Alphubel

4,206 m

Swiss-German Alp-Hubel, 'alp hump' — Hubel is the Swiss-German word for a low rounded hill, here used in a slightly self-deprecating sense for a 4000-metre snow dome.

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Coordinates46.0500° N · 7.8633° E

UIAA rank№ 33 / 82

CountriesSwitzerland

Normal gradeF · facile

First ascent1860 · Leslie Stephen & T.W. Hinchliff with Melchior Anderegg & Peter Perren

Typical seasonJuly to September

Photo of Alphubel — Photo: Ximonic, Simo Räsänen · GFDL

Broad ice-capped summit plateau in the Mischabel range between Täschhorn and Allalinhorn. The normal route climbs the Rotgrat or the snowy Feegletscher flank from the Täschhütte or Längfluh.

History

Climbed on 9 August 1860 by Leslie Stephen and the founding Alpine Club secretary T. W. Hinchliff with two of the greatest guides of the Golden Age. The Alphubel's broad summit dome is one of the gentlest of the Mischabel chain and is often used as an acclimatisation peak from the Britanniahütte. The east face, a long ice slope of around 50°, was first climbed in 1882 and is one of the classic Pennine ice routes.

Location

Summit · huts that serve as bases for routes on this peak

Major routes

SE ridge / Eisnase from Täschhütte (Normal route)

PD · peu difficileTopo ↗

Vertical / summit day2,750 m gain · 5h

The standard western ascent. From Täsch a path climbs to the Täschhütte (2701 m); summit day crosses the Alphubel glacier to the Alphubeljoch and finishes up the SE ridge over the short steep 'Eisnase' (ice nose, 45°) onto the broad summit plateau.

Sections

Täsch (1450 m)→Täschhütte (2701 m)+1,251 m3h

Täschhütte→Alphubeljoch (3782 m)+1,081 m3h

Alphubeljoch→Summit (4206 m)+424 m2h

Huts on this route

Täschhütte2,701 m

Nearby huts

TäschhütteSAC · mid-June to mid-September2,701 m Berghaus LängfluePrivate · mid-June to mid-September2,870 m MischabeljochbiwakSAC · unstaffed (year-round access)3,855 m

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