Weisshorn
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The Weisshorn (German, lit. white peak/mountain) is a major peak of Switzerland and the Alps, culminating at above sea level. It is part of the Pennine Alps and is located between the valleys of Anniviers and Zermatt in the canton of Valais. In the latter valley, the Weisshorn is one of the many 4000ers surrounding Zermatt, with Monte Rosa and the Matterhorn.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Weisshorn
- Mountain.photo
- Alps.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.photo_caption
- North-east view of the Weisshorn
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 4505
- Mountain.prominence
- 1234 m ↓ Furggjoch
- Mountain.isolation
- 11.0 km → Dom
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Monte Rosa
- Mountain.translation
- white peak/mountain
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.location
- Valais, Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Pennine Alps
- Mountain.topo
- Swisstopo 1328 Randa
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 19 August 1861 by John Tyndall with guides J.J. Bennen and Ulrich Wenger
- Mountain.easiest_route
- rock/snow/ice climb
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Geology
- Climbing history
- 1860 attempt
- First ascent
- Other ascents
- 1983 helicopter crash
- Climbing routes
- See also
- References
- External links
The Weisshorn (German, lit. white peak/mountain) is a major peak of Switzerland and the Alps, culminating at above sea level. It is part of the Pennine Alps and is located between the valleys of Anniviers and Zermatt in the canton of Valais. In the latter valley, the Weisshorn is one of the many 4000ers surrounding Zermatt, with Monte Rosa and the Matterhorn.
The Weisshorn was first climbed in 1861 from Randa by the Irish physicist John Tyndall, accompanied by the guides J.J. Bennen and Ulrich Wenger. Nowadays, the Weisshorn Hut is used on the normal route. The Weisshorn is considered by many mountaineers to be the most beautiful mountain in the Alps and Switzerland for its pyramidal shape and pure white slopes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Weisshorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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