Rimpfischhorn
Rimpfischhorn | |
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![]() The Rimpfischhorn from the Allalinhorn | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,199 m (13,776 ft) |
Prominence | 647 m (2,123 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Dom |
Coordinates | 46°01′23″N 7°53′02″E / 46.02306°N 7.88389°E |
Geography | |
Location | Valais, Switzerland |
Parent range | Pennine Alps |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 9 September 1859 by Leslie Stephen and Robert Liveing with guides Melchior Anderegg and Johann Zumtaugwald |
Easiest route | Allalin glacier/north-west ridge (PD); a snow climb. |
The Rimpfischhorn (4,199 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps of Switzerland. Along its north ridge lies the prominent sub-peak Grosser Gendarm (4107 m).
The first ascent of the mountain was by Leslie Stephen and Robert Living with guides Melchior Anderegg and Johann Zumtaugwald on 9 September 1859. Their route of ascent was from Fluh Alp via the Rimpfischwänge.
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