andre hangaard - Dec 17, 2018 6:59 am Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2018
Foggy and slippery on the normal route
In the middle of September just in time for the closure of the Rothorn hut, me and my cousin Andi were the first to enjoy the winter room. The weather forecast was good but at 4.00am, despite of millions of stars above us, there was a thunderstorm in the east. After a rather late start at 5.00am we climbed under clear skies, but when we stepped into the rocks below the couloir, we were finding ourselves in thick fog. At the time we came to the “Binerplatten” (the crux) they were unpleasantly wet. We were the only climbers on our route. The second party had turned around. After 6 hours at 10.00am we summited and got exposed for light snowfall. Visibility was very poor. The descent was wet and it made our progress rather slow. From the “Gabel” we rappelled 5-6 rope lengths on our 60m rope. Just in time back down in Zermatt to catch the last train back to Berne.
Great and exciting climb. Unfortunately we missed out on the divine panorama!
Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: august 2018
Outstanding climb on excellent rock! Descent via normal route to Rothornhütte.
Valtho - Sep 17, 2015 4:17 am Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2015
SE ridge
Beautifull weather and not crowded at all on the mountain, despite the Zinalrothornhut was completely full.
JanG - Jul 21, 2015 8:31 pm Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2015
Great climb on dry rock
My first attempt to climb this great mountain, in 2004, was interrupted by bad weather as I reached the upper rock pitches. This time we were very fortunate because the weather was clear and the upper rock pitches had no snow or ice (there was a 3-week long heat wave in the area during our visit). I was accompanied by my son Christoph and each of us had a local guide.
We greatly enjoyed the spectacular views from the top including the rare sight of the Matterhorn with no snow on the east face or on the Hornli ridge! A memorable experience.
Jurgen - Aug 12, 2013 3:19 pm Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2013
North Ridge
Climbed the north ridge (up and down) from the Mountet Hut. A great alpine climb!
markhallam - Feb 28, 2012 4:03 pm Date Climbed: Sep 10, 1980
My first 4000m peak!
I was the rather inexperienced leader of a party of 5 students and one aged German 'hitch-hiker' (who came to regret joining us... ). Having failed miserably on the Weisshorn we were determined to summit, although treating it like the only thing we knew - a British rock-climb - we were incredibly slow and got benighted on the way down. After that we learned the gentle art of 'moving together' - and Fritz, the German hitch-hiker, not to hitch a ride with a bunch of inept Brit youths.
Corvus - Sep 24, 2011 6:21 am Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2011
Wrong route
We lost a lot of time to find the right passage over the Rothorn glacier, climbed wrong route to the Schneegrat. Reached the base of couloir to Gabel after 6 hours, so we decided to come back (too late and a little bit tired). It was a pitty because the conditions (weather and mountain) were perfect. I'll try again next time.
Peter K - Aug 30, 2010 10:35 am Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2010
Route Climbed: SE Ridge
Just can join my previous speaker: too much snow!
We started from a bivouac below the Rothorn hut (booked up). Easy glacier, scrambling and snow fields until the horizontal snow ridge. Tricky terrain traversing the south face, but EXCELLENT rock on the SW ridge. Nice but short crux ("Biner-Platte", III) - much easier than expected. Also very funny to get around the "Kanzel".
Panaché & hot chocolate at the Rothorn hut and continued down to Zermatt (0:45 AM).
Would definitely climb this one again!
mulidivarese - Aug 2, 2010 3:12 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2010
snow
Too much snow on the south face, cold and windy the rdige.
The climb was long and demanding, with all the way up to be trace din high and soft snow.
Nice mountain in any case
MDV
Climbed the North Ridge
Beautiful climbing and great views from the summit..... But a very long approach...it makes it a great workout
vincepeters - Jun 29, 2010 3:35 am Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2008
SE Ridge
Conditions weren't so great: snow, lots of wind and as soon as we got to the summit the clouds moved in. But what a beautiful mountain!
schulzj - Oct 10, 2009 10:49 am Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2008
Fabulous rock
We started from the Rothornhut. The only downside was the number of rope teams on the mountain which made it a rather long day out. At the end we were caught by the daily afternoon thunderstorms shortly before we were back at the hut.
hernberg - Aug 22, 2009 4:18 am Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2009
Normal route
Snowed all night so we had to turn back 50 meters from the summit, very icy but i found the rock climbing enjoyable
Pierre smetsers - Sep 16, 2008 4:40 pm Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2008
Very nice Climb
The day before we went back from 3800m, bad weather wind and snow. But one day later we enjoyed this great climb. Never to difficult. There were many others partys whichs slows you down especialy at the coulior and the Binerplatte.
And what a view.
What a fantastic ridge! We found it still in snowy conditions after the bad weather from a week before. We climbed everything with crampons, which slows down a lot, but is really doable, even on the traverse of the Sphinx. We belayed only 4 rope lengths - the Rasoir, the Sphinx traverse, the Bourrique and the Bosse. The Arete Blanche is magnificent!
skileraar - Sep 7, 2008 7:35 am Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006
South East ridge
Foggy and cold.. Nice route!
Bart - Aug 17, 2008 11:21 am Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2008
Traverse: SE & N ridge
Nice traverse to the mountet hut. I found the N ridge more interesting than the SE, climbing wise.
Griffiths - Aug 4, 2008 5:37 am Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2008
Normal Route
Beautiful climb. Bottleneck from the couloir that really slowed down the ascent and subsequent descent and had to walk to the rothorn hut in a thunderstorm!
Pechorin - Jul 2, 2008 4:37 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007
Route Climbed: normal route SE-ridge
A very nice climb, but too much traffic ahead of us slowed down the rate of ascent. Perhaps it was a mistake to choose a Sunday for this summit? Further, I sprained my ankle due to carelessness on the descent (which did not really help us catch up time-wise). We were back at the hut just in time for dinner.
I climbed with my twin brother.
Cyrill - Nov 8, 2007 4:38 am Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2007
andre hangaard - Dec 17, 2018 6:59 am Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2018
Foggy and slippery on the normal routeIn the middle of September just in time for the closure of the Rothorn hut, me and my cousin Andi were the first to enjoy the winter room. The weather forecast was good but at 4.00am, despite of millions of stars above us, there was a thunderstorm in the east. After a rather late start at 5.00am we climbed under clear skies, but when we stepped into the rocks below the couloir, we were finding ourselves in thick fog. At the time we came to the “Binerplatten” (the crux) they were unpleasantly wet. We were the only climbers on our route. The second party had turned around. After 6 hours at 10.00am we summited and got exposed for light snowfall. Visibility was very poor. The descent was wet and it made our progress rather slow. From the “Gabel” we rappelled 5-6 rope lengths on our 60m rope. Just in time back down in Zermatt to catch the last train back to Berne.
Great and exciting climb. Unfortunately we missed out on the divine panorama!
il.rocciatore - Aug 28, 2018 2:53 am
Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: august 2018Outstanding climb on excellent rock! Descent via normal route to Rothornhütte.
Valtho - Sep 17, 2015 4:17 am Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2015
SE ridgeBeautifull weather and not crowded at all on the mountain, despite the Zinalrothornhut was completely full.
JanG - Jul 21, 2015 8:31 pm Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2015
Great climb on dry rockMy first attempt to climb this great mountain, in 2004, was interrupted by bad weather as I reached the upper rock pitches. This time we were very fortunate because the weather was clear and the upper rock pitches had no snow or ice (there was a 3-week long heat wave in the area during our visit). I was accompanied by my son Christoph and each of us had a local guide.
We greatly enjoyed the spectacular views from the top including the rare sight of the Matterhorn with no snow on the east face or on the Hornli ridge! A memorable experience.
Jurgen - Aug 12, 2013 3:19 pm Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2013
North RidgeClimbed the north ridge (up and down) from the Mountet Hut. A great alpine climb!
markhallam - Feb 28, 2012 4:03 pm Date Climbed: Sep 10, 1980
My first 4000m peak!I was the rather inexperienced leader of a party of 5 students and one aged German 'hitch-hiker' (who came to regret joining us... ). Having failed miserably on the Weisshorn we were determined to summit, although treating it like the only thing we knew - a British rock-climb - we were incredibly slow and got benighted on the way down. After that we learned the gentle art of 'moving together' - and Fritz, the German hitch-hiker, not to hitch a ride with a bunch of inept Brit youths.
Corvus - Sep 24, 2011 6:21 am Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2011
Wrong routeWe lost a lot of time to find the right passage over the Rothorn glacier, climbed wrong route to the Schneegrat. Reached the base of couloir to Gabel after 6 hours, so we decided to come back (too late and a little bit tired). It was a pitty because the conditions (weather and mountain) were perfect. I'll try again next time.
Peter K - Aug 30, 2010 10:35 am Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2010
Route Climbed: SE RidgeJust can join my previous speaker: too much snow!
We started from a bivouac below the Rothorn hut (booked up). Easy glacier, scrambling and snow fields until the horizontal snow ridge. Tricky terrain traversing the south face, but EXCELLENT rock on the SW ridge. Nice but short crux ("Biner-Platte", III) - much easier than expected. Also very funny to get around the "Kanzel".
Panaché & hot chocolate at the Rothorn hut and continued down to Zermatt (0:45 AM).
Would definitely climb this one again!
mulidivarese - Aug 2, 2010 3:12 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2010
snowToo much snow on the south face, cold and windy the rdige.
The climb was long and demanding, with all the way up to be trace din high and soft snow.
Nice mountain in any case
MDV
climbxclimb - Jul 20, 2010 3:05 pm Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2010
Great climb with a long approach...Climbed the North Ridge
Beautiful climbing and great views from the summit..... But a very long approach...it makes it a great workout
vincepeters - Jun 29, 2010 3:35 am Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2008
SE RidgeConditions weren't so great: snow, lots of wind and as soon as we got to the summit the clouds moved in. But what a beautiful mountain!
schulzj - Oct 10, 2009 10:49 am Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2008
Fabulous rockWe started from the Rothornhut. The only downside was the number of rope teams on the mountain which made it a rather long day out. At the end we were caught by the daily afternoon thunderstorms shortly before we were back at the hut.
hernberg - Aug 22, 2009 4:18 am Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2009
Normal routeSnowed all night so we had to turn back 50 meters from the summit, very icy but i found the rock climbing enjoyable
Pierre smetsers - Sep 16, 2008 4:40 pm Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2008
Very nice ClimbThe day before we went back from 3800m, bad weather wind and snow. But one day later we enjoyed this great climb. Never to difficult. There were many others partys whichs slows you down especialy at the coulior and the Binerplatte.
And what a view.
ThomasOldeHeuvelt - Sep 13, 2008 2:16 am Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008
Snowy north ridgeWhat a fantastic ridge! We found it still in snowy conditions after the bad weather from a week before. We climbed everything with crampons, which slows down a lot, but is really doable, even on the traverse of the Sphinx. We belayed only 4 rope lengths - the Rasoir, the Sphinx traverse, the Bourrique and the Bosse. The Arete Blanche is magnificent!
skileraar - Sep 7, 2008 7:35 am Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006
South East ridgeFoggy and cold.. Nice route!
Bart - Aug 17, 2008 11:21 am Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2008
Traverse: SE & N ridgeNice traverse to the mountet hut. I found the N ridge more interesting than the SE, climbing wise.
Griffiths - Aug 4, 2008 5:37 am Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2008
Normal RouteBeautiful climb. Bottleneck from the couloir that really slowed down the ascent and subsequent descent and had to walk to the rothorn hut in a thunderstorm!
Pechorin - Jul 2, 2008 4:37 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007
Route Climbed: normal route SE-ridgeA very nice climb, but too much traffic ahead of us slowed down the rate of ascent. Perhaps it was a mistake to choose a Sunday for this summit? Further, I sprained my ankle due to carelessness on the descent (which did not really help us catch up time-wise). We were back at the hut just in time for dinner.
I climbed with my twin brother.
Cyrill - Nov 8, 2007 4:38 am Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2007
ZinalrothornFantastic Tour to Zinalrothorn 4221m.
my picture are here: Link to Zinalrothorn