- Finsteraarhorn
Infobox Mountain
Name=Finsteraarhorn
Photo=Finsteraarhorn.jpg
Caption=The Finsteraarhorn from the south
Elevation=convert|4274|m|ft|0
Location=Switzerland
Range=Bernese Alps
Prominence=convert|2280|m|ft|0ranked 3rd in the Alps
latd= 46|latm=32 |lats=14.9 |latNS=N
longd=8 |longm=07 |longs=33.7 |longEW=E
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Coordinates = coord|46|32|14.9|N|8|07|33.7|E|type:mountain|display=inline,title
First ascent=10 August 1829 by Jakob Leuthold and Johann Währen
Easiest route=rock/snow climb
Listing = UltraThe Finsteraarhorn is the highest
mountain in theBernese Alps range of theSwiss Alps and the highest mountain in theBernese Oberland . It is the third most prominent peak in theAlps .The identity of the first ascentionists was long a controversial matter. Although Johann Rudolf Meyer claimed to have reached the summit on an attempt in 1812 with guides Arnold Abbühl, Joseph Bortes and Aloys Volker, it is now accepted – after the research of
John Percy Farrar in the "Alpine Journal "J. P. Farrar, 'The First Ascent of the Finsteraarhorn: A Re-examination', "Alpine Journal ", XXVII, pp. 263–300 – that Jakob Leuthold and Johann Währen (guides to Franz Joseph Hugi) were the first to reach the summit via the north-west ridge on 10 August 1829 (Hugi and others remained just below the top).Helmut Dumler and Willi P. Burkhardt, "The High Mountains of the Alps", London: Diadem, 1994, p. 50 Hugi and party had reached the saddle below the summit in 1828 but had to retreat because of bad weather.External links
* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150587/finsteraarhorn.html The Finsteraarhorn on SummitPost]
* Computer generated summit panoramas [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/EUR/Finsteraarhorn-N.gifNorth] [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/EUR/Finsteraarhorn-S.gifSouth] [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas.html Index]
* Summit Panoramic Photographs [http://www.ii.uib.no/~petter/mountains/Sveits/42-51_annotate.jpgWest] [http://www.ii.uib.no/~petter/mountains/Sveits/56-61_annotate.jpgEast]
* [http://www.fotogalerien.ch/index.php?gallery=43&&lang=2&pct=6 The Finsteraarhorn from Bachalpsee]References
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