Hockenhorn
Sign in to saveThe Hockenhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. Its summit is 3,293 metres high and lies between the upper Kandertal and the Lötschental. On its southern (Valais) side lies a glacier named Milibachgletscher.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Hockenhorn
- Mountain.photo
- Picswiss VS-67-10.jpg
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3293
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 350
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Finsteraarhorn
- Mountain.listing
- Alpine mountains above 3000 m
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.location
- Bern/Valais, Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Bernese Alps
- Mountain.first_ascent
- August 1840 (Arthur Thomas Malkin)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Switzerland
- Elevation
- 3293
- Image
- Gipfelpyramide Hockenhorn.jpg
- Significant event
- first ascent
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- Hockenhorn
- topographic prominence
- 350
- parent peak
- Finsteraarhorn
- topographic isolation
- 3.5
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The Hockenhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. Its summit is 3,293 metres high and lies between the upper Kandertal and the Lötschental. On its southern (Valais) side lies a glacier named Milibachgletscher.
The summit of the Hockenhorn is accessible by a trail starting at the Lötschen Pass. The southern side of the mountain is part of a ski area. The closest locality is Lauchernalp above Kippel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hockenhorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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