Climbing Weissmies (4023 m) is hard regardless of which of the two normal routes you take. For both routes, the reason is the altitude, of course, and for the north route, you have a huge glacier in addition to that.
Climbing Garde de Bordon in Swiss Alps – Exceptional Views
By height, Garde de Bordon (3310 m) is not so prominent compared with other mountains in the area. However, it covers a larger area than any of the nearby mountains. Garde de Bordon splits Val d’ Anniverse into two parts. On maps, you will find it between village Zinal and the Moiry lake, in Wallis […]
Hubschhorn – a Great Simplon Pass Mountain
Hubschhorn (Hübschhorn, 3192 m) is one of the several great peaks around the Simplon pass (2005 m) and it can be climbed from the Simplon Hospice. It is the closest of all peaks, rising directly above the pass from its southeast side. This page provides information about the route.
Wasenhorn – Punta Terrarosa, a great peak at Simplon pass
Wasenhorn (3246 m) is also known by its Italian name Punta Terrarossa. The two names come from the fact that it is on the border between Switzerland and Italy. In this site, I have placed it in the group of Swiss mountains only because of the route I used from the Swiss side. Within this […]
Climbing Breithorn at Simplon – glacier normal route
Breithorn at Simplon (3437 m) is one of the several mountains above three thousand meters that can be climbed from the Simplon pass (Passo del Sempione, 2005 m) in Switzerland. The others are Hubschhorn (3192), Punta Terrarosa (Wasenhorn, 3245 m) and Monte Leone (3553). Within this page, I give some essential details which you will […]