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| andre hangaard | Domrevenge  Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2009 | |
| After a failure due to bad weather 17 Sep. 2008, here we go again. This time, after good acclimatization from Aletschhorn three days ago, I easly soloclimbed Dom via the normal route. What a mountain. The last steps to the summit were like the staircase to heaven... Started at around 04.00 hrs. and back down at the camping place in Randa at 20.00 hrs. | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2009 9:23 am | ||
| martin184 | Normal route on August 5, 2009 Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2009 | |
| We had a bivouac 100 meters above the Domhutte, because the hut was full. We left our tent at 4:30 in the morning and reached the summit at 12:40, walking along the normal route. The weather was great all the day, not a cloud in the sky. Took some great pictures from the summit, especially the Matterhorn, seen from above with a zoom, looks impressive. Returned back to the bivouac also via the normal route, which is very long. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2009 4:54 am | ||
| damgaard | Sunny day Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2008 | |
| Slept at Dom Hütte and started around 5. 30 cm new snow made for a tough walk up the normal route. Not a cloud on the sky and most of the western part of the Alps was visible. Superb day. Walked alllll the way down to Randa same day. | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2009 2:25 am | ||
| andre hangaard | Snowfrozen Festijoch Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2007 | |
| Due to badweather during the night, my attempt was heavy delayed. At 0500 in the morning it rained. However, I still decided to check it out and climb up to the snowfrozen Festijoch. A slight improvement of the weather condition allowed me to continue on the Hohlaub-glacier but approximately after 1/4 part of the route it was time to turnaround taking into the consideration the unstable weather and the limited timeframe. Hopefully I will be able to try Dom during summer 2009. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2009 10:39 am | ||
| Pierre smetsers | Normal route Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2008 | |
| beautyful weather and sight, a long walk/climb to the top. Its the highest free from borders standing Swiss alp | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2008 4:22 pm | ||
| Rafa Bartolome | Bad luck! Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2008 | |
| I love this beatiful peak from I saw from the summit of Nadelhorn in 2007 but when we've maked 1200 km to try the climb of a mountain and the summit day the rain and the snowfall impide the ascent is really bad luck. We waked up at 2:30 but we waited the end of the rain, at 4:30... too late but we tried the climb hoping that the clouds remain... but the sun appear at 6:00 near of Festijoch and the clouds disappear...buff, at 8:00 we attacked the festigrat because the normal route was covered by the snow, and after 300m the snow was very very soft by the sun and the recent snowfall of the night. The risk to fall to glacier was evident and we descended to festijoch and the domhutte. Only 8 people climbed the summit this day across festigrat in a fast ascension starting at 4:00 and the 80% of the mountaineers don't try the summit and they went to sleep at hut. We're in very good physical conditions, the aclimatation in Bishorn was perfect 2 days ago but it was not possible the dream! We will return another year (I hope with good luck with the weather). | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2008 10:26 am | ||
| Pechorin | Route Climbed: Festigrat / North Flank Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2006 | |
| We followed the ridge half of the way up from Festijoch. Then we turned into the north flank - probably a mistake as we encountered ridiculous amounts of fresh snow from the day before. Two Austrians caught up with us and helped making the track for the last 30 min up. Unfortunately, the summit was shrouded in clouds when we arrived (10:30), and we felt a little bit too cold to sit around for a long time. We took the normal route down. I climbed with my twin brother. | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2008 4:51 am | ||
| Cyrill | Dom 4545m Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2005 | |
| Fantastic Tour to Dom 4545m. my picture are here: Link to Dom 4545m | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2007 4:47 am | ||
| virginiapine | Festigrat solo Date Climbed: Jul 6, 1991 | |
| Wonderful fun! A bit of everything - rock, snow, & ice - for the 3rd mountain I'd ever climbed. Had the ridge all to myself. Descended via the normal N side route back to the Festijoch. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2007 12:23 pm | ||
| il.rocciatore | Route Climbed: Festi Ridge Date Climbed: july 2007 | |
| Decided to make a bivouac some 300 meters above the hut because there was no place left in the hut. I can highly recommend this...you will have a better rest, less altimeters to the summit, free and fresh melt water from the glacier and superb surroundings. Made an early start the next day and climbed without problems via the Festi Ridge to the summit. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2007 9:55 am | ||
| [X] Bird | Dom north side(normal route) Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006 | |
| After two weeks of (mostly) bad weather througout Switserland we climbed Dom on a beautifull sunny day via the normal route and decended the same way. One of my buddies was feeling a bit sick so we took our time but we still reached the summit within 6 hours (as the SAC Fuhrer says), what a beautifull summit it is! We descended all the way to Randa (-3200m) the same day, this was the toughest part of the trip if you ask me. On the way down we even saw some seracs comming down near Lensjoch 50 meters east of the trail. All in all a beautifull mountain but the normal route is quite boring and the descend without another night in the hut is quite exausting. I regret we did not take the Festi grat to the top, something for later... | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2007 3:09 pm | ||
| toppert | Festigrat Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2004 | |
| Bivouaced above the Domhutte, along the Festigrat to the top and than down via the normal route. | |
| Posted Nov 17, 2006 10:53 am | ||
| siroco | Normal Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2006 | |
| Trop de neige fraiche, obligé de faire demi-tour vers 4 050m | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2006 7:22 pm | ||
| MasonMiller | Big & Beautiful Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2006 | |
| Started at 3am at the Domhutte. About 17 other climbers staying at the mountain refuge. My partner and myself being the youngest out of all of them gave me an interesting perception of where I may stand on the mountaineering scales. Reaching the summit in 7hrs, and decieded to hoof it all the back to Randa, for a total of 14hrs on foot. It was a spectacular day. Conditions were poor right up until that Tuesday, and the diminished again on Wednesday. The window of opportunity was there for us. It was smooth all the way up. I didn't think the ropes on the Festijoch, were in great condition, but they held up nicely. Stuck to the ridge and made our way up. Spent little time at top because we new we had a long way out. Great day though, one to remeber forever. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2006 8:17 pm | ||
| joe_akeem | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006 | |
| In three days from Randa with a group of six. Seven hours to the summit, five back to the hut. Fantastic weather, good conditions. Enough snow on the glacier after Festijoch so it was not icy. Glad we spent another night in the hut after summiting and didn't try to descent all the way to Randa... | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2006 7:20 am | ||
| mulidivarese | the second time Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2006 | |
| So it was our second time. and finally we get it! Last time was a very taugh and unlucky experience with absolutely bad weather. This time it was wonderfull, sunny and warm. Then in a long cue all toghether we reached the top: wonderfull view by there. Great mountain | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2006 7:37 am | ||
| jck | Normal Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2006 | |
| Day 1 Randa-Domhutte- somewhere hogher-slept in a tent. Day 2 Summit day- very hot- spent much time during the descent on the moraine-crevasses! Day 3 Descended to Randa. Very nice but too hot weather. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2006 10:47 pm | ||
| jvdm | Dom summit, windy place Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2005 | |
| Summitted in poor weather. 30 people left the hut, 8 reached the summit. It is a windy place. My head almost blew off when I peeked over the edge. Bring a GPS. www.mountainpassion.net | |
| Posted May 1, 2006 1:28 pm | ||
| garaventa | Route Climbed: Festigrat Date Climbed: 31 August 2004 | |
| Tour on Dom in 2004 with Daniel Stoffel | |
| Posted Nov 18, 2005 2:54 am | ||
| Henning Lege | Route Climbed: Festigrat up - normal down Date Climbed: 1 September 2005 | |
| Again with a friend and his brave 13 and 16 year old children :-) I chose not to rope up on the way up. Perfect conditions on the ridge, and no wind at all, even at the top. What a marvellous day! | ||
| Posted Sep 3, 2005 9:09 am | ||
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