In the Alps " his repeated ascents include also Weisshorn, Matterhorn, Dent Blanche, Zinalrothorn, Wellenkuppe, Obergabelhorn, Kleine Zinne ".
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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.
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The Weisshorn was first climbed in 1861 from Randa by the Irish physicist John Tyndall, accompanied by the guides J . J . Bennen and Ulrich Wenger.
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There are about another 30 peaks above 4, 000 meters ( 13, 200 feet ) to climb in the Zermatt area, including the Weisshorn and Obergabelhorn.
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Well-known faces are the east and north, visible from the area of Zermatt, although mostly hidden from the Mattertal by the chain of the Weisshorn.
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The pass itself is also used as a vantage point, because of the view of some major peaks in the Dom, Matterhorn, Weisshorn and Dent Blanche.
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It is separated from the Zinalrothorn by the Moming Pass ( 3, 777 m ) and from the Weisshorn by the Schalijoch ( 3, 750 m ).
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This hut, run by the Swiss Alpine Club ( SAC ), is a starting point for the ascent to the Bishorn, the Weisshorn and Les Diablons.
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Since its phasing out, however, the Swiss airspace control and defence is being carried out by the Pilatus, Scopi, Weisshorn and Weissfluh mountains in the Alps.
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A mass of huge boulders remains where, in 1991, a mountainslide buried Lerch, which was part of the village of Randa, where mountaineers gather to head up to the Weisshorn.
