Balmhorn

{{short description|Mountain in Switzerland}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Balmhorn | image = Balmhorn from Allmenalp.jpg | image_size = 285 | image_caption = View of the Balmhorn from Allmenalp, above Kandersteg | elevation_m = 3697 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 1020 | prominence_ref = <ref>Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Lötschen Pass (2,677 m).</ref> | isolation_km = 12.3 | isolation_ref = <ref>Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is west of the Bietschhorn.</ref> | parent_peak = Finsteraarhorn | map = Switzerland | map_caption = Location in Switzerland | location = Bern/Valais, Switzerland | range = Bernese Alps | coordinates = {{coord|46|25|30|N|7|41|37|E|type:mountain_region:CH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | listing = Alpine mountains above 3000 m | first_ascent = 21 July 1864 by Frank Walker, Horace Walker and Lucy Walker, with guides Jakob Anderegg and Melchior Anderegg | easiest_route = South-west ridge (Zackengrat) }}

The '''Balmhorn''' (3,697 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. Its summit ridge lies on the border between the cantons of Bern and the Valais.

It was first climbed by Frank Walker, Horace Walker and Lucy Walker, with guides Jakob Anderegg and Melchior Anderegg on 21 July 1864.<ref name=summitpost>[http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/151467/balmhorn.html The Balmhorn] on SummitPost</ref>

[[Image:Rinderhorn.jpg|thumb|none|The southern flanks of the Rinderhorn and Balmhorn seen from the Ferdenrothorn]]

==Huts== *Balmhornhütte *Lötschenpasshütte *Berghotel Schwarenbach

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Category:Mountains of the Alps Category:Alpine three-thousanders Category:Mountains of Switzerland Category:Bernese Alps Category:Mountains of Valais Category:Mountains of the canton of Bern Category:Bern–Valais border