Nadelhorn

The Nadelhorn is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It is the highest point on the Nadelgrat, a high-level ridge running roughly north–south above the resort of Saas-Fee to the east, and the Mattertal to the west. Its three ridges join to form a sharp-pointed summit, which looks like a needle when seen from the north. The other summits on the Na…
The Nadelhorn is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It is the highest point on the Nadelgrat, a high-level ridge running roughly north–south above the resort of Saas-Fee to the east, and the Mattertal to the west. Its three ridges join to form a sharp-pointed summit, which looks like a needle when seen from the north. The other summits on the Nadelgrat are the Stecknadelhorn, the Hohberghorn, the Dürrenhorn and the Lenzspitze.
  • Elevation: 4,327 m (14,196 ft)
  • Location: Switzerland
  • Prominence: 207 m ↓ Lenzjoch
  • Parent peak: Dom
  • Isolation: 1.7 km → Dom
  • Parent range: Pennine Alps
  • First ascent: 16 September 1858 by Franz Andenmatten, Baptiste Epiney, Aloys Supersaxo and J. Zimmermann
Data from: en.wikipedia.org