Bishorn
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| Bishorn | |
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Northern wall
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| Parent peak | Weisshorn |
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 Bishorn
Location in Switzerland
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| Location | Switzerland |
| Parent range | Pennine Alps |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | G. S. Barnes and R. Chessyre-Walker with guides Joseph Imboden and J. M. Chanton on 18 August 1884 |
| Easiest route | North-west flank, (F) |
The Bishorn (4,153 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland, just north of the Weisshorn.
The mountain has two distinct summits, separated by a 600-metre easy-angled snow ridge.
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- The west and higher summit (4,153 m), first ascent by G. S. Barnes and R. Chessyre-Walker with guides Joseph Imboden and J. M. Chanton on 18 August 1884.
- The east summit (Pointe Burnaby, 4,134 m), first ascent by Elizabeth Burnaby with guides Joseph Imboden and Peter Sarbach on 6 May 1884.
Huts serving the peak are the Cabane de Tracuit (3,256 m) and the Turtmann hut (2,519 m).
File:Turtmanngletscher.jpg
The Bishorn (left, background) and the Turtmann Glacier (right)
File:BishornWeisshorn.jpg
Bishorn and Weisshorn (right)
References
- Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994
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