{{short description|Mountain in Switzerland}} {{Infobox mountain | name= Grosses Fiescherhorn | native_name_lang= de | translation= Grand Horn of Fiesch | language= German | image= Gross Fiescherhorn.jpg | image_size= 285 | image_caption= The north face (Fiescherwand) of the Fiescherhorn (Grosses (right) and Kleines Fiescherhorn (middle), and Finsteraarhorn in the back (left)) | elevation_m= 4049 | elevation_ref= | prominence_m= 396 | prominence_ref=<ref>Retrieved from the swisstopo topographic maps. The key col lies on the Fieschergrat at 3,651 metres.</ref> | isolation_km= 4.7 | isolation_ref=<ref>Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is east of the Mönch.</ref> | parent_peak= Finsteraarhorn | map= Switzerland | map_caption= Location in Switzerland | subdivision2_type= Canton | subdivision2= {{hlist|Bern|Valais}} | country= Switzerland | parent= Bernese Alps | coordinates= {{coord|46|33|05|N|8|03|40|E|type:mountain_region:CH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates= | coordinates_ref= | topo_map= swisstopo | mountain_type= glaciated peak | age= | first_ascent= 23 July 1862 | easiest_route= Basic rock/snow/ice climb }}
'''Grosses Fiescherhorn''' is a mountain peak of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Bern and Valais, halfway between the Mönch and the Finsteraarhorn. At {{convert|4049|m}} above sea level, its summit culminates over the whole Fiescherhorn massif ({{langx|de|'''Fiescherhörner'''}}), which is also composed of the slightly lower Hinteres Fiescherhorn ({{convert|4025|m|abbr=on}}) to the south and Kleines Fiescherhorn (also called ''Ochs'' aka ox, {{convert|3895|m|abbr=on}}) to the east. From the north both are well hidden behind other mountain peaks and can only been seen from ''Isch'' in Grindelwald (1,095 m). The mountain is shared between the municipalities of Grindelwald and Fieschertal.
Ascents are usually made from one of these three popular routes: one starts from the Mönchsjoch Hut, one from the Konkordia Hut, and the third from the Finsteraarhorn Hut.
== Climbing history == thumb|left|The Fiescherwand from Bäregg The summit was first reached on 23 July 1862 by H. B. George and Adolphus Warburton Moore, with guides Christian Almer and Ulrich Kaufmann. They used what is now the normal route, the south-west ridge.<ref name = Dumler>Helmut Dumler,Willi P. Burkhardt, ''Les 4000 des Alpes'', {{ISBN|2-7003-1305-4}}</ref>
The north side of the mountain was first climbed in 1926. On 13 August, W. Amstutz and P. von Schumacher reached the summit after a 15-hour ascent via the north ridge, which is the northern boundary of the Fiescherwand.<ref name=Dumler/>
The first direct ascent on the Fiescherwand was made by W. Welzenbach and H. Tillmann in 1930. Welzenbach was an expert climber, who disputed the common idea of his time that an ascent of the Fiescherwand was impossible. The previous year, in 1929, Welzenbach and Tillmann climbed the north ridge in only 8.5 hours.<ref name=Dumler/> The following year they started the ascent of the Fiescherwand on the morning of 5 September 1930, taking a line that ran directly to the summit. They reached the top that evening, after a 12-hour ascent.<ref name=Dumler/>
==See also== {{Portal|Alps | left = | break = }} *List of 4000 metre peaks of the Alps
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/432732/gross-fiescherhorn-4049m.html Grosses Fiescherhorn on SummitPost] * [http://www.4000er.de/gipfel.php?vid=12 Grosses Fiescherhorn (Die Viertausender der Alpen)]
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