Strahlhorn

Strahlhorn
Highest point
Elevation 4,190 m (13,750 ft)
Prominence 401 m (1,316 ft) [1]
Isolation 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi)
Parent peak Rimpfischhorn
Coordinates 46°00′47.6″N 7°54′06.3″E / 46.013222°N 7.901750°E / 46.013222; 7.901750Coordinates: 46°00′47.6″N 7°54′06.3″E / 46.013222°N 7.901750°E / 46.013222; 7.901750 
Geography
Strahlhorn
Location in Switzerland
Location Valais
Country Switzerland
Parent range Pennine Alps
Topo map Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Climbing
First ascent 15 August 1854 by Christopher Smyth, Ulrich Lauener, Edmund J. Grenville and Franz-Josef Andenmatten
Easiest route Basic snow climb

The Strahlhorn (4,190 m) is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located south of Saas-Fee and east of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It lies on the range that separates the Mattertal from the Saastal and is located approximately halfway between the Rimpfischhorn and the Schwarzberghorn.

There are three less known peaks of the same name in Switzerland (3027m, 3194m, 3200m).[2]

Monte Rosa and Strahlhorn (right)

References

  1. ↑ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Adlerpass (3,789 m).
  2. ↑ http://www.gipfelderschweiz.ch/gipfel/liste.php

Sources

  • Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994
  • "Strahlhorn". SummitPost.org.
  • Strahlhorn on Hikr


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