Schreckhorn

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Schreckhorn is a prominent and rugged mountain peak in the Swiss Alps, known for its challenging climbs and striking glaciated scenery.

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Schreckhorn canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine four-thousander
mountain
accessPoint Grindelwald railway station
belongsTo Jungfrau-Aletsch region
surface form: Jungfrau-Aletsch region (broad area)
climbingGradeNormalRoute AD (alpinism grade)
climbingSeason summer
coordinates 46.617°N 8.095°E
country Switzerland
drainageBasin Aare
surface form: Aare River

Rhine
surface form: Rhine River
elevation 13348 ft
4078 m
firstAscendedBy Christian Michel
Leslie Stephen
Peter Michel
Ulrich Kaufmann
firstAscentDate 1861-08-16
glacierOnFlanks Lauteraar Glacier
Schreckfirn
hasSecondarySummit Klein Schreckhorn
hazard crevasses
rapidly changing weather
rockfall
isHighestPeakOf Bernese Alps
surface form: eastern Bernese Alps
languageOfToponym German
listing Alpine mountains above 4000 m
locatedIn Bernese Alps
canton of Bern
mountainRange Swiss Alps
nameMeaning "terror peak" or "fright peak" in German
nearbyHut Schreckhorn Hut
nearbyTown Grindelwald
normalRoute south-west ridge from Schreckhorn Hut
notableFor glaciated scenery
prominent and rugged profile
technical difficulty of normal route
overlooks Lower Grindelwald Glacier
Upper Grindelwald Glacier
parentPeak Finsteraarhorn
partOf Aar massif
photoSubjectOf classic views from Grindelwald
prominence 707 m
rockType granite and gneiss
situatedBetween Lauteraarhorn and Finsteraarhorn region
viewedFrom Faulhorn
Grindelwald
surface form: First (Grindelwald)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bernese Alps contains Schreckhorn
Wetterhorn near Schreckhorn
Lauteraarhorn isSouthOf Schreckhorn