Arpelistock
View from summit
Highest point
Elevation3,035 m (9,957 ft)
Prominence70 m (230 ft)[1]
Parent peakGeltenhorn
Coordinates46°20′37.8″N 7°18′55.3″E / 46.343833°N 7.315361°E / 46.343833; 7.315361
Geography
Arpelistock is located in Switzerland
Arpelistock
Arpelistock
Location in Switzerland
LocationBern/Valais, Switzerland
Parent rangeBernese Alps
Wildhorn and Arpelistock

The Arpelistock is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It belongs to the massif of the Wildhorn and lies approximately halfway between the Sanetsch Pass and the summit of the Wildhorn.

The north side of the Arpelistock is covered by a glacier named Geltengletscher.

References

  1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps and Google Earth. The key col is located east of the summit at 2,965 metres.


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