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Hohtürli Pass

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Also known as Hohturli Pass, Hohtürli

The Hohtürli (Swiss German, literally means High Little Door) is a high Alpine hiking pass of the Bernese Alps. The pass crosses the col between the peaks of Wildi Frau and Dündenhorn, at an elevation of .

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mountain pass
Located in
Canton of Berne
Elevation
2778
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Hohtürli
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mountain trail
mountain range
Bernese Prealps

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The Hohtürli (Swiss German, literally means High Little Door) is a high Alpine hiking pass of the Bernese Alps. The pass crosses the col between the peaks of Wildi Frau and Dündenhorn, at an elevation of .

The pass is traversed by a hiking track, which connects the hamlet of Griesalp, at an elevation of in the upper Kiental south of Reichenbach im Kandertal, at the entrance of the Kiental, with Kandersteg, at an elevation of in the valley of the Kander, the Kandertal. The track forms part of the Alpine Pass Route, a long-distance hiking trail across Switzerland between Sargans and Montreux, and the Hohtürli is the highest pass crossed by that route.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hohtürli Pass” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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