Oeschinenhorn

Oeschinenhorn
from the left Rothorn, Blüemlisalphorn , Oeschinenhorn, Fründenhorn
height	3486  m above sea level M.
location	Canton of Bern , Switzerland
Mountains	Bernese Alps
Dominance	0.39 km →  Blüemlisalp
Coordinates	625 217  /  148 111 coordinates: 46 ° 29 '2 "  N , 7 ° 46' 1"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred twenty-five thousand two hundred and seventeen  /  one hundred and forty-eight thousand one hundred eleven
First ascent	1874
Normal way	Via the northwest ridge from the Fründenhütte ( ZS- )

The Oeschinenhorn is a 3486 m high mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland .

East of the summit is situated with the Blüemlisalphorn, the Wyssen woman and the morning the horn Blüemlisalp , west which closes over the Oeschinenjoch (3172 m) Fründenhorn in which further to doldenhorn over passes. To the south, the Oeschinenhorn falls in a steep rock face onto the Kanderfirn . The north-west ridge leads north towards Oeschinensee . This ridge is located between the Vorderen Blüemlisalpgletscher (east) and the Oeschinengletscher (west).

Summit routes

The starting point for an ascent is the Fründenhütte (2562 m), which can be reached from Kandersteg .

The Oeschinenhorn is rarely climbed as the only tour destination.

The normal route to the summit leads over the northwest ridge. From the summit it is possible to cross over the southwest ridge to the Blüemlisalphorn ( ZS , III. Degree ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oeschinenhorn on romankoch.ch ( Memento from September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Ueli Mosimann: Alpine tours in the Bernese Alps. From the Sanetsch Pass to the Grimsel . SAC-Verlag, Bern 1999, ISBN 3-85902-183-4 , p. 148.