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Nach dem 21. Januar 2025 mit 6 sollten heute 7 Planeten sichtbar sein, wobei der Saturn kurz nach dem Sonnenuntergang zu nahe am Horizont war und deshalb nicht sichtbar war. Auch der Merkur verabschiedete sich relativ schnell.
Aber die Fahrt für die zwei Stunden auf dem Gornergrat haben sich trotzdem gelohnt, auch wenn mit bei weniger als -10° fast die Finger abgefroren sind.
Vue des 4000 valaisans de la couronne impériale, sous un ciel de nuages lenticulaires impressionnant éclairés d'une lumière rose exceptionnelle du soleil couchant. / View of the Valais 4000 m peaks, also known as the imperial crown, under a sky filled with impressive lenticular clouds, lit by an exceptional pink light from the setting sun.
Vue des 4000 valaisans de la couronne impériale, sous un ciel de nuages lenticulaires impressionnant éclairés d'une lumière rose exceptionnelle du soleil couchant. / View of the Valais 4000 m peaks, also known as the imperial crown, under a sky filled with impressive lenticular clouds, lit by an exceptional pink light from the setting sun.
Vue des 4000 valaisans de la couronne impériale, sous un ciel de nuages lenticulaires impressionnant éclairés d'une lumière rose exceptionnelle du soleil couchant. / View of the Valais 4000 m peaks, also known as the imperial crown, under a sky filled with impressive lenticular clouds, lit by an exceptional pink light from the setting sun.
Vue des 4000 valaisans de la couronne impériale, sous un ciel de nuages lenticulaires impressionnant éclairés d'une lumière rose exceptionnelle du soleil couchant. / View of the Valais 4000 m peaks, also known as the imperial crown, under a sky filled with impressive lenticular clouds, lit by an exceptional pink light from the setting sun.
Vue hivernal de la Dent Blanche (4357m) à gauche de l'Obergabelhorn (4063m) au centre, et de la Wellenkuppe (3903m) à droite. / Winter view of Dent Blanche (4357m) on the left, Ober Gabelhorn (4063m) in the center and Wellenkuppe (3903m) on the right.
Vue hivernale du village de Zermatt au fond de la vallée, sous la lumière crépusculaire. En arrière-plan à gauche se dresse la pointe du Cervin (4478m). Au centre se distinguent la Dent Blanche (4357m) et l'Ober Gabelhorn (4063m) et à droite le Zinalrothron (4221m). Vue depuis l'Unterrothorn (3103m). / Winter view of Zermatt village at the bottom of the valley, under dusk light. In the background left rises the Matterhorn (4478m). In the center can be seen Dent Blanche (4357m) and Ober Gabelhorn (4063m) and on the right Zinalrothorn (4221m). Viewed from Unterrothorn (3103m).
Vue hivernale de la chaine de montagne surnomée Couronne Impériale, sous une nuit étoilée et éclairée par la pleine lune. De gauche à droite on distigue, le Cervin (4478m), la Dent Blanche (4357m), l'Ober Gabelhorn (4063m), le Zinalrothorn (4221m) et le Weisshorn (4505m). Vue depuis l'Unterrothorn (3103m). / Winter view of the mountain chain named Imperial Crawn, under a starry night and lit by the full moon. From left to right can be seen, Matterhorn (4478m) Ober Gabelhorn (4063m), Zinalrothorn (4221m) and Weisshorn (4505m). Viewed from Unterrothorn (3103m).
Matin d'automne sur le célèbre Cervin (4478m) et ses impressionnants sommets voisins de la Couronne Impériale, s'élevant au dessus d'une mer de brouillard envahissant la vallée de Zermatt plus bas. / Autumnal morning over the Matterhorn (4478m) and its impressive neighbouring mountains of the Imperial Crown, rising above a sea of clouds covering Zermatt valley below.
Matin d'automne sur le célèbre Cervin (4478m) et l'Ober Gabelhorn (4063m), émergents au dessus d'une épaisse mer de brouillard envahissant la vallée de Zermatt plus bas. / Autumnal morning over the Matterhorn (4478m) and the Ober Gabelhorn (4063m), rising above a thick sea of clouds over Zermatt valley below.
Schweiz / Wallis - Ober Gabelhorn Gletscher
seen from Höhbalmen
gesehen von den Höhbalmen
The Ober Gabelhorn (4063 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland, located between Zermatt and Zinal.
Geography
The Ober Gabelhorn lies in the Swiss canton of Valais at the southern end of the Zinal valley (part of the Val d'Anniviers). It rises, together with the Dent Blanche (west) and the Zinalrothorn (north), above the Zinal Glacier. On the south side lies the Zmutt Glacier in the valley of Zmutt, which extends west of Zermatt.
The Ober Gabelhorn has a pyramidal shape, similar to the nearby Matterhorn but on a smaller scale. Only the smooth north face is completely glaciated, the other faces being mostly rocky. The south-west ridge is called the Arbengrat while the north-north-west ridge is the Arête du Coeur. The south-east ridge looking over the Ober Gabeljoch (3,597 m) is the Gabelhorngrat. The Wellenkuppe is a lower prominence on the north-east ridge; it is usually climbed as part of the normal route.
Huts serving the peak are the Rothorn Hut (3,198 m), the Grand Mountet Hut (2,886 m) and the Arben Bivouac (3,224 m).
Climbing history
The first ascent was by A. W. Moore, Horace Walker and Jakob Anderegg on 6 July 1865, via the east face.
The second ascent of the peak, and the first by the north-north-west ridge, was made one day later by Lord Francis Douglas, Peter Taugwalder and Joseph Vianin on 7 July 1865. At the time of their ascent they were not aware of Moore and party's success on the previous day.
Douglas and Taugwalder made several attempts before they reached the summit. P. Inäbnit accompanied them on the first attempt from the south-east ridge. They didn't have enough time to go higher than the base of the mountain. On the second attempt they reached the Wellenkuppe (3,900 m) on the north-east ridge (the normal route today) but they considered that the ridge above was too difficult to continue. They finally reached the summit on their third attempt (Inäbnit having been replaced by Viennin). They were disconcerted to see some footprints on the east face (made by Moore, Walker and Anderegg on the previous day), but were relieved that no traces were visible on the summit. Not aware of the dangers that might have made the previous expedition turn back, they sat down on the summit to have lunch. Suddenly an avalanche started and everything on the summit began to fall away from them. Douglas and Taugwalder were swept away, but they were roped to Viennin who was a little distance below the summit. Viennin was able to belay Taugwalder and Douglas with the rope, which didn't break. Francis Douglas returned to Zermatt, and was killed a week later on 14 July on the first ascent of the Matterhorn.
The Arbengrat was first climbed in 1874 by H. S. Hoare and E. Hulton with guides J. von Bergen, P. Rubi and J. Moser. The route on the Gabelhorngrat was opened three years later by J. Walker Hartley, W. E. Davidson, P. Rubi and J. Juan.
The north face, similar to but 'rather steeper' than the north-east face of the Lenzspitze, was first climbed on 30 July 1930 by H. Kiener and R. Schwarzgruber. They started from Zermatt at midnight and made a direct 2,000-metre ascent to the Triftjoch. They reached the base of the north face after having traversed the crevasses of the Ober Gabelhorn Glacier and successfully climbed it. This route was repeated only once until 1951.
Christian Klucker and L. Norman-Neruda made the first ascent of the east-north-east ridge on 1 August 1890. Nowadays most of the climbers use this route, starting at the Rothorn Hut (above Zermatt) and passing over the summit of the Wellenkuppe. The major obstacle, the Klucker tower, is equipped with ropes since 1918.
(Wikipedia)
Das Ober Gabelhorn (oft auch Obergabelhorn, jedoch nicht Gabelhorn) ist ein Viertausender in den Walliser Alpen.
Ausgangsorte für eine Besteigung sind Zermatt über das Mattertal oder Zinal über das Val d’Anniviers.
Besteigungsgeschichte
Die Erstbesteigung wurde am 6. Juli 1865 durch Adolphus Warburton Moore, Horace Walker und Jakob Anderegg unternommen. Schon am nächsten Tag folgten die Verlierer beim Rennen um den Gipfel, Francis Douglas, Peter Taugwalder und Joseph Viennin bei ihrem dritten Anlauf. Francis Douglas kam eine Woche später bei der Erstbesteigung des Matterhorns ums Leben.
Der Normalweg führt von der Rothornhütte (3198 m) über den Triftgletscher zur Schulter der Wellenkuppe (3898 m), über diese in leichter Kletterei (III-) hinweg und den ausgeprägten Ostnordostgrat folgend über den grossen Gendarm (Kluckerturm, Fixseile) zum Gipfel. Es handelt sich um eine kombinierte Hochtour (III+, Eis bis 50°, ZS / AD). Weitere interessante Anstiege sind der Arbengrat (Westsüdwestgrat, III+, ZS / AD) und die stark vergletscherte, selten begangene Nordwand (Eis 55°, S / D).
(Wikipedia)
Matterhorn, Obergabelhorn, Dent Blache - three stunning mountains dominated our views from Zinalrothorn to the south east.
After having breakfast at Rothornhütte at 3am we started our ascent through the darkness around a quarter to four. Not much above the hut we got onto the glacier "Rothorngletscher", on which we ascended about 200m of altitude until reaching the "Wasserloch", a chimney that we climbed up with crampons on. It slowly started to dawn as we reached the top of that climb. From there we continued over smaller snow fields and rocks to a larger area of firn and snow that higher up forms the relatively narrow firn arête of Zinalrothorn's south east ridge. This photograph towards Obergabelhorn and Matterhorn was taken at 6am, shortly before entering that firn field.
Wellenkuppe (3 901 m) - panorama of Alps from the summit. In the background Matterhorn (4 478 m) and on the right Ober Gabelhorn (4063 m).
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Wellenkuppe (3 901 m) - panorama Alp ze szczytu. W głębi Matterhorn (4 478 m) a po prawej Ober Gabelhorn ( 4063 m).
Photo taken on August 20th, 2013. The Weisshorn (4505 m) on the very upper left, and Zinalrothorn (4221 m) and Obergabelhorn (4063 m) on the right.
Taken early morning from Cabane Becs de Bosson, with Zinal Rothorn and Ober Gabelhorn to the right.
Obergabelhorn, December
We don’t usually set much store by a room with a view, on the theory that we’re not going to be using the room for anything but sleeping. But this one sure proved us wrong! Woke up before the alarm at first light, and this was the sight that greeted me outside the window. Out on the balcony in my pajamas in the chill mountain air …
I believe this is the Obergabelhorn (4,063 m, 13,330 ft).
