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11-564: The pass lies between the Wildhorn on the west and the Wildstrubel on the east. Lac de Tseuzier is located south of the pass. This Canton of Bern location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Valais location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wildhorn The Wildhorn is a mountain of the Alps , straddling

22-732: Is between the glaciers named Tungelgletscher and Glacier du Wildhorn . South of the main summit is the almost equally high summit of Mont Pucel (3,177 m). The Wildhorn is surrounded by several large mountain lakes: the Lac de Sénin , the Lauenensee , the Iffigsee , the Lac de Tseuzier and the Lac des Audannes . The Tungelgletscher, on the north-east face, was measured as 1.9 km in length in 1973. The Wildhorn lies approximately halfway between Gstaad (BE; 14 km away), Sion (VS; 14 km) and Lenk (BE; 13 km), its summit being in

33-748: Is located near the Lac des Audannes on the south side. More challenging ascents commence from the Geltenhütte (2,759 m), above the Col du Brochet . The first ascent was made by Gottlieb Samuel Studer in September 1843. Gottlieb Samuel Studer Gottlieb Samuel Studer (5 August 1804 in Langnau im Emmental – 22 December 1890 in Vienna ) was a Swiss mountaineer , notary public and draughtsman . Studer

44-1015: The Bernese Alps that lie west of the Gemmi Pass. The massif of the Wildhorn is at the centre between the valleys of the Saane , Simme (both canton of Bern) and the Rhone (Valais). It comprises several distinct summits, including (from west to east) the Arpelistock , Le Sérac , the Geltenhorn , the Sex Noir , the Sex Rouge , the Schnidehorn and the Six des Eaux Froides . The main crest

55-832: The border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais . At 3,250 metres (10,663 ft) above sea level, it is the highest summit of the Bernese Alps west of the Gemmi Pass . It forms a large glaciated massif, about 10 km wide, extending between the Sanetsch Pass and the Rawil Pass . Along with the Muverans , the Diablerets and the Wildstrubel , the Wildhorn is one of the four distinct mountain massifs of

66-642: The landscape, as in many other areas of the Bernese Oberland . The ascent of the Wildhorn involves either glacier crossings or technical climbs. The Swiss Alpine Club maintains the Wildhornhütte shelter (2,303 m) in the Iffigtal , above the Iffigsee , on the northern slopes of the mountain. The easiest ascent (a glacier tour) starts from there. Another hut, the Cabane des Audannes (2,505 m)

77-503: The municipalities of Lauenen (BE), Savièse (VS) and Ayent (VS). The nearest settlements are Lauenen, Anzère (Ayent) and Gsteig bei Gstaad . The highest place in the massif that can be easily reached is the Pas de Maimbré station (2,362 m), which is connected to Anzère by a gondola lift. As for the other mountains on the crest of the Bernese Alps, the slopes of the Wildhorn experience different types of climate depending on their location:

88-518: The northern slopes are cooler and wetter while the southern slopes are drier and warmer. Forests are found up to 1,800 metres on the north side and up to 2,100 metres on the south side. Glaciers also reach significantly lower locations on the north side. Vineyards are also very common on the Valais side, especially below 1000 metres, but completely absent on the Bernese side, where alpine pastures dominate

99-627: Was honorary president from 1873 to his death. In 1866 Studer left the service of the state and dedicated himself to the history of Alpine exploration. The years 1869–1871 were spent writing Über Eis und Schnee , a three-volume history of the climbing of the Swiss Alps . Over the course of 60 years Studer climbed 650 summits, in the Bernese Alps, the Pennine Alps , the Dauphiné , the Tyrol ,

110-793: Was inspired by the establishment of the British Alpine Club in 1857 to form a Swiss counterpart. This led to the founding on 19 April 1863 of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) at a meeting in the Bahnhofbuffet Olten , the railway restaurant in the Swiss town of Olten . The club was 'a broader and more democratic association than the Alpine Club'. Studer was president of the Bern section of the SAC from 1863–1873, and he

121-479: Was the son of Sigmund Gottlieb Studer. After the death of his father, the Studer family moved to Bern , where Studer was secretary to the cantonal justice and police department, later becoming prefect ( Regierungsstatthalter ) of the city of Bern. In September 1843 he made the first ascent of the Wildhorn (3,248 m) in the Bernese Alps . Together with the geologist Theodor Simler and Dr Melchior Ulrich, Studer

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