Lauteraarhorn
| Lauteraarhorn | |
|---|---|
 The Lauteraarhorn (centre-left) and the Schreckhorn (center-right) seen from the east | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,042 m (13,261 ft) |
| Prominence | 128 m (420 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Schreckhorn |
| Isolation | 1.0 km (0.62 mi)[2] |
| Coordinates | 46°35′00.2″N 8°07′42.3″E / 46.583389°N 8.128417°E |
| Geography | |
  Lauteraarhorn Location in Switzerland | |
| Location | Canton of Bern, Switzerland |
| Parent range | Bernese Alps |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 8 August 1842 by Pierre Jean Édouard Desor, Christian Girard, Arnold Escher von der Linth with guides Melchior Bannholzer and Jakob Leuthold |
| Easiest route | rock/snow climb |
The Lauteraarhorn is a peak (4,042 m) of the
Aaremassif and is surrounded by large glaciers: the Lauteraargletscher and the Strahlegg-Gletscher (both feeders of the Unteraar Glacier) and the Obers Ischmeer (tributary of the Grindelwald Glacier). Being off the main ridge of the Bernese Alps, all the glaciers surrounding the Lauteraarhorn and the Schreckhorn are part of the Aare basin. The Lauteraarhorn is the second highest summit (after the Schreckhorn) lying wholly within the canton of Bern. Administratively, it is split between the municipalities of Grindelwald and Guttannen
.
The Lauteraarhorn includes two unnamed but noticeable subsidiary summits: the north summit (4,015 m) and the central summit (4,014 m), both having a
list of Alpine four-thousanders
.
The first ascent was on 8 August 1842 by Pierre Jean Édouard Desor, Christian Girard, Arnold Escher von der Linth with the guides Melchior Bannholzer and Jakob Leuthold.
See also
- List of 4000 metre peaks of the Alps
References
- ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Schrecksattel (3,914 m).
- ^ Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is southeast of the Schreckhorn.
- ^ Swisstopo map (largest scale)
- Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994
External links
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