Weissmies
| Weissmies | ||
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 Weissmies with the Trift Glacier in the foreground |
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| height | 4017 m above sea level M. | |
| location | Valais , Switzerland | |
| Mountains | Valais Alps , Weissmies group | |
| Dominance | 11 km → Lenzspitze | |
| Notch height | 1186 m ↓ Mondellipass | |
| Coordinates | 644 312 / 108638 | |
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| rock | Gneiss | |
| First ascent | August 1855 by Jakob Christian Heusser and Peter Joseph Zurbriggen | |
| Normal way | From the Weissmieshütte or Hohsaas over the Trift Glacier and the northwest flank. | |
The Weissmies is a 4017 m above sea level. M. high mountain of the Valais Alps in Switzerland . On the side facing the Saas Valley , the mountain is glaciated, while on the east and south sides rock faces dominate the picture. Valley locations are Saas-Grund and Saas-Almagell .
The first ascent was made at the end of August 1855 by Jakob Christian Heusser from Zurich and Peter Joseph Zurbriggen, a notary from the canton of Valais . The starting point was the Almageller Alp.
The Weissmies got its name from the dialect form "Mies", which means something like "Moos". Weissmies therefore means "white moss".
The majority of the ascent takes place via the two normal routes: From Hohsaas ( 3098 m ) or the Weissmieshütten ( 2726 m ) above the Saas Valley over the crevasse Trift glacier , the northwest flank and the upper west ridge (Trift ridge) in 3½-4 hours or from the Almagellerhütte ( 2896 m ) over the Zwischenbergen Pass and the south ridge with a time expenditure of 4–5 hours.
literature
- Marianne Bauer, Michael Waeber: Walliser Alps. Area guide for hikers, mountaineers and climbers. The most popular climbs to all major peaks. 14th, completely revised edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7633-2416-3 .
- Hermann Biner: Alpine tours in Valais. From Trient to the Nufenen Pass. 3rd edition, reprint. SAC-Verlag, Bern 2007, ISBN 3-85902-204-0 .
- Helmut Dumler, Willi P. Burkhardt: Four-thousanders in the Alps. 12th, updated edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7633-7427-2 .
