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    The Balmhorn (3,697 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. Its summit ridge lies on the border between the cantons of Bern and the Valais...
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    some notable firsts during the period, including the first ascent of the Balmhorn (1864), and later several first female ascents. In the early years of the...
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    Kandersteg and Gastern. Kandersteg is surrounded by high mountains. The Balmhorn (3,698 m [12,133 ft]), bordering the canton of Valais to the south, is...
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    Vercorin with the Balmhorn in background...
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    08°00′07″E / 46.43528°N 8.00194°E / 46.43528; 8.00194 Bernese Alps Valais Balmhorn 3,697 m (12,129 ft) 1,020 m (3,350 ft) 46°25′30″N 07°41′37″E / 46.42500°N...
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    I/B-12.II-C Bern CH 1845 80 Balmhorn 3697 1020 46°25′30″N 07°41′37″E / 46.42500°N 7.69361°E / 46.42500; 7.69361 (80. Balmhorn (3697 m)) Bernese Alps I/B-12...
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    (12,152 ft) Mittelhorn 3,702 m (12,146 ft) Rotstock 3,699 m (12,136 ft) Balmhorn 3,697 m (12,129 ft) Wetterhorn 3,690 m (12,106 ft) Rosenhorn 3,689 m (12...
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    her immediate company. Early successes included the first ascent of the Balmhorn (1864), and the first female ascent of the Eiger (1864), Wetterhorn (1866)...
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    border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It is situated in the Balmhorn massif, approximately halfway between Kandersteg and Leukerbad. Although...
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    Lötschen Pass itself is the lowest point (2,676 m) on the crest between the Balmhorn to the west and the high range west of the Jungfrau to the east, making...
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    Highest point Elevation 3,053 m (10,016 ft) Prominence 231 m (758 ft) Parent peak Balmhorn Coordinates 46°23′27.7″N 7°41′20.8″E / 46.391028°N 7.689111°E / 46.391028;...
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    between Leukerbad and Ferden in the canton of Valais. It lies south of the Balmhorn and overlooks the Lötschen Pass on its north side. Its east side shows...
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    01639°N 7.36917°E / 46.01639; 7.36917 Pennine Alps Valais 1867 49 34 Balmhorn 3697 1020 46°25′30″N 07°41′37″E / 46.42500°N 7.69361°E / 46.42500; 7...
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    above sea level; to the north the Gemmi Pass (2,322 m [7,618 ft]) and the Balmhorn (3,698 m [12,133 ft]); to the west the Torrenthorn (2,998 m [9,836 ft])...
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    Christian Almer the elder, and Christian Almer the younger on 25 June 1864 Balmhorn (Bernese Alps) with Frank Walker and Lucy Walker, and guides Jakob Anderegg...
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    of Valais. It lies east of Gemmi Pass on the chain culminating at the Balmhorn. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located...
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    Jakob Anderegg made the first ascent of the following peaks or routes: Balmhorn (Bernese Alps), 21 July 1864 with Frank, Lucy and Horace Walker, and Melchior...
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  • 46.74250°N 8.76944°E / 46.74250; 8.76944 Glarus Alps Graubünden/Uri 49 Balmhorn 3697 12.3 1020 46°25′30″N 07°41′37″E / 46.42500°N 7.69361°E / 46.42500;...
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  • (1862) Dent d'Hérens, Parrotspitze, Piz Zupò (1863) Aiguille d'Argentière, Balmhorn, Barre des Écrins, Marmolata, Mont Dolent, Pollux, Presanella, Zinalrothorn...
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    to a number of Bernese Oberland peaks including the Rinderhorn and the Balmhorn above 11,000'. Spalding also organised numerous other expeditions across...
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  • 8.12472°E / 46.63528; 8.12472 Bernese Alps Interlaken-Oberhasli 1845 Balmhorn 3697 1020 46°25′30″N 07°41′37″E / 46.42500°N 7.69361°E / 46.42500; 7...
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    Alps), 12 August 1863 Parrotspitze, 4,432 m (Pennine Alps), 16 August 1863 Balmhorn, 3,698 m (Bernese Alps), 21 July 1864 Zinalrothorn, 4,221 m (Pennine Alps)...
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    / 45.96972°N 7.32222°E / 45.96972; 7.32222 Pennine Alps Entremont 67 Balmhorn 3697 1020 46°25′30″N 07°41′37″E / 46.42500°N 7.69361°E / 46.42500; 7...
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    07°19′20″E / 45.96972°N 7.32222°E / 45.96972; 7.32222 Pennine Alps Valais 75 Balmhorn 3697 1020 46°25′30″N 07°41′37″E / 46.42500°N 7.69361°E / 46.42500; 7...
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