KoenVl - Aug 3, 2020 5:57 am Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2020
Fletschhorn normal route
A great and very bueatiful climb. Technically not difficult, rather long. We started from Hohsaas at 8am. We descended 300 meters towards the Weissmieshütte. Coming from above, we couldn't find the starting point of the route immediately, but around 8.45am we managed to reach the bottom of the Tälligletscher at around 3000m. Luckily the snow was frozen so we made good progress on the lower snowfields right up to the Früstuckplatz at 3600m. Later during climbing season when these snowfields start to disappear this part can become much more difficult. We traversed the Grüebugletscher towards the summit where we were rewarded with absolutely stunning views in all directions. The descent took more time as by now, especially beneath 3600m snow had become very soft which made progress more slow. After 8 hours we were back at Kreuzboden. It was a very beautiful and rewarding climb.
boriskrielen - Feb 6, 2018 8:39 am Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2008
Normal route / traverse solo
Climbed the normal route from the Weissmies hut solo. Tried to traverse the Lagginhorn, but weather turned bad when I reached the base of the Lagginhorn NE-ridge, so went back, basically traversing Fletschhorn for the 2nd time on the same day.
icypeak - Aug 4, 2013 4:06 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2013
Normal Route
Very nice climb in perfect weather. That made up for the previous day when I made my way up to the Weissmiess Hut in the pouring rain and thick fog...and got lost. Eventually I did stumble upon the hut and saved myself :-)
Valtho - Jul 23, 2013 6:17 am Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2013
Nice tour
We climbed the summit on our way to the North-west grat of the Lagginhorn. Nice tour to do!
[X] Bird - Jan 13, 2011 10:29 am Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2009
Route: Fletschorn-Lagginhorn Traverse
Climbed a little couloir (35 degrees steep) to gain the south-west ridge. Then on crumbly rock to the summit and from there continued with the traverse to Lagginhorn. Great mountain though, not as busy as some other mountains in the area just because it is not 4000m :P
I would not recommend the south-west ridge of the Fletschorn, too much lose rock and no interesting climbing. Rather take the normal route, nicer and quicker. Especially if you do Fletschorn as part of the traverse you need your time so take the normal route.
selinunte01 - Jan 4, 2010 8:23 am Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2001
Traverse
of Fletschhorn to Lagginhorn, a great traverse !!
JanVanGenk - Jul 13, 2009 5:49 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2009
Northwest Ridge
Lots of snow, perfect conditions.
georgen - Feb 28, 2009 1:37 pm Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2007
route climbed
West flank and north west ridge.Interesting route.Steep snow slope to reach the saddle north of pt.3527.
skileraar - Sep 7, 2008 7:52 am Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2005
Traverse Fletschorn - Lagginhorn
Nice weather, good conditions on both mountains
Cyrill - Nov 11, 2007 3:24 pm Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2004
It would be a beautiful day, but there were clouds till 3600 meters. Above the clouds the view was beautiful. In four hours we were on the summit along way to go to the Laginhorn!
Route Climbed: Traverse Fletschhorn - Lagginhorn / Traverse Sengchuppa - Fletschhorn Date Climbed: july 2005 / june 2022
2005: Started with good weather the first time, but when we reached the col at about 3600m, the weather turned bad. It became very cold, windy, and visibility was less than 20 meters...for us the sign to turn back.
Only a week later we were there again. This time we roped up with 2 Swiss guys. We started at 4 o'clock in the morning and reached the summit by 7 o'clock. No clouds and an amazing atmosphere. Too bad my camera failed up there :os Continued with the traverse to the Lagginhorn.
2022: Climbed the N Ridge coming from the Sengchuppa. Overall good rock (although we had quite some snow still, we expected worse). Much more rewarding than the normal route of the Fletschhorn, which we used for descent. Strong / fast parties might opt to include the Lagginhorn in the traverse, that must be a great day in the mountains! Great views into the North Face of the Fletschhorn.
Route Climbed: normalroute and N-face-Breitlaub ridge Date Climbed: aug 1995 and 13 Aug 2000
Been twice on this beautiful mountain.
First time normalroute from Weismiesshut. Easy glacierwalk PD. 2 time N-face(wienerroute) from bivac 40-60’ D+. Excellent conditions until Thunderstorm came. 2 hours from begin face to Wachte. I have been chopping my ass of getting though the
corniche!! 1h. Im very sorry for that, and hope the mountain has recovered since my brutal attack...... Lucky for us the storm passed us quickly. On top at sunrise, very good. Descended via the Breitlaui ridge, loose rocks all over..
Route Climbed: NW Ridge (Normal) Date Climbed: 11 Aug 1987
Climbed with Monica Spicker. 1987 was a terrible weather year in the Swiss Alps. This day was very windy and cold with the mountain in and out of cloud. A group from Norway that arrived on the summit shortly after us declared that we had just made "The first winter ascent in summer."
Route Climbed: Northface/Wienerroute Date Climbed: July/26/2001
The Northface of the Fletschhorn is a really classic one! But it is objectively dangerous because of icefall and stonefall, especially if it's becoming warm in the morning and at noon.
We climbed the short cut from the northface to the W-ridge and did not climb the 20 to 30 min. on the W-ridge to the summit, since bad weather was coming. So we rushed down and reached the Weissmieshut just in that moment when the thunderstorm started. So we really had luck.
KoenVl - Aug 3, 2020 5:57 am Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2020
Fletschhorn normal routeA great and very bueatiful climb. Technically not difficult, rather long. We started from Hohsaas at 8am. We descended 300 meters towards the Weissmieshütte. Coming from above, we couldn't find the starting point of the route immediately, but around 8.45am we managed to reach the bottom of the Tälligletscher at around 3000m. Luckily the snow was frozen so we made good progress on the lower snowfields right up to the Früstuckplatz at 3600m. Later during climbing season when these snowfields start to disappear this part can become much more difficult. We traversed the Grüebugletscher towards the summit where we were rewarded with absolutely stunning views in all directions. The descent took more time as by now, especially beneath 3600m snow had become very soft which made progress more slow. After 8 hours we were back at Kreuzboden. It was a very beautiful and rewarding climb.
boriskrielen - Feb 6, 2018 8:39 am Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2008
Normal route / traverse soloClimbed the normal route from the Weissmies hut solo. Tried to traverse the Lagginhorn, but weather turned bad when I reached the base of the Lagginhorn NE-ridge, so went back, basically traversing Fletschhorn for the 2nd time on the same day.
icypeak - Aug 4, 2013 4:06 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2013
Normal RouteVery nice climb in perfect weather. That made up for the previous day when I made my way up to the Weissmiess Hut in the pouring rain and thick fog...and got lost. Eventually I did stumble upon the hut and saved myself :-)
Valtho - Jul 23, 2013 6:17 am Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2013
Nice tourWe climbed the summit on our way to the North-west grat of the Lagginhorn. Nice tour to do!
[X] Bird - Jan 13, 2011 10:29 am Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2009
Route: Fletschorn-Lagginhorn TraverseClimbed a little couloir (35 degrees steep) to gain the south-west ridge. Then on crumbly rock to the summit and from there continued with the traverse to Lagginhorn. Great mountain though, not as busy as some other mountains in the area just because it is not 4000m :P
I would not recommend the south-west ridge of the Fletschorn, too much lose rock and no interesting climbing. Rather take the normal route, nicer and quicker. Especially if you do Fletschorn as part of the traverse you need your time so take the normal route.
selinunte01 - Jan 4, 2010 8:23 am Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2001
Traverseof Fletschhorn to Lagginhorn, a great traverse !!
JanVanGenk - Jul 13, 2009 5:49 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2009
Northwest RidgeLots of snow, perfect conditions.
georgen - Feb 28, 2009 1:37 pm Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2007
route climbedWest flank and north west ridge.Interesting route.Steep snow slope to reach the saddle north of pt.3527.
skileraar - Sep 7, 2008 7:52 am Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2005
Traverse Fletschorn - LagginhornNice weather, good conditions on both mountains
Cyrill - Nov 11, 2007 3:24 pm Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2004
Fletschhorn 3993mFantastic Tour to Fletschhorn 3993m .
my picture are here: Link to Fletschhorn 3993m
joe_akeem - Jun 29, 2006 10:15 am Date Climbed: Aug 18, 1996
Route Climbed: normal routeDid this as part of the Fletschhorn-Lagginhorn travers. Beautyful climb!
roadmountain - Sep 2, 2005 10:11 am
Route Climbed: normal route Date Climbed: 31 julyIt would be a beautiful day, but there were clouds till 3600 meters. Above the clouds the view was beautiful. In four hours we were on the summit along way to go to the Laginhorn!
il.rocciatore - Jul 23, 2005 5:36 am
Route Climbed: Traverse Fletschhorn - Lagginhorn / Traverse Sengchuppa - Fletschhorn Date Climbed: july 2005 / june 20222005: Started with good weather the first time, but when we reached the col at about 3600m, the weather turned bad. It became very cold, windy, and visibility was less than 20 meters...for us the sign to turn back.
Only a week later we were there again. This time we roped up with 2 Swiss guys. We started at 4 o'clock in the morning and reached the summit by 7 o'clock. No clouds and an amazing atmosphere. Too bad my camera failed up there :os Continued with the traverse to the Lagginhorn.
2022: Climbed the N Ridge coming from the Sengchuppa. Overall good rock (although we had quite some snow still, we expected worse). Much more rewarding than the normal route of the Fletschhorn, which we used for descent. Strong / fast parties might opt to include the Lagginhorn in the traverse, that must be a great day in the mountains! Great views into the North Face of the Fletschhorn.
Farmer - Oct 5, 2002 4:50 am
Route Climbed: normalroute and N-face-Breitlaub ridge Date Climbed: aug 1995 and 13 Aug 2000Been twice on this beautiful mountain.
First time normalroute from Weismiesshut. Easy glacierwalk PD. 2 time N-face(wienerroute) from bivac 40-60’ D+. Excellent conditions until Thunderstorm came. 2 hours from begin face to Wachte. I have been chopping my ass of getting though the
corniche!! 1h. Im very sorry for that, and hope the mountain has recovered since my brutal attack...... Lucky for us the storm passed us quickly. On top at sunrise, very good. Descended via the Breitlaui ridge, loose rocks all over..
kletterwebbi - Sep 9, 2002 10:27 pm
Route Climbed: W-flank / NW-ridge Date Climbed: Juli 1998We climbed the Fletschorn (and later on the Lagginhorn) as a trip of the section Tuttlingen of the DAV (German Alpine Club).
Moni - Aug 22, 2002 2:30 pm
Route Climbed: Nw Ridge (normal) Date Climbed: 11 Aug 1987Climbed with Fred Spicker in a near total whiteout.
Fred Spicker - Jul 25, 2002 3:14 pm
Route Climbed: NW Ridge (Normal) Date Climbed: 11 Aug 1987Climbed with Monica Spicker. 1987 was a terrible weather year in the Swiss Alps. This day was very windy and cold with the mountain in and out of cloud. A group from Norway that arrived on the summit shortly after us declared that we had just made "The first winter ascent in summer."
Rahel Maria Liu - Dec 13, 2001 12:37 pm
Route Climbed: Northface/Wienerroute Date Climbed: July/26/2001The Northface of the Fletschhorn is a really classic one! But it is objectively dangerous because of icefall and stonefall, especially if it's becoming warm in the morning and at noon.
We climbed the short cut from the northface to the W-ridge and did not climb the 20 to 30 min. on the W-ridge to the summit, since bad weather was coming. So we rushed down and reached the Weissmieshut just in that moment when the thunderstorm started. So we really had luck.