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The Wasenhorn (German, ; ) is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It lies halfway between Brig (Swiss canton of Valais) and Varzo (Italian region of Piedmont), just north of Monte Leone, in the Simplon Pass area. Politically the Wasenhorn is split between the municipalities of Ried-Brig and Varzo.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Wasenhorn
Mountain.photo
Wasenhorn S.jpg
Mountain.photo_size
285
Mountain.photo_caption
The south side of the Wasenhorn from the Monte Leone Hut
Mountain.elevation_m
3246
Mountain.prominence_m
476
Mountain.topo_map
Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Mountain.parent_peak
Monte Leone
Mountain.listing
Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Mountain.map
Alps
Mountain.map_caption
Location in the Alps
Mountain.subdivision2_type
Canton/Region
Mountain.parent
Lepontine Alps

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Access road
  • Climbing Route
  • Other mountains around to climb
  • References
  • External links

The Wasenhorn (German, ; ) is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It lies halfway between Brig (Swiss canton of Valais) and Varzo (Italian region of Piedmont), just north of Monte Leone, in the Simplon Pass area. Politically the Wasenhorn is split between the municipalities of Ried-Brig and Varzo.

The Simplon Tunnel runs into the massif of the Wasenhorn, below the subsidiary summit named Tunnelspitz ().

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wasenhorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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