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Also known as Guferhorn

The Güferhorn is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located between the valleys of Vals and Hinterrhein in Graubünden. At 3,379 metres above sea level it is the highest summit of the Lepontine Alps lying east of the Rheinwaldhorn. The northern side of the massif is covered by the Güfergletscher, a 2 kilometres long glacier. It lies above 2,600 metres on the east side of a ridge starting at the summit of the Güferhorn and separating the valleys of Länta and Canaltal, both converging at the Zervreilasee, south of Vals.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Güferhorn
Mountain.photo
Zervreila.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
The Güferhorn (right) from Zervreilasee
Mountain.elevation_m
3379
Mountain.prominence_m
400
Mountain.listing
Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Mountain.parent_peak
Rheinwaldhorn
Mountain.map
Switzerland
Mountain.location
Switzerland
Mountain.range
Lepontine Alps

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The Güferhorn is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located between the valleys of Vals and Hinterrhein in Graubünden. At 3,379 metres above sea level it is the highest summit of the Lepontine Alps lying east of the Rheinwaldhorn. The northern side of the massif is covered by the Güfergletscher, a 2 kilometres long glacier. It lies above 2,600 metres on the east side of a ridge starting at the summit of the Güferhorn and separating the valleys of Länta and Canaltal, both converging at the Zervreilasee, south of Vals.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Güferhorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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