The Sustenhorn is a 3,502-metre-high (11,490 ft) mountain in the Uri Alps , located on the border between the cantons of Bern and Uri . It overlooks Susten Pass from the south.
4-468: Both sides of the massif are glaciated. On the west side (Bern) lies the Stein Glacier and on the east side (Uri) lies the smaller Flachensteinfirn . The larger massif consists of several other mountains, the principal being Vorder Sustenhorn (3,318 metres), Chli Sustenhorn (3,309 metres) on the north and Sustenlimihorn (3,316 metres) on the south. It was climbed for the first time in 1851 by
8-497: A team that took the route from Innertkirchen This article about a mountain, mountain range, or peak located in the canton of Bern is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a mountain, mountain range, or peak located in the canton of Uri is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Stein Glacier The Stein Glacier ( German : Steingletscher )
12-576: Is a 4 km long glacier (2005) situated at the Susten Pass in the Urner Alps in the easternmost part of the canton of Bern in Switzerland .In 1973 it had an area of 6.06 km . The highest points in the accumulation area are at 3420 meters above sea level. The glacier tongue is currently located at an altitude of 2000 meters. Above the lake Steinsee a second tongue lies west of
16-769: The Tierbergli mountain. The glacier drains through the Gadmen valley and flows into the river Aare near Innertkirchen . During the Little Ice Age around the middle of the 19th century, the Stein Glacier was 1 km longer than today. During the retreat, the lake Steinsee formed after 1940 on the plain of the former glacier tongue at an altitude of 1934 meters. There were again strong glacier advances of about 300 meters in 1912–1921 and 1969–1981. The glacier has strongly melted back since. The postglacial history of
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