Engelhoerner Rock Climbing

Towering above the small village of Innertkirchen in the Bernese Oberland, the Engelhoerner are a group of bizarre, jagged limestone peaks. Included in the group is the gigantic Kingspitz, which is known for its very long, very alpine routes. A number of the surrounding peaks offer some of the best long alpine sport routes that Switzerland has to offer.

The rock in the alpine sport climbing areas is generally of very high quality and quite compact. Most of the routes are on southwest faces, and get sun from the late morning through the late afternoon. The best seasons are summer and autumn (there is often snow in the area until late spring, making the approach very tedious at this time of year).

Climbing at the Engelhörner is fairly popular. On weekends during the prime climbing season, one is unlikely to be alone on any of the routes, at least the moderate ones.

There are numerous guidebooks covering the area, including plaisir-west, schweiz extrem-west and sportklettern berner oberland.