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Stecknadelhorn

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The Stecknadelhorn (4,240 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies on the Nadelgrat, a high-level ridge running roughly north–south above the resort of Saas Fee to the east, and the Mattertal to the west.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Stecknadelhorn
Mountain.photo
nadelhorn.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
The Stecknadelhorn (right of centre) between the Nadelhorn (left) and the Hohberghorn (far right)
Mountain.elevation_m
4240
Mountain.prominence_m
27
Mountain.parent_peak
Nadelhorn
Mountain.map
Switzerland
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Switzerland
Mountain.location
Switzerland
Mountain.range
Pennine Alps
Mountain.first_ascent
8 August 1887 by Oscar Eckenstein and Matthias Zurbriggen
Mountain.easiest_route
Basic snow climb

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The Stecknadelhorn (4,240 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies on the Nadelgrat, a high-level ridge running roughly north–south above the resort of Saas Fee to the east, and the Mattertal to the west.

It was first climbed by Oscar Eckenstein and Matthias Zurbriggen on 8 August 1887.

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

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