Rheinwaldhorn
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The Rheinwaldhorn is the highest point in the Swiss canton of Ticino at 3,402 metres above sea level. It lies on the border between the cantons of Graubünden and Ticino, in the Adula massif, part of t
Rheinwaldhorn, February 2006
The Rheinwaldhorn (left) seen from south of Vals
The ascent by Placidus a Spescha
The Rheinwaldhorn seen from the Paradies Glacier
Vogelberg
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The Vogelberg is a 3,218 metres high mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Graubünden. It is the highest summit of the Lepontine Alps south of t
Rheinwaldhorn
…Placidus a Spescha. The peaks of the Adula group had not been frequented by foreign travellers until 1863, when Morshead made the first ascent of the Vogelberg. In the following year Freshfield, with two friends, reached the summit of the Rheinwaldhorn from the side of the Lenta Glacier, striking the shoulder…
The snowy massif of the Vogelberg (right) from Hinterrhein