Schreckhorn, Alpine mountain peak in Grindelwald, Switzerland.

The Schreckhorn rises to 4,078 m between the Upper and Lower Grindelwald Glaciers, about 10 km south-east of Grindelwald. It is the northernmost Alpine four-thousander and the highest peak lying entirely in the canton of Bern. Geologically it belongs to the Aarmassif and is built of Erstfelder gneiss. Its steep rock faces and narrow snow ridges make it the most technically demanding four-thousander in the Bernese Alps.

The first recorded ascent of the Schreckhorn was made on August 16, 1861, led by the English writer and mountaineer Leslie Stephen together with local guides. That climb placed the peak among the major achievements of early alpine exploration.

The name Schreckhorn means "peak of terror" in German. Long before climbers reached it, the mountain entered literature: Albrecht von Haller made it the idealized centre of the Alps in his 1729 poem Die Alpen, and Schiller names it in Wilhelm Tell (1804) though he never visited Switzerland. In 1755 it was one of only three correctly labelled summits in Micheli du Crest's panorama of the snow mountains.

Three mountain huts serve as starting points for the ascent: the Schreckhorn Hut, the Gleckstein Hut, and the Lauteraar Hut. The summer months generally offer the most stable snow conditions, making it the recommended window for those planning to climb.

The Schreckhorn is the northernmost four-thousander in the Alps, which gives it a particular place among serious alpinists. Leslie Stephen, who led the first ascent, was the father of the writer Virginia Woolf.