Strahlhorn

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Strahlhorn

Elevation	4,190 m (13,747 ft)
Prominence	401 m (1,316 ft)^[1]
Parent peak	Rimpfischhorn
Location
Strahlhorn Location in Switzerland
Location	Valais, Switzerland
Range	Pennine Alps
Coordinates	46°00′47.6″N 7°54′06.3″E / 46.013222°N 7.901750°E / 46.013222; 7.901750Coordinates: 46°00′47.6″N 7°54′06.3″E / 46.013222°N 7.901750°E / 46.013222; 7.901750
Climbing
First ascent	15 August 1854 by Christopher Smyth, Ulrich Lauener, Edmund J. Grenville and Franz-Josef Andenmatten
Easiest route	Basic snow climb

The Strahlhorn (4,190 m) is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located south of Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais. It lies on the range that separates the Mattertal from the Saastal and is located approximately halfway between the Rimpfischhorn and the Schwarzberghorn.

Monte Rosa and Strahlhorn (right)

References

↑ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Adlerpass (3,789 m).

Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994

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