Grosses Fiescherhorn is a

mountain peak A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for a ...

of the

Bernese Alps , topo_map= Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo , photo=BerneseAlps.jpg , photo_caption=The Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau , country= Switzerland , subdivision1_type=Cantons , subdivision1= , parent= Western Alps , borders_on= , l ...

, located on the border between the cantons of

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

and ValaisValais, halfway between the

Mönch The Mönch (, German: "monk") at is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland. Together with the Eiger and the Jungfrau, it forms a highly recognisable group of mountains, visible from far away. The Mönch lies on the border between the ca ...

and the

Finsteraarhorn The Finsteraarhorn () is a mountain lying on the border between the cantons of Bern and Valais. It is the highest mountain of the Bernese Alps and the most prominent peak of Switzerland. The Finsteraarhorn is the ninth-highest mountain and thi ...

. At above sea level, its summit culminates over the whole Fiescherhorn massif (german: Fiescherhörner), which is also composed of the slightly lower

Hinteres Fiescherhorn Hinteres Fiescherhorn is a summit of the Bernese Alps and build together with Grosses and Kleines Fiescherhorn the Fiescherhörner. It is located in the Swiss canton of Valais near the border with the canton of Berne. See also *List of 4000 ...

() to the south and

Kleines Fiescherhorn Kleines Fiescherhorn or the Ochs ( en, ox) is a mountain peak of the Bernese Alps, situated on the border between the cantons of Berne and Valais in Switzerland. Together with Grosses and Hinteres Fiescherhorn Hinteres Fiescherhorn is a summ ...

(also called ''Ochs'' aka ox, ) to the east. From the north both are well hidden behind other mountain peaks and can only been seen from ''Isch'' in

Grindelwald Grindelwald is a village and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli (administrative district), Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Berne. In addition ...

(1,095 m). The mountain is shared between the municipalities of Grindelwald and

Fieschertal Fieschertal is a village and municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Besides the village of Fieschertal, the municipality includes the nearby hamlets of Wichul, Zer Flie and Wirbul. History Fieschertal is fi ...

. Ascents are usually made from one of these three popular routes: one starts from the

Mönchsjoch Hut The Mönchsjoch Hut (German: ''Mönchsjochhütte'') is a mountain hut located in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. At an altitude of is one of the highest huts owned by the Swiss Alpine Club. The hut lies just above the Obe ...

, one from the

Konkordia Hut The Konkordia Hut (German: ''Konkordiahütte'') is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located north of Fieschertal in the canton of Valais. The hut lies above Konkordiaplatz, the point of convergence of several glaciers in the great Aletsch G ...

, and the third from the

Finsteraarhorn Hut The Finsteraarhorn Hut (German: ''Finsteraarhornhütte'') is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club, located north of Fieschertal in the canton of Valais. It lies at a height of above sea level at the southern foot of the Finsteraarhorn, the hig ...

Climbing history

The summit was first reached on 23 July 1862 by H. B. George and

Adolphus Warburton Moore Adolphus Warburton Moore (1841–1887) (known generally as A. W. Moore) was a British civil servant and mountaineer. Life The son of Major John Arthur Moore and Sophia Stewart Yates, Moore was an India Office official from 1858 to 1887, holding ...

, with guides

Christian Almer 220px, Christian Almer Christian Almer (29 March 1826 – 17 May 1898) was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascentionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alps during the golden and silver ages of alpinism. Almer was born and died i ...

and Ulrich Kaufmann. They used what is now the normal route, the south-west ridge.Helmut Dumler,Willi P. Burkhardt, ''Les 4000 des Alpes'', The north side of the mountain was first climbed in 1926. On 13 August, W. Amstutz and P. von Schumacher reached the summit after a 15-hour ascent via the north ridge, which is the northern boundary of the Fiescherwand. The first direct ascent on the Fiescherwand was made by W. Welzenbach and H. Tillmann in 1930. Welzenbach was an expert climber, who disputed the common idea of his time that an ascent of the Fiescherwand was impossible. The previous year, in 1929, Welzenbach and Tillmann climbed the north ridge in only 8.5 hours. The following year they started the ascent of the Fiescherwand on the morning of 5 September 1930, taking a line that ran directly to the summit. They reached the top that evening, after a 12-hour ascent.

References

External links

Grosses Fiescherhorn on SummitPost

Grosses Fiescherhorn (Die Viertausender der Alpen)
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