Border summit

Border summit
The border summit is the left of the labeled ridge elevations (seen from the north end from the north)
height	4618  m above sea level M.
location	Border Piedmont , Italy / Canton Valais , Switzerland
Mountains	Monte Rosa , Valais Alps
Dominance	0.1 km →  Dunantspitze
Notch height	10 m
Coordinates , ( CH )	45 ° 56 '12 "  N , 7 ° 52' 7"  O ( 633 345  /  87328 ) coordinates: 45 ° 56 '12 "  N , 7 ° 52' 7"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and thirty-three thousand three hundred and forty-five  /  87328

The border summit is 4618  m above sea level. M. high, little independent ridge point on the border between Italy and Switzerland . It is part of Monte Rosa and lies on the border ridge between the Silbersattel ( 4515  m above sea level ) in the north and the Grenzsattel ( 4453  m above sea level ) in the southeast, where the southeast ridge on the Dufourspitze turns more to the east and branches off from the border ridge.

The border summit is mostly approached from Zermatt or from the Rotenboden station of the Gornergratbahn via the Monte Rosa hut . It is seldom climbed as an independent destination, but crossed on the way to the Dufourspitze, especially from the Italian huts Capanna Regina Margherita or from the Gnifettihütte . The border summit also marks the end of the ascent through the Monte Rosa east face (east face of Macugnaga ).

See also

• List of four thousand meter peaks in the Alps

literature

• Helmut Dumler, Willi P. Burkhardt: Four-thousanders in the Alps. 12th, updated edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7633-7427-2 .
• Michael Waeber: Valais Alps. Area guide for hikers, mountaineers and climbers. The most popular climbs to all important peaks with descriptions of all recommended ski tours. 11th edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7633-2416-X .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mountain tours - The 4000m peaks of the Alps. In: thehighrisepages.de. February 26, 2011, accessed May 11, 2013 .