Bänzlouwistock · 2,529 m · 6.0 km ESE

Canton of Berne

Aare Gorge

Floor600 m1,969 ft

Depth: 1,389 m
Rim: 1,989 m
Length: 2 km
Tonight: -4°CSnow · Wind 10 km/h W

Aare Gorge is up to 1,389 m deep: the rim reaches 1,989 m and the floor 600 m, along 2 km.

All facts

Floor: 600 m

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Aare Gorge topographic map

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Aare Gorge elevation profile

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Print & wall

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Depth

Depth of Aare Gorge

Up to 1,389 m deep (typically 1,182 m) along the 2.0 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

Weather

Aare Gorge weather

Tonight · Snow · -4°C (25°F) · 1.0 mm · Wind 10 km/h W

Aare Gorge forecast for about 1,989 m.

Tonight-4°1.0 mm10 km/h W
Today-6°-1°8.6 mm9 km/h SE
Sun-6°6°14.0 mm11 km/h NW
Mon-5°7°–4 km/h SE
Tue0°13°–3 km/h SE
Wed-1°6°0.8 mm3 km/h SE
Thu-2°7°–3 km/h NW
Fri-2°7°–4 km/h NW
Sat-2°6°0.9 mm6 km/h NW
Sun-1°2°9.5 mm4 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Aare Gorge

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Aare Gorge, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.6 km S
+2 more within 0.7 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping Aareschlucht
0.9 km S · +2 more within 2.0 km
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Nearest hut
Reutsperre
3.3 km SW · +1 more within 5.0 km
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Nearest caravan site
4.3 km NNW
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Parking	0.6 km S
Parking	0.7 km WNW
Parking	0.7 km SSE
Camping AareschluchtCampsite	0.9 km S
GrimselblickCampsite	1.5 km SE
Camping GrundCampsite	2.0 km SSE
ReutsperreHut	3.3 km SW
Caravan site	4.3 km NNW
EngelhornhütteHut	5.0 km SW

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

22.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

33.1%

Steep, 30–45°

33.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

11.0%

Steeper than 30°: 44.9% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 2,142 m low point 577 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 48.8%Grassland 43.7%Bare rock / sparse 4.4%Built-up 1.3%Water 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Aare Gorge.

Summit list 7

1Tennhorn2,519 m 3.9 km SSW
2Hohjegiburg2,639 m 4.3 km SSW
3Chlys Engelhorn2,643 m 4.7 km SSW
4Kingspitz2,622 m 5.2 km SSW
5Urbachsengelhorn2,767 m 5.3 km SSW
6Grosses Engelhorn2,782 m 5.4 km SSW
7Bänzlouwistock2,529 m 6.0 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 693 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Alpine Marmot18
Yellow Saxifrage16
Red Clover13
Bladder campion13
European Globeflower13
Wood crane's-bill13

Where it sits

Where Aare Gorge sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Grosse ScheideggPass · 1,962 m11 km SW

Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-24)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Aare Gorge

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