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The Grosses Wannenhorn is a 3906-metre 
The Grosses Wannenhorn on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of Switzerland Bernese Alps Mountains of Valais Three-thousanders of Switzerland {{Valais-mountain-stub
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...
in the Bernese Alps
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, in the Swiss canton of Valais
Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the 26 cantons forming the Sw ...
near the village of Fiesch
Fiesch is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Nearby Fiescheralp is administered by Fiesch and is accessible by the Eggishorn lift.
It has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site for its view of ...
. It is part of the Walliser Fiescherhörner Walliser may refer to:
* people from the Swiss canton of Valais (German: Wallis)
* Pennine Alps (German: ''Walliser Alpen'')
* Walliser German, an Alemannic dialect spoken in Valais and other regions of the Alps
* Cole Walliser (born 1981), a Cana ...
. The mountain separates the Aletsch Glacier
The Aletsch Glacier (german: Aletschgletscher, ) or Great Aletsch Glacier () is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about (2014), has about a volume of (2011), and covers about (2011) in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss ca ...
to the west from the Fiescher Glacier
The Fiescher Glacier (''Fieschergletscher'' in German) is a valley glacier on the south side of the Bernese Alps in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. in length, it is the second longest glacier in the Alps. The glacier covers an area of .
The ...
to the east.
The Grosses Wannenhorn is rocky, while its southern counterpart, the Kleines Wannenhorn, is somewhat flatter. The mountain's east side is heavily glaciated, while the west side is a steep slope intermittently broken by ice fields.
The mountain was first climbed by Gottlieb Studer
Gottlieb Samuel Studer (5 August 1804, Langnau im Emmental – 22 December 1890, Vienna) was a Swiss mountaineer, notary public and draughtsman.
Studer was the son of Sigmund Gottlieb Studer. After the death of his father, the Studer family mo ...
and team in 1864.
See also
*List of mountains of the Alps above 3000 m
This page tabulates only the most prominent mountains of the Alps, selected for having a topographic prominence of ''at least'' , and all of them exceeding in height. Although the list contains 537 summits, some significant alpine mountains ar ...
*List of mountains of Switzerland
This article contains a sortable table of many of the major mountains and hills of Switzerland. The table only includes those summits that have a topographic prominence of at least above other points, and ranks them by height and prominence. The ...
References
External links
The Grosses Wannenhorn on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of Switzerland Bernese Alps Mountains of Valais Three-thousanders of Switzerland {{Valais-mountain-stub