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  SummitPost - Dufourspitze -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
Dufourspitze is Switzerland's highest mountain and is part of the Monte Rosa massif.
Dufourspitze is not considered as a difficult mountain on its popular and populated ascents, but you must be fully equipped with ax, rope, crampons and warm and wind resistant clothes.
The sight from the summit gives a peculiar feeling looking down on the near Matterhorn, however the sight down to the Italian Macugnaga is not as overwhelming as from Nordend, since Dufourspitze is not located on the Monte Rosa ridge, which forms the frontier between Italy in Switzerland, but one hour away to the west.
www.summitpost.org /mountain/rock/150756/dufourspitze.html   (1609 words)

  
  Dufourspitze
Een hele rit naar de Alpen om te ontdekken dat het materiaal niet in orde is. Ik vind mezelf een ontzettende waardeloze alpinist.
Het was er vreselijk koud geweest, en ze hadden besloten om maar weer snel af te dalen.
De Dufourspitze is dus een mooie aanvulling op zijn lijst.
www.rennes.be /klimsite/dufour.htm   (5098 words)

  
 Dufourspitze - Encyclopedia.com
It had been a very long day and the final roped climb along the summit ridge to the Dufourspitze, at 4,634m the highest of Monte Rosa's tops, had been tricky in strong winds and with a lot of ice-glazed rock to negotiate...
The Yungfrau (sic) is also not the highest mountain in Switzerland, it holds the 10th place, after: Dufourspitze with 4.632 m (the highest).
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www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-X-Dufoursp.html   (208 words)

  
 Schweiz Webkatalog Catall Webverzeichnis
Die zwölf höchsten Berge der Schweiz befinden sich alle in den Walliser Alpen.
Der höchste unter ihnen ist die Dufourspitze im Monte-Rosa-Gebirgsmassiv mit 4634 m.
Die Dufourspitze ist damit gleichzeitig der höchste Punkt der Schweiz, allerdings befindet sie sich zum Teil auf italienischem Gebiet.
www.catall.de /schweiz   (423 words)

  
 Climbing Matterhorn - The Summit of Matterhorn Photos QTVR - Photo panoramique
Matthias Taugwalder also climbed the highest mountain of Switzerland earlier this year.
Dufourspitze is with 4634 m the highest top in Switzerland.
The mountain is named after Guillaume-Henri Dufour, a Swiss engineer and army officer who led the Sonderbund campaign.
www.panoramas.dk /fullscreen5/f38-matterhorn.html   (327 words)

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