Schinhorn
| Schinhorn | ||
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 Schinhorn (left) and Hollandiahütte from the Lötschenlücke |
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| height | 3797 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Blatten , Naters | |
| Mountains | Bernese Alps | |
| Dominance | 3.9 km → Aletschhorn | |
| Notch height | 423 m ↓ saddle gap, 3374 m | |
| Coordinates | 639030 / 144595 | |
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| First ascent | August 30, 1869 | |
| Normal way | South flank, WS | |
The Schinhorn is 3797 m above sea level. M. high mountain in the Bernese Alps .
location
The mountain is located in the canton of Valais between the upper Lötschental in the north and the Oberaletschtal in the south and east. To the southwest it is connected to the similarly high Breithorn via the Beichgrat (3294 m above sea level) , to the northeast a ridge runs over the Distlighorn and the Sattelhorn to the Aletschhorn and to the south a ridge runs over the Wysshorn to the confluence of the Beich Glacier and Oberaletsch Glacier .
To the north of the Schinhorn there are three small slope glaciers , the northernmost of which was still connected to the Lang glacier in 2008 . The eastern flank serves as a nutrient zone for the Oberaletsch glacier, while the southwest flank feeds the Beich glacier, which is the western tributary of the Oberaletsch glacier. The runoff occurs in the north via the Lonza and in the south via the Massa to the Rhone and from there into the Mediterranean .
Routes
The Schinhorn was first climbed by Ernst Justus Haeberlin with Johann and Andreas von Weissenfluh on August 30, 1869.
Although the mountain offers an excellent view of the surrounding peaks of the Bernese Alps and the Valais Alps , it is relatively rarely climbed. This is due on the one hand to its secluded location, on the other hand to its lower height compared to the more imposing neighboring peaks. The easiest ascent leads from the Oberaletschhütte over the southern flank to the summit and is rated as WS on the SAC high-altitude tour scale. On the flank of the summit one encounters snow slopes with a steep 42–45 °, which often have bare ice in late summer. Other, more difficult routes exist from the Lötschenlücke ( Hollandiahütte ) or from the Beichpass (Anenhütte). The ski tour difficulty is WS + from below the summit slope, from the summit it is S +.
Web links
- Schinhorn on the ETHorama platform
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beichgrat on ETHorama
- ↑ map of Switzerland 1: 50,000, sheet 264T Virgin . Federal Office for Topography, Wabern 2015, ISBN 978-3-302-30264-5 .
- ↑ Schinhorn 3797m. Retrieved March 14, 2017 .