Brunegghorn
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 Brunegghorn (left) and Bishorn (far right) from the northeast |
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| height | 3833 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Canton of Valais , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Valais Alps , Weisshorn Group | |
| Dominance | 1.7 km → Bishorn | |
| Notch height | 286 m ↓ Bisjoch | |
| Coordinates | 623 729 / 108290 | |
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| First ascent | 13.7.1853 Pastor Josef Tantignoni and Chaplain Franz Xaver Tantignoni from St.Niklaus and Hieronymus Brantschen from Randa, who was ordained a priest in 1867 | |
| Normal way | From the Turtmannhütte via Bruneggjoch, Brunegg Glacier and the upper southwest ridge | |
The Brunegghorn ( 3833 m above sea level ) is a summit in the Valais Alps on the west side of the Mattertal above Herbriggen . It is a good 3½ kilometers northeast of the Weisshorn (4505 m) and about 2½ kilometers east-northeast of the Bishorn (4153 m). The summit sends ridges to the northwest, northeast, and southwest. Seen from the lower Mattertal, the Brunegghorn with its up to 57 ° steep north face is the dominant mountain. The broad, brittle southeast side, from the base of which the Randa landslide began in 1991, is completely opposite to the north face .
The four-kilometer-long Brunegg Glacier extends northwest of the mountain , while the Abberg Glacier below the north face is significantly smaller . On the east side of the mountain, there are two other smaller glacier remains , the Holz glacier and the Ross glacier.
Routes
The normal route leads over the Bruneggjoch (3365 m) located between Schöllihorn and Brunegghorn. This yoke can be reached from the Topalihütte or the Turtmannhütte , in the first case it is crossed, in the second case you pass just below it. From the yoke you climb west of the rocky north-west ridge over firn in a southerly direction to the firn saddle east of P. 3671 and there you reach the southwest ridge. A broad bergschrund can cause problems here late in the year . On the west side of the often monitored ridge, you reach the summit via snow and gravel. It takes about 3 hours to get to Bruneggjoch from both huts, and from there to the summit another 1½ to 2 hours.
It is somewhat more difficult to climb from Bruneggjoch directly over the north-west ridge to the summit, there are climbing difficulties of difficulty II to be mastered, but this route can be more advantageous in early summer than the usual normal route.
Further climbing possibilities are the northeast ridge from the Topalihütte or the north face.
In spring this peak is often climbed as part of a ski tour .
Literature and maps
- Michael Waeber: Area Guide Valais Alps . 13th edition, Bergverlag Rother , Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7633-2416-X
- National map of Switzerland 1: 25,000, sheet 1329, margin
Web links
- Brunegghorn on the ETHorama platform
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Imboden: Berge: Beruf, Berufung, Schicksal , Rotten Verlag , Visp, 2013, ISBN 3-907624-48-3 , pp. 50 and 108