Stecknadelhorn

LocationSwitzerlandParent rangePennine AlpsClimbingFirst ascent8 August 1887 by Oscar Eckenstein and Matthias ZurbriggenEasiest routeBasic snow climb

The Stecknadelhorn (4,240 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies on the Nadelgrat, a high-level ridge running roughly north–south above the resort of Saas Fee to the east, and the Mattertal to the west.

It was first climbed by Oscar Eckenstein and Matthias Zurbriggen on 8 August 1887.

The Stecknadelhorn is part of the Mischabel range, which culminates at the Dom (4,546 m).

See also

• List of 4000 metre peaks of the Alps

References

• Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994

External links

• "Stecknadelhorn". SummitPost.org.
• "The Nadelgrat". SummitPost.org.