The
Lagginhorn (4,010 m), also known as
Laquinhorn or
ts Lagg'ii, is a mountain in the
Pennine Alps 
in Switzerland. It lies a few kilometres north of the slightly higher Weissmies and also close to the slightly lower
Fletschhorn 
on the north.
The Lagginhorn is the last four-thousander in the main chain before the Simplon Pass; it is also the second-lowest four-thousander (number 58 of 60) in Switzerland. A rocky, mostly unglaciated summit, it is one of the few Alpine 4000m mountains accessible without any necessary glacier crossings and therefore can be climbed solo with appropriate experience.
The first ascent was by Edward Levi Ames and three other Englishmen, together with local Saas Grund clergyman Johann Josef Imseng, Franz Andenmatten (landlord of the
Monte Rosa 
Hotel) and three other guides on 26 August 1856.
Etymology
Lagginhorn's etymology is obscure but may derive from the Latin
lacus or the Saracen arabic
allâqîn. The local
Saastal 
people call it
ts Lagg'ii today
. Geology
The Lagginhorn and its neighbours within the Weissmies Range fall within the parautochthon of the Monte Rosa portion of the Middle Penninic Nappe.