{{short description|Mountain in Switzerland}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Grünhorn | image = Fiescherhorn and Grünhorn.jpg | image_size = 285 | image_caption = The Grünhorn (centre) from the north | elevation_m = 4043 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 303 | prominence_ref = <ref>Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Kleine Grünhornlücke (3,740 m).</ref> | isolation_km = 2.5 | isolation_ref = <ref>Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is southeast of the Gross Fiescherhorn.</ref> | parent_peak = Gross Fiescherhorn | range = Bernese Alps | location = Valais, Switzerland | map = Switzerland | range_coordinates = | map_caption = Switzerland | coordinates = {{coord|46|31|54.8|N|8|04|39.8|E|type:mountain_region:CH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | first_ascent = 7 August 1865 | easiest_route = Glaciated tour }}
The '''Grünhorn''' (or ''Gross Grünhorn'') (4,043 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps range of the Swiss Alps. It is located on the ridge between the two largest glaciers of the Alps: the Aletsch Glacier to the west and the Fiescher Glacier to the east. To the south lies the Gross Wannenhorn and, to the north, the Gross Fiescherhorn.
The starting point for the normal route via the ''Grünegghorn'' and the south-west ridge is the Konkordiahütte at {{convert|2850|m|ft|0}}, which can be reached from Fiesch (1,049 m; 3,442 ft).
==Climbing history== [[File:Grünhorn.jpg|thumb|left|The east side of the Grünhorn, seen from the Finsteraarhorn Hut ]] The first ascent was made on August 7, 1865 by the Bernese mineralogist Edmund von Fellenberg with guides Peter Michel, Peter Egger and Peter Inäbnit.<ref>Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, ''The High Mountains of the Alps'', London: Diadem, 1994, p. 49</ref> They climbed the mountain from the west side, starting at the ''Ewigschneefeld'', a tributary glacier of the Aletsch Glacier. They successfully reached the summit despite very bad weather conditions. The same climbers had made an attempt on the peak in the previous year, but they could only reach a lower prominence of the Grünegghorn.<ref name = Dumler>Helmut Dumler, Willi P. Burkhardt, ''Les 4000 des Alpes'', {{ISBN|2-7003-1305-4}}</ref>
The second ascent was made by W. A. B. Coolidge, with guides Christian and Rudolf Almer (sons of Christian Almer).<ref>''The High Mountains of the Alps'', p. 49</ref>
A route on the north-east ridge was opened on 26 August 1913 by D. von Bethmann-Hollweg and O. Supersaxo. In the summer of 1950, G. Van der Leck climbed the west face. The western pillar was finally climbed by C. Blum and U. Frei on 27 August 1967.<ref name=Dumler/> {{Clear|left}}
Famed Swiss mountaineer Erhard Loretan died after a fall on the Grünhorn on 28 April 2011.<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13235979 |title=Famed Swiss climber Erhard Loretan dies in fall in Alps |access-date=2011-04-29 |work=BBC News |date=29 April 2011}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Alps | left = | break = }} *List of 4000 metre peaks of the Alps``
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{cite summitpost|id=150805|title=Gross Gruenhorn}} * [http://www.hikr.org/dir/Gross_Gr%C3%BCnhorn_2268/ Grünhorn on Hikr] * [http://www.4000er.de/gipfel.php?vid=14 Gross Grünhorn (Die Viertausender der Alpen) – in German]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grunhorn}} Category:Bernese Alps Category:Alpine four-thousanders Category:Mountains of the Alps Category:Mountains of Switzerland Category:Mountains of Valais Category:Four-thousanders of Switzerland