Grünhorn
Sign in to saveThe Grünhorn (or Gross Grünhorn) (4,043 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps range of the Swiss Alps. It is located on the ridge between the two largest glaciers of the Alps: the Aletsch Glacier to the west and the Fiescher Glacier to the east. To the south lies the Gross Wannenhorn and, to the north, the Gross Fiescherhorn.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Grünhorn
- Mountain.photo
- Fiescherhorn and Grünhorn.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The Grünhorn (centre) from the north
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 4043
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 303
- Mountain.isolation_km
- 2.5
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Gross Fiescherhorn
- Mountain.range
- Bernese Alps
- Mountain.location
- Valais, Switzerland
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Switzerland
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 7 August 1865
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Glaciated tour
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The Grünhorn (or Gross Grünhorn) (4,043 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps range of the Swiss Alps. It is located on the ridge between the two largest glaciers of the Alps: the Aletsch Glacier to the west and the Fiescher Glacier to the east. To the south lies the Gross Wannenhorn and, to the north, the Gross Fiescherhorn.
The starting point for the normal route via the Grünegghorn and the south-west ridge is the Konkordiahütte at , which can be reached from Fiesch (1,049 m; 3,442 ft).