Getting a feel for the mountain Photo courtesy Frank Carus
1 The incomparable Matterhorn - 121 KB 2 The Hornli hut - 111 KB 3 Overview of the lower flanks - 51 KB 4 The view towards the start of the climb - 71 KB 5 Two climbers on the lower flanks - 172 KB 6 The Hornli hut can be seen below - 96 KB 7 Like climbing a big rockpile - 98 KB 8 Getting a feel for the mountain - 120 KB 9 Impressive scale - 81 KB 10 Climbing in bad conditions - 65 KB 11 Overview of the upper mountain - 56 KB 12 Magic Monte Rosa sunrise - 82 KB 13 First light touches Breithorn - 99 KB 14 Sunrise at the Solvay hut - 24 KB 15 Climbers on the Hornli ridge - 103 KB 16 Looking up to a spire of gold - 93 KB 17 Coming over the summit ridge - 59 KB 18 Made it to the summit - 78 KB 19 The Italian summit - 52 KB 20 The view to Zermatt from the summit - 27 KB 21 View down the south wall - 85 KB 22 A belay during a tricky descent - 128 KB 23 Exhaustion at the Hornli hut - 116 KB 24 Surreal clouds by the Matterhorn - 55 KB Photo 8 in this series of 24
Visiting Zermatt? Hike to "Matterhorn base camp" with the Zermatt Walking Guide.
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