Grosses Wannenhorn Explained

Grosses Wannenhorn
Photo Size:285
Elevation M:3906
Prominence M:636
Prominence Ref:[1]
Parent Peak:Finsteraarhorn
Listing:Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Map:Switzerland
Region Type:Canton
Region:Valais
Country:Switzerland
Range:Bernese Alps
Coordinates:46.4938°N 8.0976°W
Topo:swisstopo
First Ascent:1864 (Gottlieb Studer and team)

The Grosses Wannenhorn is a 3906-metre mountain in the Bernese Alps, in the Swiss canton of Valais near the village of Fiesch. It is part of the Walliser Fiescherhörner. The mountain separates the Aletsch Glacier to the west from the Fiescher Glacier to the east.

The east side of the Grosses Wannenhorn is heavily glaciated, while the west side is a steep slope intermittently broken by ice fields. In the southeast, there lies the rocky sub-peak Kleines Wannenhorn (3707 m).

The mountain was first climbed by Gottlieb Studer and team in 1864.

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Notes and References

  1. Retrieved from the swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Grünhornlücke (3,270 m).