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Location: Valais, Switzerland, Europe

Lat/Lon: 46.16080°N / 7.74260°E

Route Type: ice-route

Time Required: Less than two hours

Difficulty: D-

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Page By: iceiswise

Created/Edited: Apr 8, 2003 / Apr 8, 2003

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Approach


From the valley there is a nice trail up. There used to be a hut here but a few years ago this burned down. So you have to bring bivakgear. Camp not near the hut tought but stroll furhter up a seccion of broken rock and go down to a flat area with small boulders near a morraine very close tot the mountain. This makes the climb to a short outing but makes up for a rather long aproach. 5 hours

Route Description


The route starts below the glacier that heads down in two secions. The lower secion is the easiest with some hard ice-covering near the top of 45°. Then there is a short flat section followed by a small bergshrund and a 50° snowfield with a 60° finish in rotten but frozen rock-ice.

About 350m in all. Very straightforward, rewarded by exellent vieuws of Bishorn Northface and Weishorn.

Essential Gear


A few ice-screws. Two axes are recommended.

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