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Dom 4545 m. Alpinism. Dom is the highest mountain completely in Switzerland. This colossal pyramid consists of four flanks and four ridges, though only the N side and the Festigrat are really glaciated. To the east the broad flank falls steeply and compactly into the Fee glacier. Despite its amazing height and immense mass, Dom is not much of a ...
The Nadelgrat is a fantastic climbing route with 4 (or 5) peaks over 4000 m: the Dürrenhorn (4034 m), the Hohberghorn (4219m), the Stecknadelhorn (4241 m), and the Nadelhorn (4327 m). (People sometimes count also the Lenzspitze, 4294m, as part of the Nadelgrat, compare below route variante no. 2 according to Waeber). It is a classic alpine route.
- 46.11020°N / 7.86330°E
- Summer, Fall
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- A long day
Dom, seen from the North (Wikipedia): Dom from the Nadelgrat (Wikipedia): The normal route zig-zags up the big blank snow face, approaching the summit from the right. Note the avalanche debris at the foot of the face. First, you need to climb up to the Dom hut at 2940 m for an overnight stay.
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Dom – correct name Dom de Mischabel – is a massive and impressive mountain at the mid-length point of the Mischabel Chain, between its twin Taschhorn (mts. 4491) to South and the pyramid of the Lenzspitze (mts. 4294) to North. It is the highest point of the Strahlhorn-Mischabel Group and the third peak of the Alps after Monte Bianco and Monte Rosa ...
FROM MATTERTAL The Mattertal Valley is easy to reach from any places of Switzerland and Italy too. ~ From Geneva drive along the A1 up to Losanne, then take the A9 up to Visp. Easy speedways. In Visp is suggested to leave the own car and take the cable-train up to Zermatt, or as arrived to Visp drive in the Valley up to Tasch (the last car allowed ...
Dom is usually reached by the non-difficult N side, by steep icy slants, but very frequented is also the Taschhorn-Dom traverse (in this way), difficult but very gainful, with a descent along the normal. Easy is also the Lenzspitze-Dom traverse (in both the ways), but it is less frequented than the other one because is not very gainful, but anyway ...
BIVOUACS in order: name, height, location, municipal district, owner. Open all year long. 1. MISCHABELJOCH BIWAK, m. 3860, Mischabeljoch, CAS Geneva, 30 beds – reach it by the W face of the Mischabel Chain, just South of the Taschhorn, mix and ice with PD+ difficult (use trad. equipment) REFUGES in order: name, height, location, municipal district,...
SAAS FEE Village in the Canton of Valais (Wallis), Switzerland. 1809 inhabitants, 1803 meters height, in the Saas Valley - Car traffic close - Postale Code: 3920 - Dialling Code: (+41) 028- - Tourist office, Tel.: (+41) 028.571457 - Informations: saastal.ch weissmies.ch swiss railways cable-cars, Tel.: 028.571414 lift-ways “Metrò Alpin”, Tel.: 028....
Ascensions possible all the year long, especially along the Normal (N side) or the more binding Festigrat (NW ridge) also linked to a beautiful Lenzspitze-Dom traverse, paying attention, an amazing experience especially in autumn and winter times. Other routes to Dom are difficult and each one requires good preparation, settled weather conditions f...
~ For the weather conditions go to the website: GERMAN SERVICE FOR ALPS WEATHER CONDITIONS Swiss weather meteo ~ For the snow / avalanches conditions go to the website: SWISS SERVICE FOR AVALANCHE CONDITIONS http://www.slf.ch/avalanche/avalanche-en.html Swiss snow conditions
There are no seasonal closures or necessary permits. Is quite important say that Zermatt is unreachable by cars. Who want to move in the Mattertal up to Zermatt must to leave his or her own car in Visp, or in the Stalden village and continue with train, the best way could be parking in Visp. The same for Saas Fee, but it is easier than Zermatt to b...
This page is been developed following the: CONTRIBUTORS Zermatt city-hall Saas Grund city-hall TCI Touring Club Italiano – Italian Alps Costumers Service BOOKS AND MAPS CAR MAPS Atlante automobilistico Italia settentrionale, 1:200000 – Touring Club Italiano, 1979 Route Planner Europe software, 1:96 – Sony Italia and TCI, 2000 TERRITORY MAPS – ROUTE...
Mischabel Elevation Val de Saas huts Val de Matt huts Nadelhorn 14,196 yes Bordierhutte Lenzspitze 14,088 Mischabelhutte Saas Dom 14,911 yes Domhutte Taschorn 14,733 Taschalp
- 14911 ft / 4545 m
- Mountain/Rock
- 46.09390°N / 7.85900°E
The Nadelhorn is the summit that most clearly deserves the name “Nadel” (“needle”), when seen from the north. However, the name originates from an oval hole, the “Nadelloch”, clearly visible from the Festijoch col on the ascent to the Dom. The hole is located about 10 metres north-west of the summit. On certain days of the year, the ...
The Nadelhorn offers a beautiful and varied high tour. It is the highest peak of the Nadelgrat. It probably got its name from an oval hole, the so-called "needle hole", which is located about 10 meters northwest of the highest point. The ascent over the normal route belongs to the easier peaks of the Mischabel group if the conditions are good.
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Jun 13, 2012 · jon 27 Jun 2012. In reply to mattrm: Here's the lower Nadelgrat from the Reidgletscher. The left hand couloir (in the middle of the pic, between the Hohberghorn and the Dirruhorn) and its true L flank, is the normal access to the Hohbergjoch. The righthand couloir leads to the Dirrujoch (to the right of the Dirruhorn).
