Bishorn
Sign in to saveThe Bishorn (4,151 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland, just north of the Weisshorn.
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- Mountain.name
- Bishorn
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- Bishorn01.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Northern wall
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 4151
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 90
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Weisshorn
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.location
- Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Pennine Alps
- Mountain.first_ascent
- G. S. Barnes and R. Chessyre-Walker with guides Joseph Imboden and J. M. Chanton on 18 August 1884
- Mountain.easiest_route
- North-west flank, (F)
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The Bishorn (4,151 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. The west and higher summit (4,151 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bishorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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