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| fagin | 2nd time lucky  Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2010 | |
| Had aimed to get the first two trains of the morning up from Kleine Scheidegg but it was reserved for fat, lazy tourists, so we had to wait an hour. By the time we got the final arete near the summit it has turned to slush and was too dangerous. Retreated to Monchsjochutte and the next day retraced our steps and made it to the top. Beautiful views all round | |
| Posted Mar 24, 2013 8:50 am | ||
| telemarkdude | SE Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 21, 1990 | |
| Great weather and route was in decent condition. Snow was hard and went fast with crampons. Absolutely loved the summit ridge and view. Climb was over too soon; really wished the route was longer! | |
| Posted Nov 14, 2012 7:11 pm | ||
| Metalliwelch | Exposed and beautiful | |
| Turned back on the snowy ridgeline, as my partner had old crampons, and ice balling made things difficult. Crampon walking skills are essential on such an exposed ridge. It's not the same as experience on flat/not exposed snow. Really fun scramble, I'd recommend ropes, but they're not essential for more experienced climbers. All in all well worth it, even without the summit :D | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2012 5:43 pm | ||
| marc123 | Beautiful view Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2007 | |
| Nice short climb onto a snowy 4000er with a beautiful view over the green middle area of switzerland. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2012 4:09 am | ||
| boriskrielen | Route climbed: SE-ridge Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2011 | |
| Climbed the normal route from the Mönchsjochhütte with Helmut Risse in extremely bad weather. We reached the summit in 2.15 hours. We both climbed free. On the descend we used a rope to rappel down. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2011 3:33 am | ||
| Corvus | Normal route Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2011 | |
| Climbed the SE ridge normal route. The final ridge on the top is very nice. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2011 5:58 am | ||
| SarahThompson | Awesome! Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2011 | |
| Our first attempt was a failure due to nasty weather... the other 2 parties who attempted the climb on this day also bailed. Stayed at the hut (we were the only guests!!!!) and awoke to a beautiful but windy day. Had the entire ascent to ourselves in virgin condition! Nobody had summited in a couple of days and breaking a track along the narrow ridge was a bit unnerving. Incredible experience, our 1st 4000er in the Alps without a guide :) | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2011 8:02 am | ||
| Sebastian Hamm | 3rd time fog on Mönch Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2011 | |
| 60 cm of fresh snow. First party to climb Mönch on this day. It took its time but we made it up. The third time on Mönch..I never had a summit view... ;-( | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2011 3:23 am | ||
| kk6yb | First Swiss Summit Date Climbed: May 10, 2011 | |
| More challenging than I expected but made the summit along with our guide Stefan. Gabriela relaxed at the rain gauge part way up while we summited. Nice day only a fe clouds here and there. Two other teams also summited. | |
| Posted May 10, 2011 12:15 pm | ||
| AriehDavid | Solo Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2007 | |
| Soloed via SE ridge. Tried once, but got stormed off, tried a second time, and had a blast. Totally do-able as a solo route. | |
| Posted Apr 13, 2011 11:48 am | ||
| frotveit | Normal route Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2010 | |
| With Jan and Karl Gunnar | |
| Posted Mar 2, 2011 11:08 am | ||
| markhallam | Monch SE ridge Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2007 | |
| I guided my wife up this route. Fantastic airy arete up near the top! | |
| Posted Dec 29, 2010 12:10 pm | ||
| Sam299 | SE ridge Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2010 | |
| Perfect on a good day in October Second 4000m peak | |
| Posted Nov 4, 2010 3:56 pm | ||
| BigLee | South Face Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2010 | |
| Climbed the South Face (Alpine D). Moved together for the entirety of the climb. Descended down SE Ridge. | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2010 5:15 pm | ||
| flow | Mönch, 4.107m Date Climbed: Apr 24, 2010 | |
| From Jungfraujoch 3.454m | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2010 3:51 pm | ||
| TodoVertical | Summit together with my 8 year old son !!! Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2009 | |
|  Excellent conditions for a father and a son ascent. More Pictures of the MONCH ascent | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2009 6:26 pm | ||
| colinstump | Monch SW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2009 | |
| A great ridge for mountain fans who don't really aspire to be hard rock men. Nobody on it until we met two guys descending from summit at the point the summit snow slope begins. Great concentration needed on the narrow summit ridge which starts the descent down the SE Ridge, again devoid of other climbers that afternoon. Climbed with Richard Pratt and Swiss Guide, Yvan Bender. Recommended. | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2009 12:55 pm | ||
| schulzj | Too early Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2009 | |
| we camped at the foot of the SE ridge and were too keen to start early. So we reached the summit in darkness and before the mist had cleared properly. I'd love to climb it again. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2009 10:31 am | ||
| Peter K | Route Climbed: Lauper Route (North face) Date Climbed: Oct 4, 2009 | |
| Impressive. Conditions were suboptimal, little snow, barely solidified, took us long time. Though an amazing climb. | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2009 10:43 am | ||
| Woodie Hopper | SE ridge (Solo) Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2009 | |
| I took the first train up from Grindelwald and started at 9am. The ridge was pretty narrow, but the weather was great without wind- not good for paragliding ;) This was the best weather I ever had during my four trips to the Jungfraujoch! I ran back to the train and made the 1pm train back down. | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2009 5:42 pm | ||
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