Finsteraarhorn Climber's Log

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Farmer

Farmer - Feb 11, 2018 9:37 am Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2016

Alone on top!   Sucess!

One of the greatest mountains of the Bernese Alps. Not difficult, not dangerous....Conditions were great. The toughest part was getting to the Finsteraarhorn Hut. Long way... we had to cross 3 glaciers approx. 25 km... Very rewarding view...

boriskrielen

boriskrielen - Feb 5, 2018 5:44 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2010

Normal route  Sucess!

Climbed the normal route from the Finsteraarhorn hut with my climbing partner Helmut.

il.rocciatore

il.rocciatore - Jun 4, 2017 8:49 am

Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: may 2017  Sucess!

Difficult start on steep and hard / frozen slopes behind Finsteraarhornhütte. Harscheisen necessary! Higher up the slope eases. No problems to reach the Hugisattel. Entertaining rock climbing along NW Ridge, never too difficult. Splendid views from the summit.

Smooth descent on skis and still a small push to reach the Grünhornlücke in the afternoon. Descent in heavy snow to Konkordia and another push on the stairs to the Konkordiahütte.

mountainmanjohn

mountainmanjohn - Oct 12, 2014 10:58 pm

Normal route  Sucess!

Great route in fantastic conditions. Just a little cloud over the summit.

mulidivarese

mulidivarese - Apr 4, 2014 3:36 am Date Climbed: Mar 31, 2014

ski normal  Sucess!

good condition on the normal ski way and the NW ridge.
Good track up to Hugisattle but very little amount of snow over 3900m. A bit of verglass on the ridge made us repell down about 20 meters while descending from top.
Nice day

Charles

Charles - Sep 2, 2012 4:03 am Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2009

Great route  Sucess!

Climbed it by the normal route. Fantastic day and really enjoyed it!

mulidivarese

mulidivarese - Jul 27, 2012 2:52 pm Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2011

From Grimselpass  Sucess!

From Oberarsee via Oberarjock and Sturefirm.
Long approach, lovely climbing.
Loneliness and majesty of such montain
with Carlo

hamishsummers

hamishsummers - Nov 29, 2011 9:17 am Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2011

Ran out of time

Climbed via normal route (SW ridge) with Dietmar and Dan (John stayed behind due to injury). We all got to the Hugisattel - amazing views and excitign exposure down the back. Dan and I continued but turned back at last icefield due to exposure and time (we did not want to be the last ones off). Fell in bergshrund on way down! A most excellent climb. Even the approach (from First via Konkoridahutte) well worth the trip in it's own right.

Silvio1973

Silvio1973 - Aug 26, 2011 5:17 am Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2006

I am not sure wich route we climbed

I am not sure wich route we climbed, I guess it was the South-West ridge. We encountered a couples of gendarmes, one long chimney and a couple of rock climbing passages of IV.
Overall difficoulty was AD.
A great climb and a great day.

Jek

Jek - Feb 3, 2009 9:59 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007

Normal route  Sucess!

It was first ascent in my life to 4000m peak. It was amazing climb and big experience for me though technicaly it was simple and weather was very nice. Beautiful day!

bergnasenbaer

bergnasenbaer - Sep 20, 2008 1:28 pm

normal route  Sucess!

very nice climb.

Jay Power

Jay Power - Aug 22, 2008 11:22 am Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2008

Normal Route  Sucess!

Very icy on the final ridge.

Cyrill

Cyrill - Nov 8, 2007 5:23 am Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2004

Finsteraarhorn 4274m  Sucess!

Great tour to Finsteraarhorn 4274m.

my picture are here: Link to Finsteraarhorn 4274m

Jurgen

Jurgen - Sep 3, 2007 5:16 am

Normal route  Sucess!

Perfect weather and perfect conditions

garaventa

garaventa - Nov 20, 2005 3:46 pm

Route Climbed: Via Hugi Sattel Date Climbed: 19 September 2000  Sucess!

late summer day with perfect conditions. Pictures will follow later

tiefenthaler

tiefenthaler - Sep 2, 2005 7:36 am

Route Climbed: Normal route by ski Date Climbed: 29 March 1989  Sucess!

Used the skis from the Finsteraarhornhuette to the Hugisattel. From there an easy scramble (maybe UIAA I-II) to the summit. Beautiful day, blue skies, and great view!

Artoirius

Artoirius - Aug 16, 2005 5:52 pm

Route Climbed: Normal route from Finsteraarhornhütte Date Climbed: August 11th, 2005  Sucess!

We decided to try to summit this day, although the weather would not be very good. Therefore we marched very fast and the snow conditions were very good. In 5,5 hours we went from Finsteraarhornhütte to summit and back. Everything turned out magnificiently... Very nice summitridge and beautiful views!

bbirtle

bbirtle - Jul 7, 2005 12:22 pm

Route Climbed: Normal Route (from Finsteraarhorn Hutte) Date Climbed: May 4, 2005  Sucess!

Perfect weather. Cut fresh tracks up in 40cm fresh snow. Summit ridge a lot longer than it looks, but not difficult. Sweeping views everywhere. Ski down in the powder excellent, with some nice steep sections.

Eelconl

Eelconl - Oct 23, 2004 9:44 am

Route Climbed: Huggisattel Date Climbed: August 2004

I was there in Summer. Had a beautiful day but my Friend did not want to do the final ridge. It looked perfect and most of the climbers did not use crampons.

The hut has been rebuild in June 2004 and is the most beautiful hut I ever slept in.



thomas.schmeidl

thomas.schmeidl - May 21, 2002 1:08 pm

Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: April 1990  Sucess!

We climbed Finsteraarhorn during a traverse of the Bernese Alps on ski (Goppenstein - Münster).

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