Hinter Fiescherhorn

4,025 m

'Rear Fiescherhorn' — hinter in Swiss-German alpine naming means 'further away', as seen from the originally inhabited side of the range (here, from Fiesch). The Hinter Fiescherhorn lies further into the glacier basin than its larger sibling.

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Coordinates46.5497° N · 8.0961° E

UIAA rank№ 75 / 82

CountriesSwitzerland

Normal gradePD · peu difficile

First ascent1864 · Edmund von Fellenberg with Peter Michel, Peter Inäbnit & Peter Egger

Typical seasonJuly to September

Photo of Hinter Fiescherhorn — Photo: Jo in Riederalp · CC BY-SA 3.0

Southern neighbour of the Gross Fiescherhorn, lying entirely in Valais. Most commonly combined with the Gross Fiescherhorn on a single traverse from the Mönchsjoch.

History

The 'rear' Fiescherhorn — climbed in 1864 by the Swiss-Bernese alpinist Edmund von Fellenberg with three Oberland guides. Fellenberg was one of the most active and best-documented Swiss climbers of the 1860s, the author of careful first-ascent accounts in the early SAC Jahrbücher, and would go on the next year to take the Gross Grünhorn. The Hinter Fiescherhorn is usually climbed today as part of a traverse with the Gross Fiescherhorn from the Mönchsjochhütte.

Location

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

Major routes

From Mönchsjochhütte via Fieschersattel + Gross Fiescherhorn traverse

PD+

Vertical / summit day700 m gain · 5h

Almost always climbed in combination with the Gross Fiescherhorn. From the Fieschersattel descend slightly and traverse the airy snow connecting ridge (35–45°) to the Hinter summit — adds ~1 h to the Gross Fiescherhorn ascent.

Huts on this route

Mönchsjochhütte3,657 m

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