Weisshorn

Christian Hofmann/Reuters After a crash in near the Weisshorn in the Val d'Anniviers region of the Swiss Alps Friday, rescue workers worked at the wreckage.

Photos of the Day: Feb. 11 2011

A connected shaft leads to an outdoor pool overlooking the Schanfigg Valley and the 8,704-foot-high Aroser Weisshorn, especially breathtaking in morning, when copper and pink puddles of light drip over its eastern face.

Water With an Edge Adam H. Graham 2011

To some, no doubt, the smooth, youthful contours of an active volcano seem more beautiful than the rugged grandeur of the Weisshorn.

The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' John H. Williams

Jungfrau or the Weisshorn might go out on a journey.

Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z Various

I myself became more and more like a human being, and when we got to the Rothe Boden, from which in daylight there is a wonderful view of the Alps from the Lyskamm to the Weisshorn, I was quite alive and equal to most things, even to cutting a joke without bitterness.

A Tramp's Notebook Morley Roberts 1899

I descended the valley, diverging from the path at Randa to mount the slopes of the Dom (the highest of the Mischabelhörner), in order to see the Weisshorn face to face.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Various 1885

One of Tyndall's feats in the Alps was to make the first recorded ascent of the Weisshorn.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Various 1885

If one never saw a mountain, the sight of the Visp would more than repay, but, as it is, one's attention is taxed to the uttermost not to miss anything of this little rushing river and at the same time get the charming views of the Weisshorn, the Breithorn, and the other snow summits which appear over the mountain spurs surrounding the head of the valley.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Various 1885

Tyndall climbed to the summit of the Matterhorn, ascended the so-called inaccessible peak of the Weisshorn, scaled Mont Blanc three times, and once was caught in an avalanche, riding toward death at the rate of a mile a minute.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists Elbert Hubbard 1885

Dent Blanche, the Weisshorn, with many other mountains of the Valais and Oberland form a complete circle of snow peaks, may establish the geography of the place but it does not convey any but the faintest picture of the sublime grandeur of the scene ....

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Various 1885