Oldenhorn
Oldenhorn | |
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French: L'Oldenhorn or Becca d'Audon | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,122.5 m (10,244 ft) |
Prominence | 295 m (968 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Sommet des Diablerets |
Listing | Alpine mountains above 3000 m |
Coordinates | 46°19′45.3″N 7°13′17.9″E / 46.329250°N 7.221639°ECoordinates: 46°19′45.3″N 7°13′17.9″E / 46.329250°N 7.221639°E |
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Geography | |
Oldenhorn Location in Switzerland | |
Country | Switzerland |
Cantons | Nidwalden and Obwalden |
Parent range | Bernese Alps |
Topo map | Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Cable car from Col du Pillon |
The Oldenhorn (Swiss German: Oldehore; French: L'Oldenhorn or Becca d'Audon) is a mountain in the western Bernese Alps in Switzerland. The summit is the tripoint between the cantons of Vaud, Berne and Valais.
The Oldenhorn is the second highest peak of the massif of the Diablerets and canton of Vaud. It overlooks the Tsanfleuron Glacier on the south and the Col du Pillon on the north.
The summit can be easily reached by the east ridge in less than three hours. The nearby Scex Rouge (2,950 m) is connected from the Col du Pillon by a cable car. The Tsanfleuron Glacier must be crossed.
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External links[]
Media related to Oldenhorn at Wikimedia Commons
- Oldenhorn, summitpost.org
- Oldenhorn, sac-oldenhorn.ch (Oldenhorn section of the Swiss Alpine Club SAC )
- Reusch - Oldenhorn, glacier3000.ch (Hike to the summit of the Oldenhorn.)
Categories:
- Mountains of the Alps
- Alpine three-thousanders
- Mountains of Switzerland
- Mountains of the canton of Vaud
- Mountains of Valais
- Mountains of the canton of Bern
- Bern–Valais border
- Valais–Vaud border
- Bern–Vaud border
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