Bortelhorn

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Bortelhorn / Punta del Rebbio
Hillehorn and Bortelhorn (right), 1970

Hillehorn and Bortelhorn (right), 1970

height 3194  m
location Switzerland ( Upper Valais ) / Italy
Mountains Lepontine Alps
Dominance 4.2 km →  Wasenhorn
Notch height 430 m ↓  Ritterpass
Coordinates , ( CH ) 46 ° 17 '40 "  N , 8 ° 7' 32"  O ( 652 936  /  127248 ) coordinates: 46 ° 17 '40 "  N , 8 ° 7' 32"  O ; CH1903:  652936  /  127248
Bortelhorn (Canton of Valais)
Bortelhorn
Normal way Bortelhütten - Bortel Glacier - Southwest Ridge - Bortelhorn - Northwest Ridge - Simplon Pass

The Bortelhorn (ital. Punta del Rebbio ) is a 3194  m above sea level. M. high mountain of the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland on the Italian-Swiss border ( province Verbano-Cusio-Ossola , Piedmont , in Italy and district Brig , canton Valais , in Switzerland). The small Bortel glacier (2670 to 3060  m ) is located on the western slope . The Bortelsee is an artificial lake that was created from 1987 to 1990 as a head storage for the Bortel power plant . The Bortelhütten is located at 2107  m below the west wall.

Bortelhorn viewed from the Gantertal (2019)

Web links

Commons : Bortelhorn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bortelhorn on the map of the Federal Office for Topography
  2. EnBAG (ed.): Bortel power plant . ( enbag.ch [PDF]).