, and the tongue is remarkably narrow and descends into a deep gorge. |
![Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher](icons/pano_schreckhorn.jpg) Schreckhorn and accumulation of Oberer Grindelwaldgletschers; wide panorama photo. July 2005. | ![Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher](icons/pano_glecksteinhuette.jpg) Upper icefall as seen from Glecksteinhütte (Seidd Alpine Club); wide panorama photo. July 2005. | ![Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher](icons/pano_schlucht.jpg) Lower icefall in the narrow gorge; two persons on the upper left; wide panorama photo. July 2005. |
![Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher](icons/seracs.jpg) Seracs in the upper icefall with clearly visible firn stratigraphy . July 2005. | ![Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher](icons/querspalten.jpg) Looking down from the path to Glecksteinhütte on the crevasses in the lower icefall. July 2005. | ![Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher](icons/spaltengewirr.jpg) Transverse crevasses in the lower icefall. July 2005. |
![Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher](icons/steinboecke_glecksteinhuette.jpg) Alpine ibex are a common sight at Glecksteinhütte, as are the many ice avalanches at the upper icefall visble in the background. July 2005. | ![Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher](icons/regenbogen.jpg) A small rainbow is formed within a waterfall descending into the glacier gorge. July 2005. | ![Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher](icons/gletscherschliffe.jpg) Glacially abraded and polished limestone in the gorge shows wonderful folding of calcite layers. July 2005. |
![Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher](icons/gletscherzunge.jpg) Remarkable narrow galcier tongue in the gorge. July 2005. | | |
Photos Jürg Alean. |