Lagginhorn Climber's Log

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cezartr

cezartr - Aug 28, 2011 4:14 pm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2011

WSW ridge solo  Sucess!

My first 4000er! Great weather that day. Climbed along the west ridge avoiding the glacier. Fantastic view from the top, but I could not enjoy for a long time. I was among the first 5 people on the summit and I had to leave soon to avoid the traffic jam that would have obviously followed. All my way down I heard the word "stein" (stone) and I was happy to be far away. Descending I took the route over the almost harmless glacier. The way down to Saas Grund is very long and is not only descent but also mild ascent. But the beer in Camping Mischabel and the company of a nice couple from Catalonia that evening was very nice. Perfect conditions and perfect day!

domipost

domipost - Jun 24, 2011 6:14 am Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2010

South Ridge  Sucess!

My first real ridge, climbed together with my brother. Nice but prety long climb.

PeterCorneliusSpaeth

PeterCorneliusSpaeth - Jan 31, 2011 9:23 am Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2008

South Ridge  Sucess!

Partly scrambling, some good climbing, scary rappel.

[X] Bird

[X] Bird - Jan 13, 2011 10:21 am Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2009

Route: Fletschorn-Lagginhorn Traverse  Sucess!

Did it as part of the traverse. The north ridge is very nice! But the normal route (down) is a bit boring.

Ivona

Ivona - Sep 17, 2010 1:17 pm Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2010

whole West ridge from the beggining

We climbed the whole West ridge from the back,not from Lagginhorn glacier like the normal route starts.Very crambly rocks but on the ridge good dry conditions.We had to stop 1-2 houres before the summit because of late houre.The weather forecast said about snowfalls and rain afternoon and the cloudes came faster,about 12.00.We were affraid wet II UIAA parts.
Anyway good fun because of dry rock after 2 weeks in the snow;)despite of this boring mountain
Climbed with Ania.

aurora

aurora - Aug 6, 2010 9:15 am Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2008

Normal Route  Sucess!

Solo, nice weather, very icy near the top. Mo first 4000er in the Alps.

selinunte01

selinunte01 - Jan 4, 2010 8:30 am Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2001

Great traverse  Sucess!

from Fletschhorn to Lagginhorn via north arete and down the normal route.

schulzj

schulzj - Oct 17, 2009 8:35 am Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2004

Normal Route  Sucess!

Easy scramble to the top

mpa

mpa - Sep 30, 2009 3:03 pm Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2009

Normal route  Sucess!

A perfect day, climbed the normal route from Weissmies hut.

Peter K

Peter K - Aug 18, 2009 11:22 am Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2009

Route Climbed: WSW ridge  Sucess!

Leading an alpine club youth group (JDAV).
Coming from the Weissmies Hut, after traversing the Weissmies the day before.
We had some icy parts just below the summit, more demanding than the Weissmies.

brade

brade - Mar 19, 2009 7:22 am Date Climbed: Mar 16, 2009

Winter Solo  Sucess!

March 16, 2009
after an unsucessful attempt from 2007 I soloed Lagginhorn in winter. Bivouac in tent on 3000m. Rather bad snow conditions and dangerous ice near the summit slowed my ascent and add some spice to it. Traverses were unpleasent. Lagginhorn is an interesting goal for winter ascents but only with hard snow.

September 24, 2007
Want to touch chaos? try Lagginhorn - most illogical 4000m pile of stone I've ever seen. Climbed with Jck (Jacek) but 200 m below summit I just fall asleep.

skileraar

skileraar - Sep 7, 2008 7:44 am Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2005

Traverse from Fletschorn

Nice climbing on the North Ridge of the Lagginhorn!

Jurgen

Jurgen - Aug 22, 2008 12:53 pm Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2008

Normal route  Sucess!

Lots of snow on the normal route. We had to make a track together with another group. An easy climb, but enjoyable.

John Climber

John Climber - Jun 21, 2008 9:52 am Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2008

Almost winter conditions in the spring!  Sucess!

Me, Joker VK and another colleague reached the top in 6 hours from the Weissmieshutte with hard conditions over the (North)West ridge. Avalanche risk on the faces forced us to follow this line, full with deep snow. Snowshoes were useful till the top. Descending with snowshoes was a little bit tricky. We made use of a half-day opening in the weather. A snow-fall catched ud while descending over the same route. 5 hours to descend.

Cyrill

Cyrill - Nov 8, 2007 12:38 pm Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2004

Lagginhorn 4010m  Sucess!

Great tour to Lagginhorn 4010m

my picture are here: Link to Lagginhorn 4010m

Sebastian Hamm

Sebastian Hamm - Nov 5, 2007 3:03 am Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2007

Solo  Sucess!

Solo-climb on normal route. I drove by car to Kreuzboden ;-) and stayed in the winter-room of Weissmies-hut. Started at 6 a.m. The glacier was heavily cracking many times. A little bit scary. Much snow on the last 350 meters. Little bit tricky, but o.k.

alpspitze

alpspitze - Sep 27, 2007 8:52 am Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2000

Normal Route from Weissmiesshutte  Sucess!

Pretty Straightforward Tour With Some Friends From Germany.

jck

jck - Sep 26, 2007 7:38 am Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2007

W ridge  Sucess!

Climbing with Radek (brade).
Did it in one day- Unneri Brende- Tewald- Kreuzboden- Weissmies Hut- Lagginhorn and back, without any cable cars. Very exhausting. Despite some snow near the summit crampons and ice axe was unnecessary.
Words to describe the route: boring, pointless, irrational, illogical... Just a pile of stones, quite long scrambling.
You have to choose between Lagginhorn and Weissmies? Definitely the second one.

Nikman

Nikman - Sep 9, 2007 9:16 am Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007

Normal route solo  Sucess!

Technically not hard and safe to go solo (what I did). The last 200 meters to the summit had some blank ice, so it needed the use of crampons.

nicowuyts

nicowuyts - Aug 26, 2007 8:26 am Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2007

Normal from Weissmiesshutte  Sucess!

We first followed the trail towards Fletschhorn and took a right on the actual start of the Lagginhorn ridge. I was happy that the conditions were excellent, especially the firn on the upper part pleased me, 'cause of the variation it brings to this mountain.

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