The Lagginhorn (4,010 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies a few kilometres north of the slightly higher Weissmies and also close to the slightly lower Fletschhorn on the north.
The Lagginhorn is the last four-thousander in the main chain before the Simplon Pass; it is also the lowest four-thousander in Switzerland.
The first ascent was by Edward Levi Ames and three other Englishmen, together with local Saas Grund clergyman Johann Josef Imseng, Franz Andenmatten and three other guides on 26 August 1856.
Climbing routes
The Lagginhorn is characterised by rock climbing rather than snow climbs and possesses a lengthy scramble along the South Ridge including one or more exposed abseils:
- West-South-West Ridge, PD
- South Ridge, AD, III
- West-South-West Rib and South Ridge, AD
- North-North-East Ridge (via Fletschhorn), PD
Huts
- Weissmies Hut (2,726 m)
- Berghaus Hohsaas (3,100 m)
- Laggin Bivouac (2,425 m)
See also
- List of 4000 metre peaks of the Alps
References
Bibliography
- Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994
External links
- The Lagginhorn on SummitPost
- Route description from Weissmies Hut to Lagginhorn summit
