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| Griffiths | West-East Traverse  Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2005 | |
| Absolutely perfect weather, wonderful day of climbing | |
| Posted Jun 5, 2007 7:16 am | ||
| Britette | E to W Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 18, 1996 | |
| Climbed the SW arete from Felikjoch and Castor. Traversed E to W and descended the E arete. The sun was rising as we reached the W summit. Incredibly beautiful. Traversing in the dark was good because I couldn't see how far the drop was. Exposure was huge as we weaved our way along the cornice. | |
| Posted May 25, 2007 2:27 pm | ||
| erik_ravenstijn | One of my biggest dreams Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006 | |
| This was a dream come true: traversing one of the most beautiful ridges in the Alps: the Lyskamm ridge. Tears almost start rolling when writing this. You can check some photos at: www.climbingtours.net. | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2006 8:34 pm | ||
| p-mike | West Lyskamm from Q.Sella Date Climbed: Jul 18, 1996 | |
| My first 4000er..wonderful!! | |
| Posted Mar 15, 2006 11:57 am | ||
| hansw | From Felickjoch to Lyskamm W Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2000 | |
| "The only problem will be the wind", said Freddy when we started from the hut with the intention to traverse the Liskamm from west to east. And he was right. The wind was so hard that we almost couldn't move on the summit ridge. There was nothing to do but to turn back at the west summit. Exciting tour. (July 26, 2000). | |
| Posted Mar 10, 2006 9:08 pm | ||
| connect | Route Climbed: E ridge Date Climbed: july 1994 | |
| leaving from the queue ascending towards Margherita refuge was a great relief... The route is not particularly difficult but we encountered a lot of massif cornices. During the descent the weather changed and find the right way was difficult (due to the cornices, undistinguishable from the sky). mass | |
| Posted Jan 23, 2006 5:21 am | ||
| bbirtle | Route Climbed: Klucker-Neruda NE Face Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2005 | |
| Took us 11 hours in an epic struggle due to horrible ice conditions and powder-covered rock conditions. 19.5 hours from our bivy site above Monte Rosa Hut to the summit and back! AWESOME! | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2005 8:05 am | ||
| brade | Route Climbed: Normal from Balmenhorn Date Climbed: 29 July 2005 | |
| Solo. After the night at Balmenhorn and Piramide Vincent in the morning i did it solo. Airy ridge was difficult for me because of strong wind. No visibility during descent (strong sun and fog made me blind despite sunglasses). Descen to the Monte Rosa Htt. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2005 1:59 pm | ||
| mulidivarese | Route Climbed: Normal from Felickjoch to Lyskamm W Date Climbed: 25th July 2005 | |
| Very bad weather. Stormy, foggy and windy. Ice all around. Easy, but with this condiction too dangerous Valerio and Daniele | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2005 3:56 am | ||
| ColoradoSonya | Route Climbed: traverse west-east Date Climbed: June 30 2004 | |
| climbed with howie and klaus. lots of fun! | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2004 12:57 am | ||
| hhsilleck | Route Climbed: traverse west - east Date Climbed: June 30 2004 | |
| Scary exposure on both sides of the ridge, but the climbing was fun and enjoyable! The initial section downclimbing off the west summit was a rush. Climbed with my fiancee Sonya and our guide Klaus Tsherrig (who was great - fun, friendly, and highly skilled) - a highlight of our six week "engagement-moon". | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2004 5:16 pm | ||
| flearreta | Route Climbed: Traverse West-East Date Climbed: August 29, 2004 | |
| A long day starting in the Quintino Sella hut at 6AM and ending atop the Marguerita Hut in the summit of Signalkuppe at 3PM. Took us 2 hours from Sella hut to Felikjoch and then an addtional 3 hours to complete the whole Lyskamm traverse up to the Lisjoch. From there, 1 hour to the summit of Ludwighohe, another hour to the summit of Parrotspitze and additional 1.5 hour to the top of Signalkuppe. Then a good night sleep at 4560 meters in the Marguerita hut ;). | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2004 1:15 pm | ||
| andrea.it | Route Climbed: west Lyskamm from Q.Sella Date Climbed: august 2002 | |
| Climbed twice in two days,waiting for good weather.No ways.... | |
| Posted May 12, 2004 9:56 am | ||
| andrea.it | Route Climbed: traverse from west to east Date Climbed: july 2003 | |
| Solo traverse,no partners.Beautiful day,no wind no clouds.I think easyer than many people supposed.Just a secure footstep is required.May be from east to west is better than what i did. | |
| Posted May 10, 2004 1:45 pm | ||
| fabrizior | Route Climbed: Traverse from W to E Date Climbed: August 1968 | |
| Very impressive and long traverse: the horizontal snowy/icy ridge is very sharp, smaller than mountaineering boot, it's only question of equilibrium, you have nothing to hold...difficult belay. | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2003 4:43 pm | ||
| Samuli Mansikka | Route Climbed: South west ridge Date Climbed: 13th august 2003 | |
| Earlier in the morning we climbed the Castor and decided to attempt the Lyskamm with the same effort. A huge mountain compared to the twins and the route offerede some fine walking on top of the knife-sharp ridge. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2003 1:57 pm | ||
| Mathias Zehring | Route Climbed: ridge traverse from W to E Date Climbed: July 29th 2003 | |
| For me this was my most impressive and most difficult tour in snow terrain: We started at Quintino Sella hut and climbed the W-summit. It was more icy than usual so all parties climbed the rocks of the W-summit, not the ice. The traverse to the E-summit was in good conditions - almost no ice, the rocky parts easy and free of snow. There were no big corniches - as often described - but that means that the footprints of the route were very often at the very top of a sharp snow ridge, so I felt like a tightrope walker. One mistake of me or my two fellows could end fatal. The descent from E-summit to the Lysjoch was equal. Finally the big track down to Gnifetti hut was a big relief. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2003 4:29 pm | ||
| Farmer | Route Climbed: N-face of the E-summit Neruda Klucker Date Climbed: aug 98 | |
| After a short sleep about 1h? we left from bivacco Farmero (read: sleepingbag on rock 1h above monte rosa hut). The route towards the face is very frightning when dark and foggy. Wild landscape!!! When reaching the face you see huuuuuuuuuuuuge block of ice all around you. At the time the seracs were not so active, but best is to make some hurry the first 300hm. When we reached the rocks it seemed safe. Good conditions made it no problemo to reach the summit. Tricky descent of the E-ridge to the highest hut in the Alps, Rif.Margeritha on the Punkta Gniffeti. Day after we descended over the Zumsteinspitze and Dufour back to Zermatt. Excellent tour.... | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2002 1:45 am | ||
| kletterwebbi | Route Climbed: N-Face (Klucker) Date Climbed: August 2001 | |
| An very impressive mountain. We've found good conditions at the N-face. Over all a long, demanding thing ... | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2002 4:12 am | ||
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