- Lenzspitze
Infobox Mountain
Name = Lenzspitze
Photo = Lenzspitze01.jpg
Caption = North-east face
Elevation = 4,294 metres (14,088 ft)
Location = SUI
Range =Pennine Alps
Prominence = convert|81|m|ft|0|abbr=on
latd= 46|latm=6 |lats=16.7 |latNS=N
longd=7 |longm=52 |longs=6.4 |longEW=E
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Coordinates = coor at dms|46|6|16.7|N|7|52|6.4|E|type:mountain_region:CH-VS
First ascent = August 1870 byClinton Thomas Dent ,Alexander Burgener and Franz Burgener
Easiest route = South-west ridge (west flank) Mixed at PDThe Lenzspitze (4,294 m) is a
mountain in the Pennine Alps inSwitzerland . It is the furthest peak south on the Nadelgrat, a high-level ridge running roughly north–south above the resort ofSaas Fee to the east, and theMattertal to the west.It was first climbed in August 1870 by
Clinton Thomas Dent with guideAlexander Burgener and a porter, Franz Burgener, by the north-east face to the Nadeljoch and then the north-west ridge to the summit. This route is rarely used today.The east-north-east ridge starts at the Mischabel Hut. This ridge was first climbed on
3 August 1882 by William Woodman Goodman with guides Ambros Supersaxo and Theodor Andenmatten.Its north-east face is a classic ice climb, comprising a 500-metre wall of ice or neve at an angle of up to 56 degrees, first climbed by Dietrich von Bethmann-Hollweg with Oskar and Othmar Supersaxo on
7 July 1911 . This face was descended on skis by Heini Holzer on22 July 1972 .References
*Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, "The High Mountains of the Alps", London: Diadem, 1994
External links
* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150653/lenzspitze.html The Lenzspitze on SummitPost]
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