Cathedral (mountain)

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Dom
Cathedral from the north, from the Nadelhorn

Cathedral from the north, from the Nadelhorn

height 4545  m above sea level M.
location Canton of Valais , Switzerland
Mountains Mischabel group , Valais Alps
Dominance 16.6 km →  Nordend
Notch height 1046 m ↓  New Weisstor
Coordinates 632 497  /  104808 coordinates: 46 ° 5 '38 "  N , 7 ° 51' 32"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and thirty-two thousand four hundred ninety-seven  /  104808
Dom (mountain) (canton of Valais)
Cathedral (mountain)
First ascent September 11, 1858 by J. Llewellyn Davies, Johann Zumtaugwald , Johann Kronig and Hieronymous Brantschen
Normal way North flank (II), glacier tour
Left Täschhorn, then Dom and Lenzspitze in winter 2006 from Mittelallalin

Left Täschhorn , then Dom and Lenzspitze in winter 2006 from Mittelallalin

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The cathedral in the Valais Alps is 4545  m above sea level. M. the highest mountain, the entire base of which lies within Switzerland .

Location and surroundings

The cathedral belongs to the Mischabel group , the second highest mountain massif in Switzerland after Monte Rosa . It was named in honor of the canon of Sitten , Joseph Anton Berchtold . In some cases it is also recorded that Berchtold called the entire Mischabel "Dom" during the surveying work (1833) that he himself carried out. It is doubtful whether this was done in honor of his own class.

Mountain range of the cathedral seen from a pass
The Dom massif seen from the Zwischenbergen Pass .

Ascent

The cathedral was climbed for the first time on September 11, 1858 by J. Llewellyn Davies, Johannes Zumtaugwald , Johann Kronig and Hieronymous Brantschen via the northwest ridge.

The normal route leads from Randa ( 1,407  m above sea level ) in the Mattertal, initially via hiking trails and secured climbs to the Domhütte ( 2940  m above sea level ). The actual alpine tour then begins there. Via the Festigletscher you reach the Festijoch, from where the rather difficult Festigrat leads to the summit. The normal ascent, however, takes place via the technically simpler, but objectively more dangerous (crevasses) route over the Hohberg glacier . Both climbs lead over a narrow, exposed firn ridge to the summit.

The cathedral is also a ski mountain, the first ski ascent was achieved on July 18, 1917 by the British Sir Arnold Lunn with the guide Joseph Knubel .

photos

  • Domhütte

  • Cathedral seen from the west

  • View from the cathedral to the Matterhorn

  • At the summit

literature

  • Helmut Dumler, Willi P. Burkhardt: Four-thousanders in the Alps. 12th, updated edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7633-7427-2 .

Web links

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