August or Sept? Best time for the Matterhorn

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August or Sept? Best time for the Matterhorn

by graham » Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:24 am

I need your SP assistances.
Would you recommend August or Sept to do the standard routes on the Matterhorn and/or Mt Blanc?
What are the pros and cons?
I’m looking at ~2-week vacation and trying to plan the details.
Any advise would be appreciated.
Thanks,
RickG

ps, sorry if this has been previously discussed, but I couldn’t find anything after a quick search
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Re: August or Sept?

by Baarb » Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:47 am

No advice on the climbing but you might considering making the thread title a little clearer to attract answers / not attract people who won't know. Good luck.

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Re: August or Sept?

by Koy » Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:19 am

We went in early September last year and were able to climb both. This time of the year seemed to work well. Overall, the weather worked out for us. We didn't go in August b/c we had read that's when most of the Euros travel.

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Re: August or Sept? Best time for the Matterhorn

by graham » Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:12 pm

Thanks Koy, I had heard hut reservations in August can get tricky with so many Euros on vacation


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