The northwest ridge was first ascended in 1865 by the Rev. James John Hornby, Rev. Thomas Henry Philpot, with guides Christian and Ulrich Almer, Johann Bischof, and Christian Lauener.
Silberhorn and Jungfrau 1837 (on the left: Mönch). Gouache painting by Johann Heinrich Bleuler, the Younger (1787–1857)
Silberhorn and Jungfrau c. 1870. Oil painting by Heinrich Müller
In a 1968 letter, J. R. R. Tolkien identified the Silberhorn as it appeared to him when camping near Mürren in 1911 as “the Silvertine (Celebdil) of my dreams”.[3]
Near the bottom of the World Cup Lauberhorn downhill course is the Silberhornsprung, a jump with the Silberhorn visible in the background for the television audience.
References
- ↑ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps and Google Earth. The key col is the Silberlicka (3,637 m).
- ↑ John Ball, The Alpine Guide: Central Alps, 1869, p. 74
- ↑ Carpenter, Humphrey, ed. (2023) [1981]. The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition. New York: HarperCollins. #306. ISBN 978-0-35-865298-4.
- Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994
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