Mother horns

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Mother horns
Gross Muttenhorn from the northwest

Gross Muttenhorn from the northwest

height 3099  m above sea level M.
location Border canton Valais / Canton Uri , Switzerland
Mountains Gotthard massif
Dominance 4.16 km →  Pizzo Rotondo
Notch height 292 m ↓  Witenwasserenpass
Coordinates 675 822  /  155 507 coordinates: 46 ° 32 '48 "  N , 8 ° 25' 38"  O ; CH1903:  675822  /  155,507
Muttenhörner (Canton of Valais)
Mother horns
Normal way From the Furkapass via Tällilücke and Westgrat

The Muttenhörner are a little more than two kilometers long rock ridge in the Gotthard massif in the Lepontine Alps south of the Furka Pass . The highest point is the Gross Muttenhorn ( 3,099  m above sea level ). The ridge running from the Gross Muttenhorn in a south-easterly direction forms the border between the Swiss cantons of Uri and Valais . Other named summit points along the ridge are the Chli Muttenhorn ( 3,024  m above sea level ) and the Stotzig Muttenhorn ( 3,062  m above sea level ).

Location and surroundings

The Gross Muttenhorn as the northwestern end point of the Muttenhörner is also the highest point of the rock ridge. It sends out four ridges, to the west to the Tällistock ( 2860  m above sea level ), to the north over the Blaubergpass 2862  m above sea level. M. , Griegufergrat , Blauberg ( 2862  m above sea level ) to Furkapass, east to Muttenstöck ( 2611  m above sea level ) and the south ridge represents the beginning of the rock ridge of the Muttenhorns. Located between the west and north ridge of the Gross Muttenhorn the Mutt Glacier .

The ridge of the Muttenhörner is weathered and bears a series of sharp-edged, gneiss and granite peaks, which, however, protrude only slightly above the central ridge line. From the Gross Muttenhorn, this rock ridge initially runs south, sinks into a notch ( 2935  m above sea level ), then turns to the southeast and climbs up to the Chli Muttenhorn again to over 3000 meters. The Stotzig Muttenhorn marks the last prominent peak of the Muttenhörner in the southeast, before the ridge descends to Muttenlücke ( 2846  m above sea level ). Not far from the Muttenlücke, another rock ridge branches off at right angles from the Muttenhörner rock ridge to the southwest, the Saashörner , the highest point of which is 3,036 meters. To the northeast of the Stotzig Muttenhorn lies the Mutten Glacier , to the south of the Saas Glacier .

Climbs

The Gross Muttenhorn is by far the most visited summit of the Muttenhorns. The easiest route leads from the Furka Pass over the Tällilücke and the West Ridge, it is rated T4 on the SAC hiking scale , there are climbing difficulties of the I degree to be mastered. From the pass road, it first goes south on a good, marked hiking trail west of the Blauberg into the valley of the Mutt glacier . In the moraine fields , the wide path turns into a narrow path, turns west, at the next fork in the path, keep left and climb up to the valley gap. The route now leads past the west side of the Tällistock, the trail marking ends at Pt. 2769. On the south side of the Tällistock the trail turns east, after going around it you reach Pt. 2799 on the west ridge of the Gross Muttenhorn. Follow this partly wide and partly exposed ridge to the east. After some up and down you reach Pt. 2985, a pre-summit of the Gross Muttenhorn. After a few meters, rugged ridge peaks get in the way, these are bypassed on the south side, whereby you descend about 30 meters and cross on a kind of band under the rock ridge. After this key point you reach the ridge again and over the rubble the summit. From the Furka pass it takes between 2½ and 3½ hours.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b swisstopo , accessed on September 1, 2012.
  2. ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 3: Krailigen - Plentsch . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1905, p. 503, keyword Muttenhörner   ( scan of the lexicon page ).
  3. ↑ a b p. U. F. Joos, hiking destination summit. Upper Valais. Page 58ff, see literature
  4. ^ A b Waeber, Steinbichler: Walliser Wanderberge. Page 20f, see literature