Tschingelhorn

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Tschingelhorn

The Tschingelhorn (centre, background) and the Lauterbrunnen Wetterhorn (right, foreground)
Elevation 3,562 metres (11,686 ft)
Location Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Range Bernese Alps
First ascent 6 September 1865 by Heinrich Feuz, W. H. Hawker, and Ulrich and Christian Lauener
Easiest route South couloir (F)

The Tschingelhorn (3,562 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland.

The first ascent was made by Heinrich Feuz, W. H. Hawker, and Ulrich and Christian Lauener on 6 September 1865.

W. A. B. Coolidge's dog 'Tschingel' (d. 1879) – a gift to Coolidge from Swiss guide Christian Almer in 1868 – was named after the mountain; she made eleven first ascents in the Alps and completed 66 grandes courses, and was nominated but not accepted as an honorary member of the Alpine Club on account of her gender.[1]

[edit] Huts

  • Mutthornhütte (2,898 m)[2]
  • Schmadrihütte (2,262 m)[3]

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