Helsenhorn
| Helsenhorn | ||
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 View towards Helsenhorn, Mottiscia and Hillehorn |
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| height | 3272.1 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Canton of Valais , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Leone group in the Alps | |
| Dominance | 8.35 km → Monte Leone | |
| Notch height | 586 m ↓ Furggubäumlicke | |
| Coordinates | 658016 / 128432 | |
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| First ascent | probably in August 1887 by Weilenmann | |
The Helsenhorn is at 3272 m above sea level. M. the highest point in the municipality of Grengiols . It is located near the Italian border between the Hillehorn and the Scherbadung (Pizzo Cervandone) in the canton of Valais , Switzerland . The classic route leads from Heiligkreuz in Binntal to Chummesee over the Ritterpass and the Helsegletscher to the Helsenhorn. Below its 700 meter deep west flank is the Chriegalp Pass, which is prone to rockfall, with its huge rock glacier.
Mountain range
The mountain is located in the Monte-Leone-Blinnenhorn group of the Valais Alps, which is described here separately as the Leone group .
First ascent
There is evidence that the mountain was first climbed in 1887 by Johann Jakob Weilenmann .
Web links
- Helsenhorn on hikr.org
- Helsenhorn on the ETHorama platform
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Biner: Mountaineering in Wallis, From Trient to the Nufenen Pass. SAC-Verlag, Bern 2002, ISBN 978-3-85902-204-1 , p. 500.
- ^ A b Ernst Höhne: Knaur's Lexicon for Mountain Friends / The Alps between Matterhorn and Lake Constance . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-426-26223-1 , p. 144 .