Location Valais, Switzerland First ascent 6 August 1864 Parent peak Finsteraarhorn Mountain range Alps, Bernese Alps | Elevation 3,906 m Prominence 626 m Parent range Bernese Alps | |
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Listing Alpine mountains above 3000 m Similar Finsteraarhorn, Gross Fiescherhorn, Grünhorn, Dreieckhorn, Trugberg | ||
The Gross Wannenhorn is a 3906-metre mountain in the Bernese Alps, in the Swiss canton of Valais near the village of Fiesch. The mountain separates the Aletsch Glacier to the west from the Fiescher Glacier to the east.
Map of Gross Wannenhorn, 3984 Fieschertal, Switzerland
The mountain consists of twin peaks: the northern peak is rocky and the southern peak is somewhat flatter. The mountain's east side is heavily glaciated, while the west sideis a steep slope intermittently broken by ice fields.
The mountain was first successfully climbed by Gottlieb Stuber and team in 1864.
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