The
Nesthorn is a mountain in the
Bernese Alps 
. It is located in the Swiss canton of
Valais 
north of Brig. The mountain lies between the
Oberaletsch Glacier 
on the north and east side and the Gredetschtal on the south side. It is part of the subrange of the Bernese Alps that culminates at the
Aletschhorn 
.
The Nesthorn was first ascended from
Belalp 
in 1865 by B. George and H. Mortimer, with Christian Almer and his son. Passing the base of the peak nearly to the head of the west branch of the Beich Firn (tributary of the Oberaletsch Glacier), they had on their left a steep iceslope, broken in five places by protruding masses of rock.