What is "weisshorn"

The Weisshorn ( German, lit. white peak/mountain) is a major peak of the Alps and Switzerland, culminating at above sea level. It is part of the Pennine Alps and is located between the valleys of Anniviers and Zermatt in the canton of Valais. In the latter valley, the Weisshorn is one of the many 4000ers surrounding Zermatt, with Monte Rosa and the Matterhorn.

The Weisshorn was first climbed in 1861 from Randa by John Tyndall, accompanied by the guides J.J. Bennen and Ulrich Wenger. Nowadays, the Weisshorn Hut is used on the normal route. The Weisshorn is considered by many mountaineers to be the most beautiful mountain in the Alps and Switzerland for its pyramidal shape and pure white slopes.

In April and May 1991, two consecutive rockslides took place from a cliff above the town of Randa on the east side of the massif, below the Bis Glacier.

The Weisshorn (from German: white peak) is a mountain located in the Pennine Alps. It is also the name of several other mountains:

• Switzerland
  • Aroser Weisshorn, in the Plessur Alps
  • Weisshorn (Bernese Alps), in the Bernese Alps
  • Flüela Wisshorn, in the Silvretta Alps
• Italy (South Tyrol)
  • Weißhorn (South Tyrol), in the Südtiroler Unterland
  • Penser Weißhorn, in the Sarntal Alps

The Weißhorn is a mountain in the Südtiroler Unterland in South Tyrol, Italy.

The Weisshorn (or Wisshore) is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It lies on the main chain of the Bernese Alps, between the Rawil Pass and the Plaine Morte Glacier.

A cable car (not accessible to public) connects the summit from Iffigenalp, south of Lenk in the canton of Bern. On the top lies a radar ( FLORAKO) and an air traffic control building, owned by the Swiss Army. There are however no climbing restrictions and the summit can by reached via a marked trail from the Wildstrubel hut or from the Pointe de la Plaine Morte.