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| 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 | ||
| Jon Cruces | SE Ridge Normal from Mönchsjochhütte Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2009 | |
| Together with dad climbed this route from the hut in 2h 15min !! Very Nice and a little cold on the summit. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2009 7:31 am | ||
| il.rocciatore | Route Climbed: SW Ridge up - SE Ridge down Date Climbed: august 2009 | |
| The Mönch is a beautiful but crowded summit, so we searched a way to climb it in peace. That way is the SW Ridge. Started at the Mönchsjochhütte together with the mass of climbers heading for the Jungfrau. Reached the base of the climb by first light, climbed a snow couloir and immediately had to deal with the crux pitch, some delicate moves on a compact plate. Also the following pitch is rather demanding. After this it becomes really enjoyable and climbing simultaneously we made for a good time. Finally arrived at the summit around rush hour and unbelievably had the summit for ourselves. Easy descent along the SE Ridge. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2009 12:12 am | ||
| Griffiths | SE Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2009 | |
| Enjoyable and suprisingly quick climb; summited before the very early morning cloud had cleared properly | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2009 6:52 am | ||
| pablo | Route Climbed: Normal traverse from Hut to Train Station Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2009 | |
| After the Eiger, the day before, we thought the Mönch will be an easy hike. Well Nico and my brother Gabriel and Jean-Philippe and I had a real good time and thrilling sensations in the narrow snow ridge. Also the descent towards the Jungfraujoch and train was as well demanding. Beautiful mountain and traverse... | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2009 2:47 am | ||
| icypeak | Normal Route Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2009 | |
| A very nice snow route, followed by a short but quite narrow little ridge leading to the summit. I assume the view would have been gorgeous if it was not for the massive cloud that arrived just as we summitted and promptly disappeared as we descended. Well, can't always have it all I guess! | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2009 5:01 pm | ||
| mulidivarese | Normal by train Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2009 | |
| From Jungfraujoch rain station by normal. 2:30 Lovely Valerio and Carlo | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2009 1:36 am | ||
| Jeff Moore | Normal route Date Climbed: May 17, 2009 | |
| Normal route from the Hut on a windy day. Thanks Daniel for the lead. | |
| Posted May 26, 2009 12:14 pm | ||
| darklyght | winter attempt Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2005 | |
| i started the route from kleine scheidegg, after getting the train to arrive there. i went with my dad. we arrived there around 10 in the morning, by the time i started walking it was already snowing but the weather were still somehow clear. as we were in the south east ridge the weather turned really fast into dense fog and snow fell faster too. after some minutes climbing we decided to go back. even though we had gps, but as i was with my dad i guess it was the right to do. | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2008 11:33 am | ||
| bergnasenbaer | from Mönchsjochhütte | |
| climed in 1999 | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2008 1:30 pm | ||
| roadmountain | Route Climbed: SW-ridge Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2008 | |
| Climbed this route together with David_Holland. A very nice route, but the hard conditions made it a hard and cold day! Beautifull summit. More pictures on my website: www.hansbezemer.com | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2008 12:29 pm | ||
| snowflake | SE Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2008 | |
| Way fun, but I have to say that the last 10 minutes to the top takes a lot of trust, guts (and stupidity :-) ) to do that ridge unprotected. It was a great day, and had a great time with Sergio. Because my wife and kids were on the last train down, I sprinted to the train and caught the train just prior to departure - the gates were locked but I got the workers to let me on. | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2008 3:48 pm | ||
| sergio | SE Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2008 | |
| Climbed with fellow SPer Snowflake, had a great time on this climb. Unfortunately, I was awfully slow due to lack of sleep and missed the last train back to town. I spent a night in the Monchjochhutte. Weather was great and the climbing pure fun. I found it a little more challenging than expected, especially on those mixed sections on the SE buttress. I'd do it all over again. | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2008 9:04 am | ||
| David_Holland | icey climb Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2008 | |
| Climb it by the SW ridge in iced rock conditions. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2008 11:39 am | ||
| mountainmanmark | My First 4000+ | |
| Going just out of season we used the winter section of the hut as a base, very warm and comfortable. Left early with clear skies to do the SW Ridge, an enjoyable scramble and then onto the snow ridges to the top. Well worth the effort for the views over looking the Jungfrau, Eiger and glaciers etc. | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2008 9:27 am | ||
| jasonconnell | Normal route | |
| Nice climb. A little more involved than we thought, steep exposed snow at the top. The owners of the Monchjochshutte were very nasty people. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1335/1139217614_3687084515_b.jpg | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2007 10:15 pm | ||
| Cyrill | Mönch 4107m Date Climbed: May 14, 2006 | |
| Fantastic Ski - Tour to Mönch 4107m. my picture are here: Link to Mönch 4107m | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2007 5:19 am | ||
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