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The Wetterhorn
The Wetterhorn is a peak in the Swiss Alps towering above the village of Grindelwald. Formerly known as Hasle Jungfrau, it is one of three summits on a mountain named the "Wetterhörner", the highest of which is the Mittelhorn and the lowest and most distant the Rosenhorn . The latter peaks are mostly hidden from view from Grindelwald.The Grosse Scheidegg Pass crosses the col to the north, between the Wetterhorn and the Schwarzhorn.AscentsThe Wetterhorn summit was first reached on August 31, 1844, by the Grindelwald guides Hans Jaun and Melchior Bannholzer, three days after they had co-guided a large party organized by the geologist Édouard Desor to the first ascent of the Rosenhorn. The Mittelhorn was first summitted on 9 July 1845 by the same guides, this time accompanied by a third, Kaspar Abplanalp, and by British climber Stanhope Templeman Speer. The son of a Scottish physician, Speer lived in Interlaken, Switzerland.A September 1854 summit by a party which included Alfred Wills, who apparently believed he'd made the first ascent, is much celebrated in Great Britain. Wills' description of this trip in his book "Wanderings Among the High Alps" (published in 1856) helped make mountaineering fashionable in Britain and ushered in the so-called golden age of alpinism, the systematic exploration of the Alps by British mountaineers. Despite several by then well-documented earlier ascents and the fact that he was guided to the top, Willis was lauded in his 1912 obituary as "Certainly the first who can be said with any confidence to have stood upon the real highest peak of the Wetterhorn proper" (i.e. the 3,692 m summit) In a subsequent corrigendum, the editors admitted two earlier ascents, but considered his still "the first completely successful" one.Using our online itinerary creator, Grindelwald attractions like The Wetterhorn can form part of a personalized travel itinerary.
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Etwas abgelegen, aber unbedingt zu empfehlen! Gutes Essen, Kinder erhalten eine eigene Karte!, guter Service! Rundum zum Wohlfühlen! more »
Somewhat secluded, but be sure to recommend you! Good food, children get their own card!, good service! To feel good!View original -
Timed our run to finish around 12,00pm and dropped in for lunch. Enjoyed soup and a plate of cold meats and cheeses - excellent service and food at reasonable price and happy to let us stay at the tab... more »
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It is one of the famous mountain peak in Grindelwald. As soon as you reach Grindelwald, these peaks catches your attention. more »
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