EGGISHORN
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We
bought the 2-day Wanderpass at the cable car station in Fiesch (excellent value
at 55 CHF and valid on all the cable cars in the Fiesch and Bettmeralp area, as
well as the valley railway line). We took the eight o’clock cable car up to
Fiescheralp at 2212m. (Kühboden on some maps) and then set off for the Eggishorn
summit.
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The path to the Eggishorn below Talegga
Here the path turns west (another path heads north to the Märjela) and then climbs to the end of a ridge (2623m) that leads up to the saddle upon which the Eggishorn cable car station is located. The path then zigzags up the ridge quite steeply to reach the saddle and cable car station at 2893m.
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Looking towards the Eggishorn cable car station from Talegga
Here the view of the
Aletschgletscher is outstanding but an even better view can be obtained by
heading for the summit. The path is almost entirely over rock – mostly
engineered into a step-like path, but at times quite exposed. Initially it drops
to a low point at 2869m and then climbs to the summit, complete with cross, at
2926m. The time take from Kühboden was about 2 hours.
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The
path to the Eggishorn summit seen from near the cable car station
From here
there is a magnificent 360-degree panorama of high mountains. To the north are
the Aletschorn, Jungfrau, Mönch, Eiger (the Sphinx observatory on the
Jungfraujoch is visible) and the Finsteraarhorn, the highest of the mountains in
the Bernese Oberland. To the southwest lie a whole succession of 4000m peaks in
the Valais, Italy and France.
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From left to right: Rothorn, Aletschorn, Dreieckhorn and in right background Jungfrau, the Junfraujoch at low point and Mönch |
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In background left to right Mischabel range, Matterhorn and Weisshorn. In centre is the Bettmerhorn |
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total thirteen 4000m peaks can be seen:
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The Aletschgeletscher looking towards Konkordiaplatz.
The mountains are the Dreieckhorn, Jungfrau, Jungfraujoch, Mönch, Eiger and Kamm
The
Aletschgletscher itself stretches about 15km north of the Eggishorn. At
Konkordiaplatz, about 9km away, three large glaciers and one small converge, the
Grosser Aletschfirn. Jungfraufirn, Eroigschneefäld and Grüneggfirn. The three
medial moraines can be clearly seen as the flows merge.
We returned to Kühboden by the cable car