Rimpfischhorn

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Rimpfischhorn
Rimpfischhorn, seen from the Allalinhorn

Rimpfischhorn, seen from the Allalinhorn

height 4199  m above sea level M.
location Canton of Valais , Switzerland
Mountains Valais Alps , Mischabel
Dominance 4.61 km →  Alphubel
Notch height 642 m ↓  Allalin Pass
Coordinates 634 480  /  96932 coordinates: 46 ° 1 '23 "  N , 7 ° 53' 2"  O ; CH1903:  634480  /  ninety-six thousand nine hundred and thirty-two
Rimpfischhorn (Canton of Valais)
Rimpfischhorn
First ascent September 9, 1859 by Melchior Anderegg , Leslie Stephen , Robert Liveing and Johannes Zumtaugwald
Normal way Southwest ridge

The Rimpfischhorn is a four-thousand-meter peak in the Valais Alps in the area between the Monte Rosa group in the south and the Mischabel group in the north. Starting points for the ascent are Zermatt or Saas Fee .

The first ascent was made on September 9, 1859 by Melchior Anderegg , Leslie Stephen , Robert Liveing and Johannes Zumtaugwald .

Albert Siebenmorgen was one of the oldest people who ever climbed the Rimpfischhorn . He was 77 years old at the time.

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

Commons : Rimpfischhorn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Reinehr: Albert Siebenmorgen, the "Leonardo von Immekeppel" . In: Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (Hrsg.): Rheinisch-Bergischer Calendar . tape 1998 . Heider, Bergisch Gladbach 1997, ISBN 3-87314-322-4 , p. 151-155 .