| Gross Fiescherhorn 4049m Trip Report |
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| Page Type: Trip Report Location: Berne / Valais, Switzerland, Europe Lat/Lon: 46.55111°N / 8.06111°E Date Climbed/Hiked: Aug 3, 2004 Activities: Mountaineering Season: Summer | Page By: Cyrill Created/Edited: Aug 18, 2008 / Aug 18, 2008 Object ID: 432732 Hits: 971 Loading... Page Score: 87.04% - 5 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Description:The Gross Fiescherhorn 4049m is located in a big glacier world. Around the Gross Fiescherhorn it has large and copious glaciers. These are the glaciers „Ewigschneefeld“ - „Walliser Fiescherfirn“ - „Fieschergletscher“ and „Obers Ischmeer“. A impressive ice landscape, it reminds of the Antarctic. These glaciers constitute also the difficulty, that crevasses at the Gross Fiescherhorn are enormous and deep.
Our ascent:
We are started in the Finsteraarhorn hut 3048m. Over the long and flat glacier “Walliser Fiescherfirn” we go northwestwards to a steep slope. There one must cross big ice cubes and seracs, and go carefully over deep crevasses. Afterwards one comes to a flat plateau, the Fiescher plateau. Now it goes to the Fieschersattel 3923m. Then begins a short rock ridge, the southeast ridge of Gross Fiescherhorn 4049m. The climbing difficulty level of the ridge is UIAA II, time requirement about 30-45 minutes from the Fieschersattel. Descent on the same route, back to the Finsteraarhorn hut 3048m
AccomodationsFinsteraarhorn hut 3048m - Link Finsteraarhorn hut
Mönchsjoch hut 3657m - Link Mönchsjoch hut
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