Needle horn

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Needle horn
Nadelhorn from the northeast, from Ulrichshorn, on the right the Nadelgrat with Stecknadelhorn and Hohberghorn

Nadelhorn from the northeast, from Ulrichshorn , on the right the Nadelgrat with Stecknadelhorn and Hohberghorn

height 4327  m above sea level M.
location Canton of Valais , Switzerland
Mountains Mischabel group , Valais Alps
Dominance 1.7 km →  Dom
Notch height 206 m ↓  Lenzjoch
Coordinates 632 879  /  106465 coordinates: 46 ° 6 '32 "  N , 7 ° 51' 50"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and thirty-two thousand eight hundred seventy-nine  /  106465
Nadelhorn (Canton of Valais)
Needle horn
First ascent September 16, 1858 by Franz Andenmatten , Baptiste Epiney, Aloys Supersaxo, Joseph Zimmermann
Normal way Northeast ridge from Windjoch (I, WS)

The Nadelhorn is located in the Valais Alps and is 4327  m above sea level. M. It belongs to Mischabelgruppe , after the Monte Rosa group, the second highest mountain range of Switzerland .

The first ascent of the Nadelhorn took place on September 16, 1858 by Franz Andenmatten , Baptiste Epiney, Aloys Supersaxo and Joseph Zimmermann over the north-east ridge , which is still used today as a normal route . The aim was to set up a trigonometric signal .

Location and surroundings

Spherical panorama from Nadelhorn Show
as spherical panorama

The three ridges of the Nadelhorn end in a small and pointed peak that only offers space for a few climbers at a time. The Nadelhorn is the summit of the Mischabel , which (when viewed from the north) most closely deserves the name “Nadel”. However, the name probably comes from an oval hole, "Nadelloch", which is clearly visible from the Festijoch when climbing to the cathedral. It is located around 10 meters northwest of the highest point.

The Nadelhorn is a possible exit point from the Nadelgrat ; The entire Nadelgrat turns south on the Nadelhorn to the Lenzspitze .

The Ried Glacier starts on the firn-covered northern flank of the Nadelhorn ; to the east is the Hohbalm Glacier .

literature

  • Helmut Dumler, Willi P. Burkhardt: Four-thousanders in the Alps. 12th, updated edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7633-7427-2 .
  • Richard Goedeke: 4000s. The normal ways. With the description of the normal climbs on all four-thousand-meter peaks in the Alps - including those of the new UIAA list. 5th edition, revised edition. Berg bei Bruckmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7654-3401-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Goedeke: 4000er. 5th edition, revised edition. 1998, p. 77.

Web links

Commons : Nadelhorn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Nadelhorn at 4000m - the four-thousanders of the Alps