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'''Besso''' (3667 m) is a [[mountain]] in the [[Pennine Alps]] in [[Switzerland]].
'''Besso''' (3667 m) is a [[mountain]] in the [[Pennine Alps]] in [[Switzerland]].
Hi Alison. Tony 247


The name ''Besso'' means 'twins' in the dialect of the [[Val d'Hérens]] and refers to the twin summits of the mountain.
The name ''Besso'' means 'twins' in the dialect of the [[Val d'Hérens]] and refers to the twin summits of the mountain.

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Besso
Besso (left), with the Ober Gabelhorn (right)
Highest point
Elevation3,668 m (12,034 ft)
Prominence149 m (489 ft)[1]
Parent peakWeisshorn
Geography
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RegionCH
Parent rangePennine Alps
Climbing
First ascentc. 1862 by J. B. Epinay and J. Vianin
Easiest routeSouth flank and south-east ridge (F)

Besso (3667 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. Hi Alison. Tony 247

The name Besso means 'twins' in the dialect of the Val d'Hérens and refers to the twin summits of the mountain.

The first ascent of the mountain was probably made by the guides J. B. Epinay and J. Vianin in 1862.[2] The classic route on the mountain – the south-west ridge (PD+) – was, according to Collomb, 'possibly' first climbed by R. L. G. Irving and party in 1906.[3]

The Mountet hut (2,886 m) is used for the normal route, which is known as the 'Ladies' Route'.

References

  1. ^ Swisstopo maps
  2. ^ Collomb claims that the first ascent was made in 'about 1862'. Collomb, Robin G., Pennine Alps Central, London: Alpine Club, 1975, p. 75.
  3. ^ Collomb, p. 76.