Dammastock
Sign in to saveThe Dammastock (3,630 m) is the highest mountain in the Urner Alps in Switzerland and is part of the Winterberg massif. Its summit ridge forms the border between the cantons of Uri and the Valais. It is the highest summit in the canton of Uri. The tripoint between the cantons of Bern, Valais and Uri lies near the Eggstock, north of the Dammastock. Politically, the Dammastock is split between the municipalities of Göschenen (Uri) and Obergoms (Valais).
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Dammastock
- Mountain.topo
- Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Mountain.photo
- Dammastock.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The long ridge to the summit (right) above the Damma Glacier
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3630
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1466
- Mountain.isolation_km
- 21.6
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Oberaarhorn (line parent)
- Mountain.listing
- Canton high point Alpine mountains above 3000 m
- Mountain.location
- Uri/Valais (massif partially in Bern)
- Mountain.country
- Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Urner Alps
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 28 July 1864 by Albert Hoffmann-Burkhardt with guides Johann Fischer and Andreas von Weissenfluh
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Glacier tour, F
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The Dammastock (3,630 m) is the highest mountain in the Urner Alps in Switzerland and is part of the Winterberg massif. Its summit ridge forms the border between the cantons of Uri and the Valais. It is the highest summit in the canton of Uri. The tripoint between the cantons of Bern, Valais and Uri lies near the Eggstock, north of the Dammastock. Politically, the Dammastock is split between the municipalities of Göschenen (Uri) and Obergoms (Valais).
The massif is almost completely covered by ice, the large Rhone Glacier on the west side, the smaller Damma Glacier on the east side and the Trift Glacier further on the north side.