The Fleckistock (or Rot Stock) is a 3,417 metres high

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in the

Urner Alps The Uri Alps (also known as ''Urner Alps'', ) are a mountain range in Central Switzerland and part of the Western Alps. They extend into the cantons of Obwalden, Valais, Bern, Uri and Nidwalden and are bordered by the Bernese Alps (Grimsel Pas ...

, overlooking

Wassen Wassen is a village and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Uri, Uri in Switzerland. Geography , Wassen has an area of . Of this area, 12.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.2 ...

in the canton of

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. It is the highest summit of the group lying east of the pass of Sustenjoch (2,656 metres). This range, starting at the Stucklistock and ending at the

Salbitschijen The Salbitschijen is a mountain in the Urner Alps, overlooking Göschenen in the Swiss canton of Uri. It lies at the southern extremity of the range of the Fleckistock. It is known for its rock climbing opportunities; the ridges from the sout ...

, separates the valleys of Voralp, above

Göschenen Göschenen (, ) is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The Göschenen riots (1875) saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working c ...

and Meiental, above Wassen. The east flanks of the mountain are covered by glaciers. A glacier named ''Rütifirn'' lies on the north-eastern side and another (smaller) named ''Kartigelfirn'' lies on the south-east side. The west side is almost free of ice. The Fleckistock is usually climbed from the south-west side, in the Voralp valley. The Voralp hut, from where starts the

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, is located a 2,126 metres. It is owned by the

Swiss Alpine Club The Swiss Alpine Club (, , , ) is the largest mountaineering club in Switzerland. It was founded in 1863 in Olten and it is now composed of 110 sections with 174,726 members (2023). These include the Association of British Members of the Swiss ...

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