Aiguille du Tour

Aiguille du Tour on the Trient

The Aiguille du Tour is a 3'540 m high mountain, which marks the border between Switzerland and France, with its two peaks of approximately equal height. ( According to other data reaches the northern peak has a height of 3'544 m and 3'542 m the South Summit. ) The Aiguille du Tour is located between the Tour glacier ( Glacier du Tour ) on the French side to the west and the Trient ( Plateau du Trient) on the Valais side to the east.

It is flanked by the Aiguille du urinal ( 3,440 m above sea level. M. ) in the north and the Aiguille Purtscheller ( 3'475 m above sea level. M., named after Ludwig Purtscheller, the first Steiger this needle ) in the south.

First ascent

The first ascent of the South Summit took place on August 18, 1864 by CG Heathcote and Moritz Andermatten that the slightly higher north summit in August 1875 by G. and E. Beraneck and E. Javelle.

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  • Mountain in Europe
  • Mountain in the canton of Valais
  • Mountain in Rhône -Alpes
  • Three thousand
  • Mountain in the Alps
  • Trent VS
  • Chamonix -Mont- Blanc
Mont Blanc massif
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