Finsteraarhorn
Americannoun
noun
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Such was the Alpine exploit performed in one day last week by Prince Chichibu, second son of the Mikado of Japan, first Alpinist to scale either the Finsteraarhorn or the Schreckhorn this year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up the Finsteraarhorn, 14,026 ft., the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps.
From Time Magazine Archive
We crossed it, and reached the base of the Finsteraarhorn, ascended the mountain a little way, and at six o'clock paused to lighten our burdens and to refresh ourselves.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John
The Finsteraarhorn now fronted us; but clouds turbaned the head of the giant, and hid it from our view.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John
The Finsteraarhorn sends down a number of cliffy buttresses, separated from each other by wide couloirs filled with ice and snow.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John
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