The Allalinhorn () is a
mountain
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in the
Pennine Alps
The Pennine Alps (, , , ), sometimes referred to as the Valais Alps (which are just the Northern Swiss part of the Pennine Alps), are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Italy (the Aosta Valley and Piedmont) an ...
in
Switzerland
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. It lies between
Zermatt
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and
Saas-Fee
Saas-Fee () is the main village in the Saastal, or the Saas Valley, and is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The village is situated on a high mountain plateau at 1,800 meters (5,900 feet), surrounded ...
in the canton of
Valais
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, and is part of the Mischabel range, which culminates at the
Dom (4,545 m).
It was first climbed by London barrister Edward Levi Ames, a member of the Imseng family and Franz-Josef Andenmatten on 28 August 1856.
The building of the Metro Alpin funicular to the
Mittelallalin
The Mittelallalin () is a minor summit below the Allalinhorn situated above Saas Fee. This place is well known for the revolving restaurant which is the highest in the world and a glacier cave.
Access
Mittelallalin can be reached easily by cab ...
(3456 m) just below the north-east face has turned the mountain into one of the easiest and popular 4000-metre peaks of the
Alps
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...
,
when climbed by the standard route (WNW Ridge, difficulty
Grade
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F). On the
normal route
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, climbers can ride up to the Mittelallalin; from there, there are only about 500 vertical metres to tackle. However, even the 'easiest' route still has objective dangers from
crevasse
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s and should not be attempted by inexperienced mountaineers without a
mountain guide
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or adequate crevasse rescue training.
See also
*
List of 4000 metre peaks of the Alps
This list tabulates all of the 82 official mountain summits of or more in height in the Alps, as defined by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA). All are located within France, Italy or Switzerland, and are often refer ...
References
External links
The Allalinhorn on SummitPostThe Allalinhorn on Mount Wiki
Alpine four-thousanders
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Valais
Pennine Alps
Mountains of Switzerland
Four-thousanders of Switzerland
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