Grosses Wannenhorn

Mountain in the Bernese Alps
Grosses Wannenhorn is located in Switzerland
Grosses Wannenhorn
Grosses Wannenhorn
Location in Switzerland
CountrySwitzerlandCantonValaisParent rangeBernese AlpsTopo mapswisstopoClimbingFirst ascent1864 (Gottlieb Studer and team)

The Grosses Wannenhorn is a 3906-metre mountain in the Bernese Alps, in the Swiss canton of Valais near the village of Fiesch. It is part of the Walliser Fiescherhörner. The mountain separates the Aletsch Glacier to the west from the Fiescher Glacier to the east.

The Grosses Wannenhorn is rocky, while its southern counterpart, the Kleines Wannenhorn, is somewhat flatter. The mountain's east side is heavily glaciated, while the west side is a steep slope intermittently broken by ice fields.

The mountain was first climbed by Gottlieb Studer and team in 1864.

The Aletsch Glacier and the Gross Wannenhorn (right), from the Bettmerhorn

See also

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References

  1. ^ Retrieved from the swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Grünhornlücke (3,270 m).

External links

  • The Grosses Wannenhorn on Hikr
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