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Zinalrothorn South-East-Ridge

54 Photos of my solo-climbingtrip on August 13th, 2003

- the second part of my Solo-"Trilogy" during this summer 2003


4221m
Wallis (Weisshorn), Switzerland, Europe

Last update: September 6th, 2003

   © Copyright by Rahel Maria Liu



View to Obergabelhorn, Zinalrothorn, and Weisshorn


View from Gornergrat to
Obergabelhorn, Wellenkuppe, Zinalrothorn, and Weisshorn

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View from Gornergrat to

View from Gornergrat to
Obergabelhorn, Wellenkuppe, Zinalrothorn, and Weisshorn

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Zinalrothorn


Matterhorn, Zinalrothorn, and Dent Blanche.
View from the summit of Weisshorn

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Matterhorn, Zinalrothorn, and Dent Blanche.

The middle part of the South-East-Ridge to Zinalrothorn.
Matterhorn (left)  and Dent Blanche (right).
View from the summit of Weisshorn

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Ascent to Rothornhut

Ascent to Rothornhut from Zermatt (1616m)

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View from Trifthut down the valley


View from Trifthut (2337m) down the valley.
In the background Monte Rosa (left) and Lyskamm (right)

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At Trifthut


At Trifthut (2337m), about half the way up from
Zermatt to Rothornhut

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At Trifthut

At Trifthut.
In the background Wellenkuppe (left) and Zinalrothorn (right)

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View from Trifthut to Monte Rosa and Lyskamm


View from Trifthut to Monte Rosa and Lyskamm

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View from Trifthut to Monte Rosa

View from Trifthut to Monte Rosa

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Ascent from Trifthut to Rothornhut

Ascent from Trifthut to Rothornhut.
View to Wellenkuppe (left) and Zinalrothorn (right)

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Ascent from Trifthut to Rothornhut

View from Trifthut to Obergabelhorn (peak in the middle of the picture) and
Wellenkuppe (the big massif
in the right part of the picture)

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Ascent from Trifthut to Rothornhut

The last part of the ascent to Rothornhut: the moraine.
(I took the following 4 pictures on the descent, when the weather was bad.)

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Ascent to Rothornhut

The final part of the ascent to Rothornhut (red point) and
parts of the SE-Ridge to Zinalrothorn

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Rothornhut


Rothornhut (3198m)

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Rothornhut

Rothornhut (3198m)
The staff of this hut is very kind. I even got
2 Williams for free ... ;-)

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At Rothornhut


At Rothornhut
The summit of Matterhorn in the background

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At Rothornhut

At Rothornhut
I am enjyoing my life ... ;-)

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View to Monte Rosa and Lyskamm

View from Rothornhut to Monte Rosa, Lyskamm, and Breithorn
(from the left to the right)

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Sunset on Rothornhut

Sunset at Rothornhut
View to Monte Rosa, Lyskamm, and Breithorn

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Sunset at Rothornhut


Sunset at Rothornhut
View to the summit of Matterhorn

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The moon above Obergabelhorn

The moon above Obergabelhorn with its steep and icy northface, watched from Rothornhut

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Mattehorn, Wellenkuppe, and Obergabelhorn

Matterhorn, Wellenkuppe, and Obergabelhorn

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Matterhorn, Wellenkuppe, and Obergabelhorn

Matterhorn, Wellenkuppe, and Obergabelhorn

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Obergabelhorn and Dent Blanche

Obergabelhorn and Dent Blanche

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Obergabelhorn and Dent Blanche

Obergabelhorn (with its northface) and Dent Blanche

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The couloir on the ascent to Zinalrothorn

The couloir on the ascent to Zinalrothorn.
It is objectively very dangerous due to rockfall

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The route through the couloir

The route through the couloir and
the summit of Zinalrothorn

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In the couloir

In the couloir.
Zinalrothorn in the background

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In the couloir

In the couloir

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Summit-crucifix on Zinalrothorn


Summitcrucifix on Zinalrothorn
In the background Weisshorn

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Weisshorn


Weisshorn with its 3 clear-cut ridges in the north of Zinalrothorn:
The N-Ridge on the left in the background, the E-ridge (normal route to the right), and the Schali-Ridge in the foreground.
View from the top of Zinalrothorn

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Summit-picture

A short time alone on the summit of Zinalrothorn.
I took the picture with the delay timer of my camera

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On the summit of Zinalrothorn


On the top of Zinalrothorn

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View to the south

View from the top of Zinalrothorn to the south:
Matterhorn, Wellenkuppe, and Obergabelhorn

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View to the south

Matterhorn (Northface with Hörnli-Ridge to the left and Zmutt-Ridge to the right),
Wellenkuppe, and Obergabelhorn

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Matterhorn

View to Matterhorn and Obergabelhorn.
Best weather on the top of Zinalrothorn

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Obergabelhorn and Dent Blanche



Still on the top of Zinalrothorn ....


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View to Obergabelhorn and Dent Blanche

View from the top of Zinalrothorn to Obergabelhorn in the foreground with its steep ice-face, Dent d'Hérens in the background, and Dent Blanche to the right

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Dent Blanche


Dent Blanche


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The climbing route from the south

The climbing route from the south

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The climbing route

The upper part of the climbing route
to Zinalrothorn

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View to Täschhorn and Dom


View from the top of Zinalrothorn
to the 4000m-peaks on the E-side of Matter-Valley.

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View to Täschhorn and Dom

From the left:
View to the Nadelgrat (Dürrenhorn,
Stecknadelhorn, Nadelhorn), Lenzspitze,
Dom, Täschhorn, Mischabeljoch(biwak),
Alphubel, Allalinhorn, and Rimpfischhorn

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View to Monte Rosa

View to Monte Rosa, Lyskamm, and Breithorn
from the top of Zinalrothorn

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View to Monte Rosa, Lyskamm, and Breithorn

View to Monte Rosa (Nordend and Dufourspitze), Lyskamm (East- and West-Summit), and Breithorn

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On the descent

On the descent from Zinalrothorn,
about 300hm below the summit:
At the end of the descent of the couloir and
at the beginning of the ice-part.

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On the descent


On the descent of Zinalrothorn.
Matterhorn and Obergabelhorn with their northfaces in the background

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Waterfall on the descent from Rothornhut

On the descent from Rothornhornhut:
Waterfall at the end of the moraine

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Waterfall

The big waterfall at the end of the moraine.
It is raining now ...

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Descent

A view back from the end of the moraine to the wild glacier landscape around Rothornhut

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Descent

The end of the moraine on the descent from Rothornhut

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View from Attermenzen to Zinalrothorn

Back in my basecamp Randa-Attermenzen (1422m).
View to Zinalrothorn with the SE-Rigde, 2800 hm above, which I have just been climbing ...

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Back in my basecamp

Back in my basecamp in order to relax ...
for my next and final climbing trip for this summer:

Weisshorn E-Ridge
(29 photos)


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