Blinnenhorn Explained

Blinnenhorn
Other Name:	Corno Cieco
Elevation M:	3374
Prominence M:	945
Prominence Ref:	^[1]
Isolation Km:	12.8
Isolation Ref:	^[2]
Listing:	Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Parent Peak:	Dammastock
Map:	Alps
Location:	Valais, Switzerland/Piedmont, Italy
Range:	Lepontine Alps
Coordinates:	46.4259°N 8.308°W
First Ascent:	5 September 1866 by Sedley Taylor, Johann Tännler, and Franz Guntern (or Guntren)^[3] ^[4]

The Blinnenhorn (German) or Corno Cieco (Italian) is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between Italy and Switzerland. On the north-east side lies the Gries Glacier.

See also

• List of mountains of Valais
• List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland

External links

• Blinnenhorn on Hikr

Notes and References

1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Furka Pass (2,429)
2. Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is southeast of the Galmihorn.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=PYc5AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA410 Summary of new ascents; Lepontine Alps
4. F Gardiner, Excursions in the Lepontine Alps, The Alpine Journal, November 1878