Climbing Riffelhorn

Join me on a climb of Riffelhorn! This relatively easy climb begins after taking a ride on the Gornergrat Bahn and short-roping to the south face of the mountain. The route climbed here is called The Egg, and ascends 6 pitches graded up to French 4b (US 5.5).
Climbed with Alpine Ascents International as part of a 7-day Matterhorn program. We unfortunately had poor weather for a Matterhorn summit attempt, which just means I'll have to go back and try again!

[@farbeyonddriven8173]

Well done! Too bad about the BIG horn! Hope to be there in 2 years but will be 62.

[@nickhassan]

I'll be back there next month to try for the big one again, keeping my fingers crossed for better weather!

[@farbeyonddriven8173]

@@nickhassan I assume you plan to film? I’ve seen the Mediocre guys virtually run up it but that’s not the world I live in. Good Luck!!

[@nickhassan]

@@farbeyonddriven8173 thanks! Yeah that's the plan! I watched their video as well, though I don't plan to free solo the climb like they did 😅