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| TodoVertical | THERMOMETER-EGG (250m, V+), Guiding  Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2009 | |
|  Excellent route climbed entirely with sneakers. More Pictures of the THERMOMETER-EGG route on the south face of Riffelhorn | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2009 6:45 pm | ||
| cp0915 | East Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2007 | |
| Really good scrambling on good rock on this route. Quite a fair amount of 3rd class (considering the short distance of the route), with plenty of opportunities to beef it up. Some of my observations while on the route: -graffiti -300 Japanese tourists at a tarn below the north face -a 9-inch human turd (with soiled t.p.) -really greasy holds -several guides belaying their clients up the same 3rd class route I was doing...and they're headed to Hornli next!?! | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2007 4:52 pm | ||
| Britette | Sport climbing routes Date Climbed: Aug 25, 1996 | |
| There are several sport routes I climbed over the summer here. Easy Going (IV), Via Philipp (IV+) and Supertramp (V-). | |
| Posted May 25, 2007 2:42 pm | ||
| Charles Garrett | Preparation for the Matterhorn Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2006 | |
| Climbed with Nico and Drew on the morning before we set off for the Hoernli Hut. I remember little about it, except that the climbs were great fun and not too challenging, and that the views of the Monte Rosa massif, the Matterhorn and the peaks west of Zermatt were simply outstanding. | ||
| Posted Aug 9, 2006 5:51 am | ||
| markradford | Route Climbed: North Face & Egg Date Climbed: 26th July 2005 | |
| Great climbing in fantastic position with stunning views. Training for our climb on the matterhorn, the following day. The top of the egg route is a wonderful exposed arete, pushed my climbing grade under great supervision of our guides Neil and Alain. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2005 10:22 am | ||
| JanG | Route Climbed: Egg Date Climbed: Aug. 2002 | |
| This is a great place to train for the Hornli ridge of the Matterhorn. In fact, the Zermatt guides will not take anyone on the Hornli ridge unless clients can demonstrate rock-climbing competence on the Riffelhorn. Of course, we were tested by the local guides on several occasions in 2002 & 2004 prior to our successful climb of the Matterhorn (see details in Trip Report). Thus, I fully agree that after mastering essential rock-climbing skills on different pitch lines of the Riffelhorn, the technical aspects of the Hornli ridge actually seemed easier! | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2005 5:34 pm | ||
| rickford | Route Climbed: east ridge Date Climbed: August, 2005 | |
| I did this fun little peak on my way to the Monta Rosa hut. I went up the easy east ridge until I came to a bolted fifth class face. Because I had no rope, I traversed over to the north east side, to some 4th class rock and then headed to the summit. Great views! Coming down unroped was a little scary... | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2005 3:20 pm | ||
| vbeckman74 | Route Climbed: Egg Date Climbed: June 2003 | |
| I did what my guide called the "Egg" Route. It was a very easy prep climb for the Matterhorn. We did it in 7 pitches. The hardest pitch was around IV. If you're just checking the block to do the Matterhorn with the local guides, this is a nice, quick, easy summit. | ||
| Posted Jul 7, 2003 10:09 am | ||
| mattosacy | Date Climbed: 19 Aug 2002 | |
| At our first day (from 2 weeks) in Zermatt we walked from Zermatt to Riffelhorn and summited it. From the 2 weeks we spent on the region, it was the only day with perfect weather...! Our team: Paulo and Helena Coelho (Brazil) Annette Sartori (Germany), Kalus Bartl (Brazil-Germany), Ozzi Sartori (Germany), Andrea Mattos (Brazil). | ||
| Posted Sep 6, 2002 5:05 am | ||
| Tom Fralich | Route Climbed: Central Dihedral - North Face Date Climbed: August 21, 2002 | |
| Climbed to the summit from Rotenboden in about 2 1/2 hours. We climbed the route in 4 pitches and descended by the east ridge with 3 rappels and some downclimbing. The descent took only 40 min. Definitely a worthwhile climb. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2002 1:07 pm | ||
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