Weisshorn

[ vahys-hawrn ]

noun

1. a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Alps. 14,804 feet (4,512 meters).

Weisshorn

/ ˈvaɪsˌhɔːn /

noun

1. a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. Height: 4505 m (14 781 ft)

Example Sentences

Recommended route Balcony trail Facebook Twitter Pinterest Click to see a larger version of the map From the top of the funicular follow the signs to the Hôtel Weisshorn.

From The Guardian

It was just possible, of course, that on a fine day some party which had adventured upon a new ascent might find itself on the top of the Weisshorn at six o'clock in the evening.

From Project Gutenberg

I descended the valley, diverging from the path at Randa to mount the slopes of the Dom,6 in order to see the Weisshorn face to face.

From Project Gutenberg

And there was that other dawn which I saw, from the icy ridge of the Petersgrat, turning the snow-clad summits of the Matterhorn, the Weisshorn, and Mont Blanc to a magic realm of rose-tinted battlements.

From Project Gutenberg

To the northeast lie the beautiful forests of the Rothwald, with the snowy pile of the Spitzhorn for a background, and to the northwest the two glorious glaciers of the Maidelspitz and the Weisshorn.

From Project Gutenberg