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Meiringen is not a mountaineering centre as such, but it has some fine mountains almost on its doorstep – most of which are known only to climbers. On the approach to the Grosse Scheidegg, by which Grindelwald may be reached, the slabs of the Engelhörner group are laced with routes, while to the south of these shrinking glaciers hang from such peaks as the Wellhorn, Wetterhorn and the Hangendgletscherhorn; the last mentioned also looms over the little-known Urbachtal that flows out to Innertkirchen.

From the Schedelsgrättli, a fine view east shows big Oberland peaks beyond the Üschenental (Route 82)

Grindelwald, with Alpiglen and Kleine Scheidegg on its western slope, has long been the historical base for major climbs on the Eiger. But also accessible from Grindelwald are several mountain huts that lie on the approach to big mountains too far from any village base; huts that make ideal destinations for walkers, lying as they do amid wildly romantic surroundings. The Schreckhorn Hut springs instantly to mind. The walk to it leads alongside glaciers, scrambles up rocks that wall an icefall, and gives the most incredible views of the Fiescherhörner, Agassizhorn and Finsteraarhorn (highest summit in the Bernese Alps at 4274m), not to mention a curious peep at the ‘back’ of the Eiger.