Summiting the Matterhorn with an FPV Drone

FPV drone flight up the Matterhorn's epic Hornli ridge. I've wanted to try this flight for a while and finally went for it during my month in Switzerland this winter (2022). I flew an Iflight Chimera 7 with DJI air unit and crossfire. The video was shot on a GoPro Hero 10 in 5K 30 and stabilized in Realsteadygo.
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I only brought 1500mah batteries so the only way to assure that I reached the summit was to get closer. I decided to leave my skis at the top of the lift and hike the rest of the way to the Hornli Hut with crampons and ice axe as the path was covered in snow and ice. I launched the drone from the Hornli Hut and I was able to fly the remaining 4000ft (1,200m) vertical and 1 mile (1.6km) distance to the summit and surf down the ridgeline. It was extremely windy and the wind just got stronger as I neared the summit but the chimera 7 performed very well.
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[@ep4169]

I never thought in my lifetime that I would be able to see things like this. What a world we live in.

[@KP-wt8qr]

and in 4k too.

[@CrabappleKing]

@@KP-wt8qr and in color too. Back in my day everything was black and white.

[@the_bottomfragger]

I know, it's absolutely incredible. I've seen the mountain with my own eyes many times and yet I can hardly believe what I'm seeing

[@Aluttuh]

Idk ive seen clips like this for quite sometime. But definitely getting better.

[@Rufiowascool]

You said it. You absolutely said it.

[@Velobetty]

My grandfather was a mountaineer and climber and he would have been absolutely blown away that this video was even possible for us nowadays.

[@hambaghini]

couldn't he just take a helicopter ride bruh

[@Velobetty]

@@hambaghini He's been dead for a long time although he'd be impressed with this footage even if it were from a helicopter. Which is why I said it.

[@lamontcranston3177]

I'm 65. If somehow I could have seen this video back in the 1980s I would have lost my tiny mind. Even now it seems terribly "futuristic" There's so much I don''t understand. Why doesn't the drone ever hit anything? How does it stay on course? I have considered the possibility that the original video is much slower.

[@baraksinz2937]

@@lamontcranston3177The drone pilot can see on a screen what the drone camera sees, so he can make flight corrections accordingly.

[@corwinzelazney5312]

There's always that one asshole that just can't help themselves from being a douche. @@hambaghini

[@HolaWorld]

0:58. I certainly didn't expect to see a cabin there. Very cool.

[@AlbertoAlonso.]

It seems like nobody is surprised about it… I’m still shocked.

[@Smallfrye]

@@AlbertoAlonso. It's called the Solvay hut, and it's an emergency shelter for climbers who have been injured or caught in bad weather.

[@TamasVarga-VatartPhoto]

Exactly. Imagine spending there a night and seeing the sunrise

[@yidy1]

Same. I wonder who lives there...

[@kishascape]

​@@Smallfryeor just for camping in on your way to the top. Like that recent video posted here of a guy doing the same in an orange solar powered hut in Finland.

[@JobForAMaxboy]

We all know these mountains are huge, but having the view of the drone just go on and on and on gives you a sense of scale I've never seen before

[@KT-fh1ql]

Have summited some 4000 meter peaks, it is very difficult to show a sense of scale even with videos like this. The rocks are car-sized. The smaller spires you're seeing on the way up are really 10-20 story buildings. Imagine looking up at that while on a 40-60 degree slope of car-sized boulders, and that's just a tiny fraction of the route you have to complete. That's kind of what it's like but words, images, videos can't really describe it. Incredible and incredibly rewarding challenge.

[@larion2336]

@@KT-fh1ql Video can give the right impression, but you need 3d depth. Which really requires a VR headset and VR video. It's the lack of binocular vision that causes videos to make things seem smaller than they are, because everything is flat. Kind of like looking at the world through one eye (but even worse than that).

[@idkusername2795]

That’s funny, I’ve been living in the alps my whole life and for me they don’t feel huge. Don’t get me wrong, they are big, but I don’t consider them incredibly massive or anything, probably because I’m just used to them. Climbing them though is a whole other story.

[@StephenJPayne]

I was thinking of climbing the mountain, but thanks to this video, I can stay home and watch "Netflix." Brilliant work.

[@stevemuzak8526]

An average of around twelve people per year have died on Matterhorn.

[@cristianproust]

I was thinking at seducing Lana Rhodes, but after watching PH I'll go back to Netflix as well. Easy wins all day every day

[@ogelsmogel]

I was thinking of going out to have sex with a bunch of beautiful models tonight, but thanks to the internet I can stay home and have sex with myself instead. I'm a genious.

[@wanderingwhere]

i was thinking how it looked hikable on the way .... until the drone turned and started heading back down .... tad steep me thinks

[@lohrtom]

I’ve climbed it. Tough but worth it

[@MotorJan289]

The most amazing thing of this video is, that you had the balls to do it with just a 1500 mah Battery.

[@joshuaturner]

Haha I was definitely pushing it with 1500s but did plenty of test flights to make sure it was doable

[@GiorgosGk95]

6s 1500 mah Li-Po Battery? Because if so, then it seems impossible :P

[@Nelvoro]

Wtf??? Only 1500? How?

[@Chevdriver]

On the test flights he had to climb the Matterhorn a few times to recover it just to prove 1500 is possible

[@plemli]

Awesome, but energy wise it's "just" a 3 minutes flight in thinner air.

[@AirdrieRambler]

In so many FPV videos, i feel that it's all about showing off the skill of the flyer, exhibiting their twists and turns, rather than showing us the beautiful landscape, which seems to take second place. This video did not make that mistake, and was absolutely beautiful throughout. Thank you.

[@glasgowbhoy8711]

In a world where most focus on the negative things it’s good to appreciate how lucky we are to view this amazing footage

[@vhakv]

This is the reason drones were invented! For cinematography like this! Congratulations on a fabulous video!!

[@tbrowniscool]

Crazy to think this FPV drone is only $600

[@morbidgull8922]

war drones go brrrrrr

[@dnnises]

The you gotta add goggles, gopro charger and remote ;)@@tbrowniscool

[@jcout25]

Nah man. Drones were invented so the government can spy on us.

[@schmingusss]

I thought they were invented in order to get video footage of women sunbathing in their bikinis in their backyards.

[@dirkvanzante]

Let's just say that you kept me all the way through. This is really well done and you take your viewer on an incredible ride on the the Matterhorn. I'm a fan. Keep it up!

[@joshuaturner]

Thanks so much!!

[@easysteezy58]

it's an achievement for you to make it through a whole 3 minute video? my god lol

[@yommet]

The Solvay Hut looks amazing👍

[@milopengyum]

the MOST AMAZING VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. HOLY CRAP. WHAT IS THIS BEAUTY?! amazing. bravo.

[@michaelokeefe8935]

0.59 Amazing that someone built a hut at that altitude! Thank you for the video!

[@herrtichy]

It's the Solvay Hut: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvay_Hut

[@yaakovwaxman4807]

​@@herrtichy thank you

[@Impala1439]

@@herrtichy how would one even get there and if they did, imagine sleeping in that thing knowing you are thousands of feet above from ground, maybe I am just scared of heights lol

[@arsenalunsungplays5188]

that part is the highest replayed frequency 0:59 o this video

[@toolbox777]

@@herrtichy There's another one on the Lion Ridge

[@kurtzFPV]

Beautiful how the sun popped over the ridge just as you summited!

[@Angelo_Botta]

Very impressive. Drones revolutionized the business

[@RtB68]

To have a person in bright colours standing at the summit would have made this perfect

[@Treasurehuntingwithtomandmarie]

this is probably one of the best videos i've ever watched. The drama, the clarity, the excitement!! Honestly this video deserves way more likes!!! Congratulations!

[@vili8893]

0 drama

[@Treasurehuntingwithtomandmarie]

@@vili8893 well, no - there was plenty of drama. Thank you for commenting.

[@jeffalbillar7625]

There's a video of an avalanche happening that's pretty cool as well.

[@robloxvids2233]

That ice shelf near the end is frightening!

[@HrishikeshRai]

This here is the might and majesty that the mountains hold. Amazing.

[@MrCompassionate01]

This footage has eliminated any desire I had to climb a mountain. Look at how steep those slopes are, look at how loose the snow looks. There's even overhangs near the top! What an absolute nightmare. Big props to anybody who climbed this thing.

[@enricopascucci4802]

You are right, it looks a nightmare. 15 years ago I knew a mountain guide from Breuil-Cervinia that led me to the much easier Breithorn (4165m). During the ascent he told me that in the past he had climbed the Matterhorn up to three times a week to lead customers to the peak (that is, this was his job). I was shocked by what he said (by the way, that man was made of steel, physically and mentally).

[@Dev-In-Denver123]

Imagine getting to the top and realizing it was too steep to climb back down. Do they have to climb down backwards the whole way? Cuz that thing is *steep*

[@enricopascucci4802]

@@Dev-In-Denver123 yes, they have. Sometimes they can choose a different route (that will be difficult anyway). From what I had read, more people lost their life there while climbing down than climbing up. There are two factors that can contribute: 1) Tiredness due to the previous ascent 2) Some loss of concentration, because the target looked already reached.

[@tfmynwa]

I hope you realise that not every mountain is scary like the Matterhorn,pick an easier one and just go for it and i think you'll be just fine.

[@mariapoven5508]

So pretty i see why people want to hike mountains now. I bet the view in person would be overwhelmingly beautiful.

[@rightystorm2004]

It’s not selfish it’s brave, the people judge it wrong.

[@masterblaster21]

6h climb up, 6h climb down, effin' scary and amazing and everything in between. Seeing it like that, without any people brings some nice memories, thank you

[@krosfyah4932]

This makes me feel like I’m flying when I’m watching this. It must be incredible to be in control of what you see and where you fly

[@SimonASNG]

I have found that my dreams have taken on a whole new dimension since I started flying drones. I used to fly in my dreams, but it was like swimming and couldn't go very far or fast and people could usually reach me and drag me down, but now its like the drones have opened up a whole new type of motion and I can fly as fast as I want in any direction. Now, my only fear in dreams is powerlines that I don't see until it is too late ;)

[@thisguy555]

Imagine how difficult it must have been to build that shack part way up… 🤯 such a cool video, thanks for sharing 🔥👍🏻

[@yommet]

The Solvay Hut

[@SimonASNG]

Yea, I was just thinking, "I bet humans have never walked along that ridge" and then I suddenly see a building. "Oh, I guess they got to that part of the ridge ;)"

[@idkusername2795]

Found a wiki page about it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvay_Hut.

[@t-rex4211]

Wait til you see what they built at the Schilthorn 😉

[@Gero141]

Imagine watching this in VR, mind blowing.

[@Tomfoolery1972]

And 3D

[@tayl0r612]

I did the same thing on a 14er in Colorado and the profound sense of limit I felt as a human could not be overstated. I'd climbed the mountain before, but the ease and speed with which the drone did it made be want for nothing more than to grow wings and fly like a bird.

[@Menelik.videos]

Probably the best drone video I have seen yet. What a time to be alive.

[@GDoggProductions]

Honestly, this is a masterpiece 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 great flyer!!! i honestly thought for a second your drone wasn't gonna make it that high!!! fantastic technology

[@tigergreg8]

I almost felt like I was in the Science Center watching this in full screen, esp coming back down. That was some amazing work and footage. Thanks.

[@johnashton3088]

Impressed by the drone, by the mountain, and the people that climb the bloody thing

[@Tim9666]

After watching this I'm kinda happy to say that I solo'd Matterhorn via this ridge once and the mountain was completely empty that day. It was a really remarkable experience to be all alone on such a prominent mountain 😍

[@Tim9666]

@@davesmith3023 😇

[@rightystorm2004]

Respect wanting to climb it so bad even with my fear of heights 😞

[@joeyjamison5772]

I skied Zermatt a number of years ago, but on the day we got there, from the moment we arrived to the minute we left, the Matterhorn was shrouded in clouds and I could not get a view of it. The skiing was good that day, just lots of clouds.

[@ThinLineMedia]

It can happen, that is why it is best to stay at least for a week there. I have always seen it at its finest and I have been multiple times there.

[@joeyjamison5772]

@@ThinLineMedia Well, we were staying at Crans-Montana and had just 1 day for the Zermatt trip. The rest of the trip went pretty well.

[@billbryan-personal5005]

Awesome, this is the only way I will be able to summit it. Thank you for the journey

[@frei000]

I have absolutely no idea about drones, but this was truly epic. Could watch this for hours.

[@tdurb0]

It’s not the tallest, hardest, easiest, most dangerous, but it’s (to me) by far THE most beautiful mountain in the world. This footage is just stunning, thank you so much for sharing this. 👍🏻👏🏻🏔️ This video deserves 8 billion views: everyone on earth should see it once. Thank you so much

[@Moscizwysokosci]

Yes this is true ♥️

[@augerhcp]

Amazing

[@Skillseboy1]

It's amazing how these new levels of technology allow us to see and experience familiar things in new ways. I've never felt so close to the Matterhorn before.

[@martinedholm3812]

What a dream of a flight! Well done man, I was just "What! a house up on that height?!" haha!

[@miguelgarzon6475]

It's called Solvay Hut or Solvay Bivouac a shelter place for emergencies and sits at 4,003 Meters. 475 meters below the summit.

[@diniidesign9852]

@@miguelgarzon6475 WAW

[@Peteski-0]

@@miguelgarzon6475 I thought it might be a refuge point yes. Thanks for confirming 👍

[@antonioveritas]

​@@miguelgarzon6475 I thought it was a McDonald's!

[@kaas12]

@@antonioveritas No that's in Zermatt, also looks pretty nice

[@RvLicious69]

drones really made life easier for videographers. there was a time when you needed helicopters or planes to make videos like this

[@FLO_FPV]

Wow what a great experience that would be 🤩

[@filipparonovits]

Shots like this got me into FPV!!!

[@oddities-whatnot]

Thats the best drone video ive seen yet on KZbin. Thanks for this, I will never climb that mountain so to see it like this is fantastic.

[@ones_flow5652]

This is one of the most impressive things I've seen in my entire life. I live "next" to Matterhorn on the german side of lake constance and never have been there and for sure never will be. I can't describe with words which goosebumps this footage gave me. Thank you very, very much, Sir!

[@gpat196]

Just breath taking.. Sitting at home and getting to see this stuff.. Even the sun rose from the mountain at the perfect beat too.. 01:23

[@photography-15L15]

A more than wonderful clip, what a wonderful nature

[@Alvaro.240]

Climb that crest has to be a dream for me. Right now I come to climb a crest of a mountain and KZbin recommend me this lol

[@aniawood]

This is insanely beautiful! I’m surprised you don’t have more subscribers, this is the most impressive video I’ve seen in a long time!

[@Moscizwysokosci]

Same ;)

[@wardv9885]

By FAR the best video I have ever seen in my life. This is insane.

[@redhawk_dr8493]

Woooow, that's my favorite video of all time ! I'm from Switzerland and this is the most beautiful mountain (imo).

[@overkill_fpv]

What's crazy is I'm having a hard time telling it's real simply because it's such unbelievably insane footage. The absolute wonders of the world and amazing cine skills man

[@rbmedia8798]

This is one of the best, if not the best FPV shot on youtube

[@Ian_MacGregor]

This is why FPV is such an adventure! It’s not just buying a drone and learning to fly. When it comes to this type of stuff, it becomes a mission that requires planning, testing, backups, and god knows what else. All just to get beautiful shots like this! Absolutely amazing work! 😍🔥

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

Incredibly beautiful, but you gotta be crazy to wanna climb that.

[@DreadEnder]

I love the little mini start half way up!

[@vividflight]

awesome❤❤❤ This video is one of the best Matterhorn FPV footage I've ever seen. Thanks!

[@dunerunnerfpv]

Beautiful! Epic Dive and perfect lookback at the end. 🔥🔥 Also, wtf @ 0:58 ?

[@MazHem]

ya who is that

[@RoboTrooper703]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvay_Hut

[@dunerunnerfpv]

@@RoboTrooper703 Fascinating! Thanks. 🌠The More You Know🌠

[@roykale9141]

@@idahosixgun5601 Only for emergency use

[@roykale9141]

@@RoboTrooper703 second-highest man-made structure in Switzerland at 4,003 m (13,133 ft)

[@pizzatimeradio]

Amazing. Thankyou for your time and effort.

[@sstrick500]

One of my favorite mountain peaks! Loved it!

[@swisshikerontour]

Dieses Video ist mir gerade vorgeschlagen worden. Unglaublich! So etwas habe ich noch nie gesehen. Ich konnte sogar die solvay sac Hütte erkennen. Meisterliche Arbeit. Habe es wirklich mit offenem Mund genossen😅

[@andrewpackard5980]

Honestly I'm surprised this doesn't have 10m views

[@vincentkingsdale8334]

It would if was on Ed Sheeran's channel

[@TheCollectorEdd]

People climb there. Absolutely insane!

[@KennethRrvik]

It's hard to describe the feelings rushing through me as the drone hugged the ridge. What a video! Thanks man.

[@Recomification]

fantastic cinematography! the slow ascend at 1:12 and the turn into full view of the summit from ~1:36, then the dive with the big shadow at 1:53... just amazing! puts a huge smile on my face 🤩

[@SteveSandbox]

this is exactely what I thought even in the time line... what a video !

[@FPVSlice]

Wow, just wow!!!!!! This is next level man, good job!

[@petermersch9059]

This is incredible and magnificent, some of the pictures are breathtaking. And they give a good impression of how big the mountain really is. I'm glad to have been on the Matterhorn now too. 😎

[@egonzalez4294]

I don't know what to be more impressed at if the footage or the house at 0:59

[@goskidmark]

You can't fool me Unreal Engine 5, with ray tracing.

[@markmarsh27]

Definitely the scariest looking mountain in the world.

[@SamDeeksRelovedGuitars]

What an absolutely immense flight and sightseeing experience, well done! i SO wanted you to hover for 1 sec just above the snow on the summit but I understand the limits you were up against with power & thin air!

[@Syntaxter]

Ein Naturwunder das zur Ikone wurde. Der Berg.

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

Perhaps the most incredible drone footage I've seen to date. Awe inspiring!

[@bguntern]

Congratulations for this stunning video! I lived quite a while in Zermatt and looked up there every day; I have even been up there with a plane and circled around the peak - but your video is an extra class. Thank you very much! Love from Switzerland

[@Columbia-Brightlight]

Love TO 🇨🇭!!!

[@TheChuky18]

ive seen countless videos of the matterhorn. never in my life i woudlve thought that it is that impressive. holy fuck, i really have to visit it one day. this is really the most impressive video ive seen this year, thank you very much for this angle. I would love to have such a video from the eiger northface or similar iconic mountains!

[@chris-hu7tm]

I love how you can hear the wind

[@DreadEnder]

Absolutely breathtaking!

[@caiminjacob2798]

This is just outrageous. Also your editing skills are excellent!

[@zeusv9804]

This is something else! Where'd you film from? For it to go over and not lose signal is an amazing feat in it of itself!

[@Leewise1]

Hmm, it doesn't take 8 days to reply to a simple question like that, I'm guessing it's a fake video the uploader is trying to take credit for

[@dylanj635]

good one lmfao! You're a natural@@Leewise1

[@Leewise1]

@@dylanj635 uploader still hasn't responded, I'm right lol

[@dcruznikhil]

Kudos to all the climbers who have touched the peak. It requires an enormous amount of energy and willpower.

[@jonfletcher147]

Incredible.....the most beautiful mountain.

[@dr.s.p.]

Epic presentation and accomplishment. Not knowing about these wonderful flying machines, I wondered how much you might lose in uplift and control when you get at these altitudes, or is it minimal? How long would that whole journey take in real time? Great video indeed.

[@preludefpv]

A spectacular feat!🔥🔥 Well done indeed this is awesome! An FPV feel good video😍👌 Great flying and editing🏆 Congratulations - mission successful! 👏

[@TechNicolas]

Best FPV Dive + fitting Music so far! Everytime I watch it, I have 3 minutes goosebumps

[@DerekGrubb]

Amazing footage. (Who else is here because of the @TomScottGo newsletter?)

[@43hrs5]

Tom Scott's newsletter does a better job at recommending videos than the KZbin algorithm 😂

[@rtx23]

Didn't know that. Gonna subscribe today!

[@Columbia-Brightlight]

Love how the sun pops out right when you get to the top! Then the shadow of the peak as you’re descending. The whole experience is mind boggling, inspirational and humbling, too. 🔆THANK YOU!!! 🔆

[@DavidWFilm]

that's a great video to show how steep the Hornli ridge (or the Matterhorn in general) is. So many tourists want to climb it with no experience. Show them this epic footage I'm sure they will think twice :D

[@Wanderhuren]

Unbelieveable ! The best Mountain-Drone-Video i have ever seen. Pictures, Music, perfect. Great job.

[@Cement_Feathered_Bird]

That was awesome! But I gotta ask... what was the house near the peak that no-one seems to be mentioning?!? at 0:59

[@MarkEichin]

Maybe the Solvay Hut?

[@Cement_Feathered_Bird]

@@MarkEichin Wow, yes! Thank you! That place is nuts! It has 10 beds in it and was built in 1917!

[@christadrong1305]

So viel Schönheit macht mich atemlos

[@Koreanroads0311]

Thank you for posting a great video. 😎👍👍👍

[@MaQuGo119]

Next time upload at 60FPS dude LMAO

[@5astelija75]

The beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid!

[@milanletosnik4004]

Absolutely stunning, unreal, beautiful dynamic capture!!!

[@nostradumbass4984]

Absolutely amazing!

[@infamousincubus2888]

Absolutely stunning

[@sethcashman1011]

Absolutely mesmerizing! Thanks so much for this.

[@parkymann]

This is insane! So beautiful!

[@Moscizwysokosci]

This is true ♥️😍

[@Nethanel773]

Absolutely dazzling! From time immemorial, humans have only gazed from the foot of mountains. Very few dared to climb and succeeded. Now, any ordinary person with a robo-falcon can look down on the summit itself! What a time to live. Thank you for putting this up.

[@jeffalbillar7625]

It's crazy that someone was able to erect a building up there.

[@Nidzo_00]

Simply beautiful.

[@turalschannel]

I wish I could put into words what am I feeling now. The music, the scenes, the colors... are out of this world.

[@redriver6541]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[@frednorman1]

The Matterhorn as never seen before.. fantastic video. Thanks.