Gross Grünhorn
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 Gross Grünhorn from the east, from the Finsteraarhornhütte |
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| height | 4043.5 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Canton of Valais , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Bernese Alps | |
| Dominance | 2.5 km → Gross Fiescherhorn | |
| Notch height | 305 m ↓ Small green horn gap | |
| Coordinates | 649 013 / 153 604 | |
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| First ascent | August 7, 1865 by Peter Michel, Edmund von Fellenberg , Peter Egger and Peter Inäbnit | |
The Gross Grünhorn (also called Grosses Grünhorn ) is 4043.5 m above sea level. M. a four-thousand-meter peak in the Bernese Alps , which is in the Swiss canton of Valais . The summit structure consists of amphibolite rock containing green hornblende (amphibole), from which the name of the mountain is derived.
The first ascent was made on August 7, 1865 by Peter Michel, Edmund von Fellenberg , Peter Egger and Peter Inäbnit.
On April 28, 2011, his 52nd birthday, the Swiss extreme mountaineer Erhard Loretan died in a crash on the Grünhorn.
The starting point for the normal route over the Grünegghorn ( 3863 m ) and the southwest ridge is the Konkordia hut ( 2850 m ), accessible from Fiesch ( 1049 m ).
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
- Gross Grünhorn at 4000m - the four-thousanders of the Alps
Individual evidence
- ^ Edmund von Fellenberg : Breithorn and Gross-Grünhorn. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Alpine Club. Vol. 3, 1866, ZDB ID 217189-2 , pp. 293-328 .
- ↑ Mountain guide Loretan killed in crash - brilliant career and private tragedy. In: Tages-Anzeiger , April 29, 2011.