Mountain of the Week - Lyskamm
Mountain of the Week - Lyskamm - 14,852 FT (4,527 M)
Lyskamm is located on the Italian/Swiss border in the Alps. It has a double peak, one lying in Italy and one in Switzerland. The peak in Switzerland is the higher of the two. Many us Zermatt as a jumping off point to climb this mountain.
From Wikipedia - The mountain is often climbed as a traverse from the Felikjoch (West), to the Listjoch (East) or vice versa. The traverse consists mostly of a narrow, snow-covered ridge, with some scrambling over rocks. In good conditions, this route is fairly easy and objectively safe, however in bad snow conditions and/or bad visibility, the ridge can be challenging because of large, sometimes double, cornices, mainly on the southern side of the ridge.
The eastern and highest of the two peaks is 4,527 m high, and was first ascended in 1861 by a 14-man team (eight Englishmen and six Swiss guides) led by J. F. Hardy and including William Edward Hall, up the east ridge. The ridge as a whole was first traversed three years later by Leslie Stephen, Edward Buxton, Jakob Anderegg and Franz Biener.
Add comment October 11th, 2007
