How To Climb The Matterhorn

Thanks for this great video! I got a question for you. I am 26 years old and I am very interested in climbing and i climbed the breithorn this summer. How can I start with climbing? What is a good place to start and what sport would be great to get started with climbing?

Kinds of regards,
Gijs

ES IST MASSENMORDENDER Voelkeraustausch Und zusaetzlichen vorsaetzliches Massenmorden der Altparteien Politiker !!

Well done! Thanks for sharing!

very nice video. We just got back from Zermatt and hiked to the Matterhorn hut but didn't plan to summit just getting as high as we could on a day hike. But you're right about the last ride down. We had to do a bit of trail running to get literally the last gondola and on Sept 11 that was 4:45pm. I summited Denali when I was in college and a lot of Colorado & California peaks and Mt. Kenya 4 times and Kili 3 years ago (we live in Kenya) but at 65 not sure I could do the full Matterhorn as much as your "first time" video inspires me to do so.

Very nice pictures.
I have climbed the matterhorn 30 years ago And now I have downloaded your wonderful video (for an Abo). Thanks a lot. And god bless you.👍🌈

Congratulations and thank you for sharing your experience and all the amazing info! I'm planning to climb It in the coming weeks if the conditions will allow It!

I’m so disappointed to see the crowds, but I guess it’s to be expected now. The Hornli hut apparently holds 180 people! My brother and I climbed it in 1973 when we were 15 and 17. The hut was tiny, the caretaker woke you up at the hour you asked for, there were no fixed ropes and only about 15 other people on the mountain that day (July). We left around 2am and we were back in Zermatt by midnight (we’d already spent a month in Charmonix). I’m so pleased for you that you reached the summit and clearly had a wonderful time: I can hear it in your voice. From Zermatt we climbed the north face of the Eiger, and I see that it now costs about $7000 to hire a guide for that two day trip!!!! Terrible what’s happened to the wilderness. With my best regards. Best of Luck

nice video, helpful

Wow. That summit. My fear of heights sensation would be off the scale up there.

Fun to watch nonetheless! I am hiking to Hornli hut in a few days. I hope to catch a glimpse of some of you climbers while I’m there. I’ll stick to hiking though!

Brilliant video ... Thanks for doing this.. VERY helpful 🏔💪🏔

You touched on some thing I always thought was funny and that’s what the mountains look like and that this mountain is more iconic than Everest, and people don’t realize if I showed them a picture of Everest they actually wouldn’t even be able to tell me which mountain it is, especially with Lhoste right next to it (I know I spelled that wrong but oh well) it’s in a mountain rang of very tall mountains, the only reason it’s known is because it’s the tallest, but this mountain you would pick out in any picture or anything and that’s what attracts me to it, not it’s height, there are 6000m peaks that are more technical than Everest so height isn’t everything

Hi. Thanks for the video. I’m 52 and doing the climb in a month so this was perfect for me. I had a couple of questions for you. One, are there lockers at Hörnli or do you need to carry everything with you in the climb? Two, it looks like the temperature hovers around freezing. Did you wear thermal underwear or were your outer layers enough? Thanks in advance! 🙏

Hi Jon,

Great video!
I'm planning to climb the Matterhorn in September with a guide.
I have experience climbing but I find it difficult to determine what kind of physical condition you need to have. I live in Switzerland so I do regular hikes in the weekend. But do you maybe have a reference in terms of running (distance/time) or something else?

Thank you!

Great video. I was thinking about summitting without a guide but now think otherwise. Thanks for posting this.

This was great. I'm happy for it to be my experiential substitute - I had sweaty palms watching some of shots.

When you walk the ridge isn’t there a danger of the snow you’re on sliding?😮

Awesome video! I live in Switzerland and visited Zermatt just two weeks ago. I am working my way up to climbing the Matterhorn one day. Would you say it is safe to "hike" up to Solvay hut or is it already pretty serious and dangerous alone?

Thanks for this informative video, when it comes to the guide where about did you organise one was it in zermatt town centre or the restaurant place enroute to the mountain and also can you rent the equipment in the same place or?. Thanks

Extraordinary video. I have climbed a number of mountains, best known Mount Cook in New Zealand, and Grossglockner in Austria. I can cope with rock pitches, as long as there are good hand-holds, and am confident with ice work (done loads). From your video I reckon I could climb the Matterhorn, EXCEPT that final section of snow slope and that narrow summit ridge is terrifying. Moreover, if I was there on the summit ridge and someone needed to pass, I could not see how to step to one side. Draw lots I suppose.