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Lagginhorn
Lagginhorn
	The west face
Highest point
Elevation	4,010 m (13,160 ft)
Prominence	511 m (1,677 ft)
Parent peak	Weissmies
Isolation	3.3 km (2.1 mi)
Coordinates	46°9′26″N 8°0′11″E / 46.15722°N 8.00306°E
Geography
	Lagginhorn Location in Switzerland
Location	Valais, Switzerland
Parent range	Pennine Alps
Climbing
First ascent	26 August 1856 by E. L. Ames, Franz Andenmatten and Johann Josef Imseng, together with three Englishmen and three guides
Easiest route	West ridge (PD)

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The Lagginhorn (4,010 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies a few kilometres north of the slightly higher Weissmies and also close to the slightly lower Fletschhorn on the north.

The Lagginhorn is the last four-thousander in the main chain before the Simplon Pass; it is also the lowest four-thousander in Switzerland.

The first ascent was by Edward Levi Ames and three other Englishmen, together with local Saas Grund clergyman Johann Josef Imseng, Franz Andenmatten and three other guides on 26 August 1856.

Huts

Weissmies Hut (2,726 m)
Berghaus Hohsaas (3,100 m)
Laggin Bivouac (2,425 m)

References

^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Lagginjoch (3,499 m).
^ Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is north of the Weissmies.
^ Map of Swisstopo

Bibliography

Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994

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[1] Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Lagginjoch (3,499 m).

[2] Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is north of the Weissmies.

[3] Map of Swisstopo

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 The '''Lagginhorn''' (4,010 m) is a [[mountain]] in the [[Pennine Alps|Pennine]] [[Swiss Alps|Alps]] in [[Switzerland]]. It lies a few kilometres north of the slightly higher [[Weissmies]] and also close to the slightly lower [[Fletschhorn]] on the north.