, Weisshorn : La croix du Weisshorn

Routes:
Weisshorn: La croix du Weisshorn
  4505m    D+/IV/P3 A0/5c+
Summits, passes, lakes and cliffs:
Weisshorn  4506m
Huts, usual bivis and valley accomodation:
Access points:
Randa  1407m - train
  • Activities:
    alpine rock climbing
  • Maximum altitude:
    4505m
  • Altitude of access point:
    1408m
  • Conditions:
    excellent
  • Glacier status:
    delicate - travel is possible
  • Crowding:
    nobody
  • Hut:
    open & staffed
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Conditions, equipment and rock quality (incl. approach):

Très bonnes conditions pour les 4 arêtes : la Schaligrat et l’arête Young sont complètement sèches !

Course exceptionnelle, d’une longueur considérable, et d’une beauté inimaginable !

Other conditions on the same day in the same range or massif

Weather:

Anticyclone !

Departure time / duration:

Vendredi: Täsch (10h) - Schalibiwak (17h30).
Samedi: Schalibiwak (4h30) - Weisshorn (8h45) - Tracuit (14h) - Arpitettaz (17h)
Dimanche: Arpitettaz (3h) - Gd. Gendarme (12h30) - Weisshorn (13h30) - Weisshornhutte (17h30) - Randa (19h25)

Comments on the hut (access & service):

2 réchauds à gaz, qq casseroles et services. Par contre presque plus de bonbonnes de gaz pleines.

Personal comments:

Absolument à faire!
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Une petite video de la course :

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