The Ried Glacier (German: Riedgletscher) is a 6 km long glacier (2005) situated in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it...
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Gorner Zinal Ried Allalin Otemma Brunegg Corbassière Trient Grindelwald Kander Aar Fiesch Aletsch Tsanfleuron Plaine Morte Rhone Stein Trift Hüfi Vorab...
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Glacier (German: Aletschgletscher, German pronunciation: [ˈalɛtʃˌɡlɛtʃɐ]) or Great Aletsch Glacier (Grosser Aletschgletscher) is the largest glacier in...
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Pennine Alps (section Glaciers)
Glacier Mont Miné Glacier Ried Glacier Turtmann Glacier Moiry Glacier Arolla Glacier Moming Glacier Cheilon Glacier Rossbode Glacier The chief passes of...
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The Matterhorn Glacier (German: Matterhorngletscher) is a glacier of the Pennine Alps, located at the base of the north face of the Matterhorn (4478m above...
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Monte Rosa (section Glaciers)
to de Gorner. In standard German, the name Gorner is still used for the western ridge protruding from the main mass (Gornergrat) and the glacier that...
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Matterhorn (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
de Saussure made the first measurement of the Matterhorn's height, using a sextant and a 50-foot-long (15 m) chain spread out on the Theodul glacier....
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side of the Balfrin is covered by a glacier named Balfringletscher. On the south side is the larger Ried Glacier. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic...
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285 ft)) is a rocky ridge of the Pennine Alps, overlooking the Gorner Glacier south-east of Zermatt in Switzerland. It can be reached from Zermatt by...
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Breithorn massif and overlooks on its south side the almost equally high flat glacier named Breithorn Plateau, just north of the international border with Italy...
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The Gorner Glacier (German: Gornergletscher) is a valley glacier found on the west side of the Monte Rosa massif close to Zermatt in the canton of Valais...
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Theodul Glacier (also spelled Theodule Glacier; German: Theodulgletscher, French: Glacier du Théodule, Italian: Ghiacciaio del Teodulo) is a glacier of the...
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The Findel Glacier (German: Findelgletscher) is a valley glacier in the Monte Rosa massif east of Zermatt in the Pennine Alps. It has a length of 8 km...
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metres are covered by glaciers, the two largest being the Ried Glacier situated at the foot of the Nadelgrat and the Fee Glacier, at the foot of the Dom...
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related to ZmuttGlacier. List of glaciers in Switzerland List of glaciers Retreat of glaciers since 1850 Swiss Alps Zmutt Valley Swiss glacier monitoring network...
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above the homonym glacier. The four ridges encompass almost exactly the four cardinal directions. The west ridge is named Arête de Ferpècle and the east...
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glaciated, the second largest glacier of the Alps, the Gorner Glacier lies at the foot of Monte Rosa (4,634 m), while the Zmutt Glacier lies at the foot of the...
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Breithorn on SummitPost Breithorn on Peakware - photos Breithorn on 4000er.de Breithorn on WinterClimb.com - photos, practical info Portals: Mountains Switzerland...
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Zermatt (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
which rises at the glaciers at the feet of the highest peaks: the Gorner Glacier on the east side near Monte Rosa and the Zmutt Glacier on the west side...
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Grenzgletscher. The gentler southern side rises only a few hundred metres above the glacier of the same name: Lysgletscher. The eastern and higher of the two peaks...
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ascents start from Klein Matterhorn and go by way of the Italian glacier Grand Glacier of Verra and the mountain's west flank. The first ascent was made...
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east side of the massif, below the Bis Glacier. Location of Weisshorn 3km 2miles Weisshornhütte Matter Vispa Lac de Moiry Cabane d'Arpitettaz Zinalrothorn...
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Grächen (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
the Visp district, on a terrace below the Ried Glacier. The glacier extends about 5 km (3.1 mi) from Ried to Bärgji and is about 1 km (0.62 mi). The...
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Zmutt (category Glaciers of the Alps)
passes the northern slope of the Matterhorn and terminates in the Zmutt Glacier on the border to Italy's Aosta Valley. The Zmutt dam at 46°0′28″N 7°42′34″E...
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between this island, the islands of Mittler and Langbohl and the Wollmatinger Ried. The Seerhein is between 100 m (330 ft) and 500 m (1,600 ft) wide and between...
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that climbing the Bishorn from the Turtmann hut requires a far longer glacier walk through sections with numerous crevasses. The access roads to the...
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Randa, Switzerland (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
campsite which offers a taxi service to Zermatt, a car-free town. The Glacier Express train line also connects Randa to Zermatt. Randa is first mentioned...
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the Alphubel consists of a large ice-covered plateau, part of the Fee Glacier on its east side. The west side of the mountain is more rocky and much...
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Blatten (Lötschen) (redirect from Ried-Blatten)
Blatten, the municipality includes the settlements of Eisten, Fafleralp, Ried and Weissenried. Blatten should not be confused with the ski resort and village...
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Täsch (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Grenzgletscher Zwillingsgletscher Monte Rosa Glacier Findel Glacier Mellichgletscher Hohlichtgletscher Bisgletscher Ried Glacier Tourism Gornergrat Klein Matterhorn...
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