Lyskamm
Sign in to saveLyskamm (, formerly Lyskamm, literally "crest of the Lys"), also known as Silberbast (literally "silver bast"), is a mountain () in the Pennine Alps lying on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It consists of a five-kilometre-long ridge with two distinct peaks. The mountain has gained a reputation for seriousness because of the many cornices lying on the ridge and the frequent avalanches, thus leading to its nickname the Menschenfresser ("people eater"). center|thumb|290x290px|Lyskamm from the Glacier du Lys summer 2017 center|thumb|290x290px|Lyskamm from the Pyramide Vincent summer 2017
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Lyskamm
- Mountain.translation
- Lys Ridge
- Mountain.photo
- Lyskamm.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.photo_caption
- North-east side of Lyskamm
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 4532
- Mountain.prominence
- 379 m ↓ Lisjoch
- Mountain.isolation
- → Zumsteinspitze
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Monte Rosa
- Mountain.map
- Alps
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in the Alps
- Mountain.subdivision2_type
- Region/Canton
- Mountain.parent
- Pennine Alps
- Mountain.topo_map
- Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Mountain.first_ascent
- J. F. Hardy and party, 1861
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Basic glacier/snow climb/scrambling along exposed ridge
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
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- Climbing routes
- Bibliography
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- References
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Lyskamm (, formerly Lyskamm, literally "crest of the Lys"), also known as Silberbast (literally "silver bast"), is a mountain () in the Pennine Alps lying on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It consists of a five-kilometre-long ridge with two distinct peaks. The mountain has gained a reputation for seriousness because of the many cornices lying on the ridge and the frequent avalanches, thus leading to its nickname the Menschenfresser ("people eater"). center|thumb|290x290px|Lyskamm from the Glacier du Lys summer 2017 center|thumb|290x290px|Lyskamm from the Pyramide Vincent summer 2017
== Geography == thumb|left|Lyskamm from Western Lyskamm Despite a prominence of well over 300 metres, Lyskamm is sometimes considered to be part of the extended Monte Rosa group (in fact the Dufourspitze is only 107 metres higher). But visually Lyskamm is a huge massif, composed of two summits: the Eastern Lyskamm and the lower Western Lyskamm, separated by a long ridge, both lying on the border between the Swiss canton of Valais (north) and the Italian region of the Aosta Valley (south).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lyskamm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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