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Rimpfischhorn
Sign in to saveThe Rimpfischhorn (4,199 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps of Switzerland. Along its north ridge lies the prominent sub-peak Grosser Gendarm (4107 m).
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Rimpfischhorn
- Mountain.photo
- Wallis_Rimpfischhorn_mg-k.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The Rimpfischhorn from the Allalinhorn
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 4199
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 647
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Dom
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.location
- Valais, Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Pennine Alps
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 9 September 1859 by Leslie Stephen and Robert Liveing with guides Melchior Anderegg and Johann Zumtaugwald
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Allalin glacier/north-west ridge (PD); a snow climb.
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The Rimpfischhorn (4,199 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps of Switzerland. Along its north ridge lies the prominent sub-peak Grosser Gendarm (4107 m).
The first ascent of the mountain was by Leslie Stephen and Robert Living with guides Melchior Anderegg and Johann Zumtaugwald on 9 September 1859. Their route of ascent was from Fluh Alp via the Rimpfischwänge.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rimpfischhorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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