Glishorn

Glishorn
Glishorn seen from Brig
height	2525  m above sea level M.
location	Switzerland , ( Valais )
Mountains	Weissmies group , Valais Alps
Dominance	0.56 km →  Fülhorn
Notch height	46 m ↓  unnamed notch
Coordinates	642 617  /  125959 coordinates: 46 ° 17 '1 "  N , 7 ° 59' 30"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and forty-two thousand six hundred and seventeen  /  125959
Glishorn seen from Schallberg in winter (2019)

The Glishorn is 2525  m above sea level. M. high summit in the Swiss canton of Valais . The summit is the northernmost of the Weissmies chain west of the Simplon Pass and the only one in the chain that is visible from Brig-Glis , the capital of Upper Valais. Immediately behind it the Fülhorn with 2678  m , followed by Spitzhorli , 2737  m .

Although the mountain in the vicinity of the four-thousand-meter peaks in the Valais does not seem anything special, it stands a full 1850 meters above the valley floor of Brig.

Access

The summit is reached via alpine paths from the south-east or south-west.

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Panorama from the Glishorn summit to the east with Brig and Naters in the valley and the Fülhorn in the center of the picture. The Gantertal with the Simplon pass road is visible on the right, below the peaks of Wasenhorn and Monte Leone . On the left, the Bietschhorn is well-detached

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