The Faulhorn is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

of the

Bernese Alps The Bernese Alps are a mountain range of the Alps located in western Switzerland. Although the name suggests that they are located in the Berner Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the Bernese Alps are in the adjacent cantons of Va ...

, located between

Lake Brienz Lake Brienz () is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of about , a width of and a maximum depth of . Its area is ; the surface is above the sea-level. It is fed, among others, by the upper reaches ...

and

Grindelwald Grindelwald is a village and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli (administrative district), Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Berne. In additio ...

in the

Bernese Oberland The Bernese Oberland (; ; ), sometimes also known as the Bernese Highlands, is the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern. It is one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which context it is referred to as ''Oberland'' witho ...

. The summit is high and can be reached by several trails. The mountain is split between the municipalities of Iseltwald and

, with the summit located on the boundary between the two. The hotel situated on the summit of Faulhorn was built in 1830. It has undergone very little change since then.''Geschichte''.
www.faulhorn.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-09. hotel-faulhorn-alter-speisesaal.jpg, The old dining hall of the Faulhorn hotel Johann Heinrich Müller, 1825-1894 H11 Faulhorn.JPG, 1870s panoramic view from Faulhorn.
Etching by Heinrich Müller

References

External links

Faulhorn on Hikr

Berghotel Faulhorn
Bernese Alps Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of the canton of Bern Two-thousanders of Switzerland {{Bern-mountain-stub