Gemsstock

Gemsstock
View from the summit towards Ticino
Highest point
Elevation2,961 m (9,715 ft)
Prominence86 m (282 ft)[1]
Parent peakChastelhorn
Coordinates46°36′8.2″N 8°36′42.1″E / 46.602278°N 8.611694°E / 46.602278; 8.611694
Geography
Gemsstock is located in Switzerland
Gemsstock
Gemsstock
Location in Switzerland
LocationUri, Switzerland
Parent rangeLepontine Alps
Climbing
Easiest routeAerial tramway

Gemsstock is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Andermatt in the canton of Uri. A glacier named Gurschenfirn lies over its northern flanks. The Gemsstock is a subpeak of the higher Chastelhorn, lying approximately one kilometre south-west.

  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the St. Annalücke (2,875 m).