Hausstock
Sign in to saveThe Hausstock is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, at an elevation of on the border between the cantons of Glarus and Grisons (), Switzerland. It overlooks the valleys of Linth and Sernf rivers in Glarus, and the valley of the Vorderrhein river in Grisons. The Hausstock was the site of the 1799 withdrawal of the Russian army under General Alexander Suvorov. A well-known destination already in the nineteenth century with British and American climbers, the mountain remains popular with mountain climbers and skiers.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Hausstock
- Mountain.photo
- Hausstock und Ruchi.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The north-west face of the Hausstock
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3158
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 655
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Tödi
- Mountain.isolation_km
- 9.8
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland#Canton of Glarus#Canton of Grisons
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland##Location in the canton of Glarus##Location in the canton of Grisons
- Mountain.region_type
- Cantons
- Mountain.region
- Glarus / Grisons
- Mountain.country
- Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Glarus Alps
- Mountain.listing
- Alpine mountains above 3000 m
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 1832
- Mountain.easiest_route
- South ridge
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The Hausstock is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, at an elevation of on the border between the cantons of Glarus and Grisons (), Switzerland. It overlooks the valleys of Linth and Sernf rivers in Glarus, and the valley of the Vorderrhein river in Grisons. The Hausstock was the site of the 1799 withdrawal of the Russian army under General Alexander Suvorov. A well-known destination already in the nineteenth century with British and American climbers, the mountain remains popular with mountain climbers and skiers.
==Geography and geology== The Hausstock overlooks the valleys of Linth and Sernf rivers in Glarus, and valley of the Vorderrhein river in Grisons. The nearest settlements are the villages of Linthal (in the Linth valley), Elm (in the Sernf valley) and Pigniu (on the slopes of the Vorderrhein valley). Administratively, the mountain lies in the municipalities of Glarus Süd, Ilanz/Glion and Andiast.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hausstock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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