Laggin Bivouac
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Laggin Bivouac Laggin Biwak (de)
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General | |
Elevation | 2,428 m7,965.879 ft 1.509 miles |
Type | SAC-CAS |
Location | Valais, Switzerland |
Range | Pennine Alps |
Massif | Weissmies Group |
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Coordinates | |
DMS Coor. | 46°9´52"N, 8°2´43"E |
Swiss Coor. | 646860 / 112740 |
Links | Topographic Detail |
Nearby Features | |
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Alpinist's Info | |
Base(s) | Simplon |
Summit(s) | Balmahorn, Fletschhorn, Lagginhorn, Rothorn, Schijenhorn, Tossenhorn, Tällihorn, Weissmies, Wenghorn |
Topo. Map | SLK 1309: Simplon |
Approach Difficulty | W2 |
Hut Info | |
Places | 10 |
Guarded | always unguarded |
Catering | No drinks and No food |
Tel. | 0041 (0)27 946 63 41 (warden) |
Website | mountwiki.com/wiki/short/Laggin |
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[edit] General information
The Laggin Bivouac (German: Laggin Biwak) is a bivouac above Simplon in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It's a small, prefabricated SAC hut situated near the foot of the R lateral moraine of the Sibiliflue Glacier on the E side of the Fletschhorn. The hut chef is Irma Zumstein (Tel: 0041 (0)27 923 43 21).
[edit] History
Built in 1959, rebuilt in 1983.
[edit] Accommodation
10 places
Category | CHF/night |
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SAC Member | 21 |
J+S SAC Member | 10 |
J+S Non Member | 17 |
Kid < 6 | 6 |
Non Member | 32 |
[edit] Approach route
- From Simplon: (3,5h)
Waymarked from the village, a bridleway heads S across the Lauigrabe torrent. Follow this track which climbs steeply through woods at first and then contours the hillside before climbing again to Pt. 2,059.2 m (Antonius oratory). The path then crosses almost horizontally the sleep slopes of Goldweng before rising steeply again to a commemorative cross. Keep on the path past Färicha (avoid a lower path) before a last steep ascent leads to the hut. In places the path is rather faint but cairned.
- Spring route:
Simplon village - Bodme (path to 1,800 m) - Blaus Seewji - Sattel
[edit] Ascents
- Wenghorn: ()
- Rothorn: ()
- Fletschhorn: (3,993 m13,100.394 ft
2.481 miles) - Lagginhorn: (4,010 m13,156.168 ft
2.492 miles) - Weissmies: (4,023 m13,198.819 ft
2.5 miles) - Tällihorn: ()
- Tossenhorn: ()
- Schijenhorn: ()
- Balmahorn: ()