Lenzspitze

LocationSwitzerlandParent rangePennine AlpsClimbingFirst ascentAugust 1870 by Clinton Thomas Dent, Alexander Burgener and Franz BurgenerEasiest routeSouth-west ridge (west flank) Mixed at PD

The Lenzspitze is a 4,293-metre (14,085 ft) mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It is the southernmost peak on the Nadelgrat, a high-level ridge running roughly north–south, north of Dom in the Mischabel range, above the resort of Saas Fee to the east, and the Mattertal to the west.^[2]

Ascent

It was first climbed in August 1870 by Clinton Thomas Dent with guide Alexander Burgener and a porter, Franz Burgener, by the north-east face to the Nadeljoch and then the north-west ridge to the summit. This route is rarely used today.

The east-north-east ridge starts at the Mischabel Hut. This ridge was first climbed on 3 August 1882 by William Woodman Goodman with guides Ambros Supersaxo and Theodor Andenmatten.

Its north-east face is a classic ice climb, comprising a 500-metre (1,600 ft) wall of ice or neve at an angle of up to 56 degrees, first climbed by Dietrich von Bethmann-Hollweg with Oskar and Othmar Supersaxo on 7 July 1911. This face was descended on skis by Heini Holzer on 22 July 1972.

See also

• List of 4000 metre peaks of the Alps

References

Bibliography

• Dumler, Helmut; Burkhardt, Willi P. (1994). The High Mountains of the Alps. London: Diadem.

External links

• "The Lenzspitze". SummitPost.org. Retrieved November 8, 2011.