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Bishorn North-West-Flank

38 Photos of  the climbingtrip on July 28th, 2003


4153 m
Wallis (Weisshorn), Switzerland, Europe

Last update: September 13th, 2003

   © Copyright by Rahel Maria Liu






View to Zinal


On the ascent to Cabane de Tracuit from Zinal
View down to Zinal

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On the ascent to Cabane de Tracuit

Ascent to Cabane de Tracuit (3256m)
from Zinal (1675m)

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Ascent to Cabane de Tracuit

On the way to Cabane de Tracuit

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On the ascent

Ascent to Cabane de Tracuit

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Near Cabane de Tracuit


On the ascent

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At Cabane de Tracuit

At Cabane de Tracuit

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View to Bishorn


View to Bishorn
from Cabane de Tracuit

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Bishorn

NW-Flank of Bishorn and part of the
traverse to Weisshorn
which we wanted to climb, but did not due to new snowfall on this evening/during this night and
due to ice on the rocks

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At cabane de Tracuit

At Cabane de Tracuit with the Northridge of
Weisshorn in the background

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Zinalrothorn

Zinalrothorn
 - the Needle in the middle
watched from Cabane de Tracuit

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Zinalrothorn in the left part of the picture,
Dent Blanche in the right part (summit in clouds)

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Zinalrothorn

Zinalrothorn (4221m), Obergabelhorn (4063m),
and Dent Blanche (4357m)

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At Cabane de Tracuit

At Cabane de Tracuit:
Anton, Albrecht, and Albert,
with whom I climbed together

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At Cabane de Tracuit

On the terrace of Cabane de Tracuit
3256m - about 1500 hm above Zinal

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Sunrise at Cab. de Tracuit


Sunrise in the NW-Flank to Bishorn
on the next day

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Sunrise

Sunrise in the early morning on the ascent to Bishorn.
The valley is lying under clouds.
We are higher than  these clouds

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Sunrise

Sunrise

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Above the clouds

Above the clouds

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Sunrise

Sunrise in the morning
on the way to Bishorn

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Above the clouds

Sunrise

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Northridge of Weisshorn

Northridge of Weisshorn
which we wanted to climb

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Weisshorn with Northridge

Weisshorn (4506m) with its Northridge.
In the middle of the ridge the Gendarm

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Anton short below the summit

Anton in the NW-Flank
of Bishorn

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Albrecht and Albert

Anton and Albrecht short below the summit
of Bishorn

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The Eastridge of Weisshorn

The Eastridge of Weisshorn,
which I climbed several weeks later (on August 19th)
alone (pictures).
In the background Monte Rosa and Lyskamm

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Above the clouds

Above the clouds.
View from Bishorn to Nadelgrat, Dom, Täschhorn,
Alphubel and Rimpfischhorn

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Northridge of Weisshorn

Northridge of Weisshorn
watched from the summit of Bishorn

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Weisshorn

Weisshorn
with a lot of new snow on July 28th
- in contrast to the following pictures
from August 19th

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Northridge of Weisshorn

Northridge of Weisshorn
watched from the summit of Weisshorn
on August 19th, 2003:
Very little snow on the rock

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View to Bishorn from Weisshorn

View to Bishorn
from the Eastridge of Weisshorn
on August 19th, 2003

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Mattervalley under clouds

Matter-Valley under clouds.
In the background Rimpfischhorn (left) and Monte Rosa (right)

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Rimpfischhorn and Monte Rosa

Rimpfischhorn (4199m) and Monte Rosa
(Nordend - 4609m - and Dufourspitze - 4634m - )
as well as the both summits of
Lyskamm
(East - 4527m - and West - 4479m - )

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Dom and Täschhorn


Nadelgrat, Dom, Täschhorn, Alphubel, and Rimpfischhorn
watched from the summit of Bishorn

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Dom and Täschhorn

Nadelgrat
(Dürrenhorn - 4035m - , Hohberghorn - 4219m - , Stecknadelhorn - 4241m, Nadelhorn - 4327m -, Lenzspitze - 4294m -), Dom (4545m),
Täschhorn (4490m), Mischabeljoch(biwak) (3847m),
Alphubel (4206m), and Rimpfischhorn (4199m)

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On the summit of Bishorn

On the summit of Bishorn.
The Northridge of Weisshorn in the background.
It is stormy and therefore very cold on the summit ...

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On the descent from Bishorn



On the descent from Bishorn,
since we turned around on the summit of Bishorn
due to the bad conditions.
We will try it at another time ...

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Down in Zinal

Back in Zinal.
Albrecht and Albert in the foreground.
Anton in the shadow behind the bench

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Back in Zinal

Albrecht, Rahel, Albert (in the foreground).
Anton in the background

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