Hohberghorn
Sign in to saveThe Hohberghorn (4,218 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies towards the northern end of the Nadelgrat, a high-level ridge running roughly north–south, north of the Dom, above the resort of Saas-Fee to the east, and the Mattertal to the west.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Hohberghorn
- Mountain.photo
- Stecknadelhorn.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The Hohberghorn (right), with the Stecknadelhorn (centre) and the Nadelhorn (left), from the north side
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 4,218
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 76
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Nadelhorn
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.location
- Valais, Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Pennine Alps
- Mountain.first_ascent
- August 1869 by R. B. Heathcote, Franz Biner, Peter Perren and Peter Taugwalder
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Basic snow climb
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Visp District
- Elevation
- 4218
- Image
- Nadelhorn.jpg
- Significant event
- first ascent
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- topographic isolation
- 0.4
- Commons category
- Hohberghorn
- topographic prominence
- 76
- parent peak
- Nadelhorn
- mountain range
- Mischabel group
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The Hohberghorn (4,218 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies towards the northern end of the Nadelgrat, a high-level ridge running roughly north–south, north of the Dom, above the resort of Saas-Fee to the east, and the Mattertal to the west.
It was first climbed by R. B. Heathcote, with guides Franz Biner, Peter Perren and Peter Taugwalder in August 1869, via the west gully above the Hohberg Glacier to the Stecknadeljoch.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hohberghorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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