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I'll be there in less than two weeks. I want to make the quick side trip from the cable car. Just wondering how the crevasses are this year? I'll bring a rope but we're only two people, so protection against a fall isn't that great.

only two people ?

Well, on one rope that is . If that many people do it, I guess it can't be that bad. We'll go during the week though, so maybe it won't be this busy?

gabriele wrote:
only two people ?

You are right Luciano, it isn't that bad for a team of two. Concerning people, Breithorn could be as crowded as in that pic. I've seen more people ascending there in weekend.

http://www.zermatt.net/webcam/kleinmatterhorn.html (not pointing at Breithorn)

http://www.zermatt.ch/en/page.cfm/servi ... r_prognose

Diego Sahagún wrote:You are right Luciano, it isn't that bad for a team of two. Concerning people, Breithorn could be as crowded as in that pic. I've seen more people ascending there in weekend.

http://www.zermatt.net/webcam/kleinmatterhorn.html (not pointing at Breithorn)

http://www.zermatt.ch/en/page.cfm/servi ... r_prognose

Thanks for the weather/webcam links!!

I was there last week and didn't encounter anything significant. We roped up in teams of four but I'm sure a team of two won't be a problem!

cabouckaert1 wrote:I was there last week and didn't encounter anything significant. We roped up in teams of four but I'm sure a team of two won't be a problem!

Thanks!! Goed om een andere Belg op summitpost te zien

Luciano, ik zit er vanaf zaterdag. Plan is om vanaf Zermatt over 14 4000'ers naar de Dufourspitze te gaan. Afhankelijk van weer enzo. Als je wilt kan ik u mijn gsm geven, of kan ik u een sms sturen met de condities.

So, this was a bust unfortunately . I was there last Friday (8/26) and everything above 3000m was socked in clouds with high winds. The lift to Klein Matterhorn didn't even operate. Never saw the Matterhorn in two days either. Two days later on Sunday in Zurich, the weather was gorgeous and clear and you could see 4000ers as far as the eye could reach. Pretty frustrating but I knew that risk existed. I'll probably come back at some point and try to do some 4000ers (or anything else exciting) close to Zurich (since I have a free place to stay there).

Thanks for the info provided!