Grosses Fiescherhorn on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Grosses Fiescherhorn is a mountain peak of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the cantons of
The summit was first reached on 23 July 1862 by H. B. George and Adolphus Warburton Moore, with guides Christian Almer 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.
Grosses Fiescherhorn on SummitPost
Grosses Fiescherhorn (Die Viertausender der Alpen)
{{Authority control Alpine four-thousanders Bernese Alps Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of Valais Mountains of the canton of Bern Bern–Valais border Four-thousanders of Switzerland pt:Fiescherhorn
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 and the Finsteraarhorn. At above sea level, its summit culminates over the whole Fiescherhorn massif (german: Fiescherhörner), which is also composed of the slightly lower Hinteres Fiescherhorn () to the south and Kleines Fiescherhorn (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 (1,095 m). The mountain is shared between the municipalities of Grindelwald and Fieschertal.
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, and the third from the Finsteraarhorn Hut.
Climbing history
The summit was first reached on 23 July 1862 by H. B. George and Adolphus Warburton Moore, with guides Christian Almer 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.
See also
* List of 4000 metre peaks of the AlpsReferences
External links
Grosses Fiescherhorn on SummitPost
Grosses Fiescherhorn (Die Viertausender der Alpen)
{{Authority control Alpine four-thousanders Bernese Alps Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of Valais Mountains of the canton of Bern Bern–Valais border Four-thousanders of Switzerland pt:Fiescherhorn