Grünhorn

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Grünhorn
Elevation 4,043 metres (13,264 ft)
Location Switzerland
Range Bernese Alps
Prominence 387 metres (1,270 ft)
Coordinates 46°31′55″N 8°04′40″E / 46.532, 8.07772
First ascent 7 August 1865
Easiest route Glaciated tour

The Grünhorn (also the Gross-Grünhorn) (4,043 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps range of the Swiss Alps.

The starting point for the usual ascent by the Grünegghorn and the south-west ridge is the Konkordiahütte alpine hut at 2,850m, which can be reached from Fiesch (1,049m).

The first ascent was made on August 7, 1865 by the Bernese mineralogist Edmund von Fellenberg with guides Peter Michel, Peter Egger and Peter Inäbnit.[1] The second ascent was made by W. A. B. Coolidge with guides Christian and Rudolf Almer (sons of Christian Almer).[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994, p. 49
  2. ^ The High Mountains of the Alps, p. 49

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