The Fiescher Glacier ( Fieschergletscher in German) is a valley glacier on the south side of the Bernese Alps in the canton of Valais , Switzerland . 16 km (9.9 mi) in length, it is the second longest glacier in the Alps . The glacier covers an area of 33 km (13 sq mi).
7-748: The starting point of the Fiescher Glacier is 4,000 m (13,000 ft) above sea level, on the eastern slope of the Fiescherhorn , it is flanked to the west by the Grünhorn and Gross Wannenhorn and to the east by the Finsteraarhorn . In the lower section, the Fiescher Glacier flows south through a deep valley between the Gross Wannenhorn and the Wasenhorn . In summer, when the snow layer melts, it has
14-674: A grey colour as it is covered with rocks coming from the steep slopes of the mountains around. The end of glacier tongue is at around 1,700 m (5,600 ft) above sea level. On the south western slope of the Finsteraarhorn, about 100 m (330 ft) above the Fieschergletscher, the Finsteraarhornhütte of the Swiss Alpine Club (3,048 m (10,000 ft) above sea level) is often used as an intermediate station on
21-584: The Bernese Alps , located on the border between the cantons of Bern and Valais , halfway between the Mönch and the Finsteraarhorn . At 4,049 metres (13,284 ft) above sea level, its summit culminates over the whole Fiescherhorn massif ( German : Fiescherhörner ), which is also composed of the slightly lower Hinteres Fiescherhorn (4,025 m (13,205 ft)) to the south and Kleines Fiescherhorn (also called Ochs aka ox, 3,895 m (12,779 ft)) to
28-458: The Fiescherwand. The first direct ascent on the Fiescherwand was made by W. Welzenbach and H. Tillmann in 1930. Welzenbach was an expert climber, who disputed the common idea of his time that an ascent of the Fiescherwand was impossible. The previous year, in 1929, Welzenbach and Tillmann climbed the north ridge in only 8.5 hours. The following year they started the ascent of the Fiescherwand on
35-637: The east. From the north both are well hidden behind other mountain peaks and can only been seen from Isch in Grindelwald (1,095 m). The mountain is shared between the municipalities of Grindelwald and Fieschertal . Ascents are usually made from one of these three popular routes: one starts from the Mönchsjoch Hut , one from the Konkordia Hut , and the third from the Finsteraarhorn Hut . The summit
42-558: The route from Lötschental or Jungfraujoch to the Grimsel Pass . This glacier is not to be confused with the like-named Grindelwald-Fieschergletscher on the north of the Fiescherhörner located near Grindelwald . This article about a glacier in Valais is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fiescherhorn Grosses Fiescherhorn is a mountain peak of
49-399: Was first reached on 23 July 1862 by H. B. George and Adolphus Warburton Moore , with guides Christian Almer and Ulrich Kaufmann. They used what is now the normal route, the south-west ridge. The north side of the mountain was first climbed in 1926. On 13 August, W. Amstutz and P. von Schumacher reached the summit after a 15-hour ascent via the north ridge, which is the northern boundary of
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