Punta Pioda doesn't have the same notoriety as the north faces of the Eiger, the Matterhorn, or the Grandes Jorasses. But ...

Swiss Mountaineer Dani Arnold breaks the record for the quickest ascent of the north face of the Matterhorn mountain in the Alps. The 1,100 meter-high climb usually takes mountain climbers between ...

As mountains go, Switzerland’s 14,701 -ft. Matterhorn is not much of a challenge any more. Robert McNamara climbed it, after all, and it is the sort of hill that Stewart Udall would probably try ...

The first ascent of 'Il Grande Diedro dalla Sud' on the Matterhorn (François Cazzanelli, Marco Farina, Jerome Perruquet, Stefano Stradelli 06/02/2024) Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, ...

There are four routes up the Matterhorn which are climbed relatively regularly. All can be climbed from Zermatt. By far and away the most frequented is the North-East or Hörnli Ridge (AD III-). This ...

The first filmed winter ascent of the north face of the Matterhorn. To set the scene, the tragic story of Edward Whymper's first ascent is skillfully pieced together. The modern expedition ...

The conquest of the Matterhorn was struck with tragedy: Although Edward Whymper made the first successful ascent in 1865, four of his party died along the way. To this day, its beauty is matched ...

There are four routes up the Matterhorn which are climbed relatively regularly. All can be climbed from Zermatt. By far and away the most frequented is the North-East or Hörnli Ridge (AD III-). This ...