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South-South-East Ridge*** PD

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[Approaching the snow arete on the Weissmies traverse, 1 kb]From Almageller hut, folllow path to Zwischbergenpass. Turn left and follow the ridge, or drop down on the right after the first top to follow a scree slope or neve patch to below the steeper part of the ridge. The ridge gives fun blocky scrambling on sound rock and leads to a snow dome at just under 4000m. From here a short snow arete leads to the summit of the mountain. 1,200m from Almageller hut.

Photo: Approaching the snow arete on the Weissmies traverse © Foxy
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This climb is in 114 logbooks, and on 5 wishlists.

superb route, first to the top from the hut hord 5hrs hut to hosass
r_o_b_h2 - Lead O/S - 11/Sep/12 with Matt Harris

Gav Parker - 10/Sep/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/Sep/12

With John Holiday and Jonny Logan
Malpractise - 04/Aug/12 with Jonny Logan

Great day
David Barratt - Solo O/S - Aug/12

MartinN - 24/Jul/12 with maherp

John HW - Lead - 23/Jul/12 with 2 x Students

wowbagger - 12/Jul/12

Foxy - Lead - 29/Jun/12

Alfuller18 - 2012 with Matthew Fuller

Stephen Halliday - AltLd β - 10/Sep/11 with Neil Halliday

cover09 - Sep/11

jwpil - Solo - 25/Aug/11 with Ben

benscarter - Solo O/S - 25/Aug/11 with Jack

jfmchivall - Solo - 24/Aug/11 with Andrew Thurston, Ole Kemi, Jamie Lawrence

olekemi - Solo O/S - 24/Aug/11 with John C, Andrew T, Jamie L

Erik_M - Lead O/S - 12/Aug/11 with Alistair Black, James Januszewski

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 19/Jul/11

James_L88 - 19/Jul/11 with Badger, James Moore

Stephen Halliday - AltLd - 06/Jul/11 with John Wilshaw, Finn Curry

Finn Curry - AltLd - 06/Jul/11 with Stephen Halliday

TimPerkin - AltLd O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Chris Griffiths, Colin Beechey

hedgehog77 - Jul/11

Adamski1986 - Jul/11 with Kev Murley, Eamon Hanlon, John Walker

moorsy88 - Jun/11 with Badger, James Long

nickhoward - Lead O/S - 23/Sep/10

dscnly - 2nd - 24/Aug/10 with Tomas Hallen - ISM Guide

dkd - Lead O/S - 10/Aug/10 with Al

Dirty Knees - 2nd - Aug/10

t8t9t8 - 22/Jul/10

As part of AML assessment. Tanya Noakes and Percy
John HW - AltLd - 21/Jul/10

Simon Baker - 20/Jul/10

guided
Kirill - 16/Jul/10

Julian Prieto - 12/Jul/10 with Alan Turner, Tom Thorne, Ian Clifford

Tom Thorne - AltLd O/S - 12/Jul/10 with Julian Prieto, Ian Clifford, Alan Turner

cliffy - 12/Jul/10 with Tom Thorne, Alan Turner, Julian Prieto

Tom Thorne - AltLd O/S - 12/Jul/10 with Julian Prieto, Ian Clifford, Alan Turner

Brilliant mountain day.
jonesieboy - Jul/10

Jon Pilling - AltLd O/S - Jul/10 with Jason Balman

JRSB1991 - Lead O/S - Jul/10

Steve Woollard - AltLd - 23/Jun/10 with Kevin Colclough, Steve Price

monkey1 - 19/Jun/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/Sep/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/Sep/09

tractorbachcoch - AltLd O/S - 07/Sep/09 with Steve Jones (ISM), Teresa

Great route.
Mr Fuller - 2nd - 07/Sep/09 with Ally, Joe Barker

riven - 07/Sep/09 with Matt Fuller

Lady T - 2nd O/S - 07/Sep/09 with Steve Jones (ISM), Iwan

Hidden - 13/Aug/09

SteveM - Lead - 13/Aug/09 with Kat

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Aug/09

One of my favourite mountain days ever, must be the best PD route in the area? Picturesque hut climb to the Almageller Hut (no gondola). The climb to the Weissmies has a fun little snow slope then a ridge climb on excellent rock with short pitches of II+, followed by an airy snow ridge and glacier descent. I highly recommend finishing the day by riding a monster trotti scooter to Saas Grund from the mid gondola station, 11KM of downhill fun!
Poco Loco - Lead - 06/Aug/09 with Guy Pomeroy and Sonica Rua

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/09

Hidden - 2nd - Aug/09

Bex_M - 29/Jul/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 28/Jul/09

Hidden - AltLd - 28/Jul/09

First Alpine Route
Matt Bennett - 27/Jul/09 with Andrew Moore, Keith Lambley

6.5 hrs from Almageller Hutte - summit 32 deg Walk to pass neve snow field Scramble up ridge - narrow snow arete to summit return same way
Warren Earle - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/09 with Nev and Nick

Set off from Almageller Hut at 3:50am, summitted at 9am and back at the Hohsaas lift by 11am. Cracking route and a great day (although VERY windy on the descent).
DavidR - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/09 with Holly Adamthwaite

Hidden - 25/Jul/09

Brilliant views but scary descent under the seracs. Personally wouldn't have roped up until the final snow arete to the summit but done with a big group so rope used.
Fiona Reid - 21/Jul/09 with Anne, Mike, Tim, Martin

Mike_Watson_99 - 21/Jul/09 with EMC, Fiona

martinh13 - 21/Jul/09 with Fiona R

lauramfletcher - 11/Jul/09

Hidden - Lead - 10/Jul/09

Sianny - Lead - 10/Jul/09

ian2707 - 2nd - Jul/09

Hidden - Jul/09

good fun!
peterd - 2009

Hidden - 2nd - 16/Sep/08

Set off from the Almageller hut about 5.45am, reached the summit around 10am. Good conditions on the rocky ridge which was climbed solo until the final snow crest to the summit. Roped up with John for the final snow crest climb to the summit and the glacial decent down the North-West flank and South-West ridge to the Hohsaas lift. Decent took a couple of hours. Fantastic day with perfect conditions.
markfairbank - Solo - 02/Sep/08 with John Birtill

5:45 am start. Scrambled up rocky ridge. Roped up for final snow ridge to summit. Nice sunny day. Second ascent.
johnjb - Solo rpt - 02/Sep/08 with MarkFairbank

Mountain Llama - AltLd - 02/Sep/08 with Paul S

Jimmy O - Aug/08 with Matt Down

Chris Plewa - 2nd - Aug/08

Great day, temperature inversions in the adjacent valley gave some very atmospheric climbing. Don't take the snow slope all the way up though, rock quality was loose and chossy until moving left on the true ridge.
rich_greeny - 28/Jul/08 with Phil Johnson, Paul Dewey

Graeme Hammond - 28/Jul/08 with LSMC members

Neilfrherts - 10/Jul/08 with Sean

Turned back 150m below top due to bad weather. Good climbing up to that point.
Rich Walker - 2nd dnf - 04/Jul/08

Hidden - 01/Jul/08

Hidden - AltLd - 27/Jun/08

Hidden - Lead - 08/Sep/07

turned into a mini epic!
blaza1 - AltLd - Aug/07 with lee sears, david baynes, mac

Hidden - 2nd - Aug/07

Hidden - 2nd - Aug/07

furry - 27/Jul/07 with Caz

Lovely day, start at 3.30, summit 11. Back down same route.
phez - AltLd β - 19/Jul/07 with Kade Spears

Hidden - AltLd - 12/Jul/07

keith hal - 2nd - 12/Jul/07 with Martin Moran

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Jul/07

with CAS.
milkyjoe - 08/Jul/07

Chris L Hill - Jul/07 with Mark Harrison, Stuart Shaw, Ed Cheadle, Simon Pearce

Hidden - 2nd - Jul/07

Jim Brooke - Aug/06 with Juan

Hidden - 2nd β - 11/Jul/06

With ISM
FrJ - 07/Jul/06

rob k - AltLd O/S - Jul/06 with C Amis

Simon Allcock - 06/Aug/05 with nick

The Ivanator - Aug/05

lberry - Aug/05

industrialiceman - AltLd - 25/Jul/05

DavPk - 18/Jul/05 with Catherine Pearks

Feeling bold - 2nd - 07/Jul/05 with Mike (UK), Jamie, John Bracey

Hidden - 2nd dnf - 16/May/05

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2005

Done on Swiss National Day, so quite a party in progress in the sumnmit.
Andy Clarke - AltLd - 01/Aug/04 with James

agagsgrot - Aug/04 with Chris, Thomas

Hidden - 28/Jul/04

Hidden - Aug/02

We had no glacier to cross so we roped up just before the summit ridge. 4 1/2 hrs to the summit 3 hrs in decent.
Paul-Michael - AltLd O/S - 24/Jul/02 with George Manley, Neil Champion, Steve (Magdalene)

James W - Aug/00 with john sanday

fizzy_elephant - Aug/99 with Roger

Nigel Bond - Solo - 14/Aug/74 with Chas,Murry,Rodger & others, Dave Jolliffe

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Style of ascent

Soloed8 of 114 (7.0%)
Lead16 of 114 (14.0%)
Followed18 of 114 (15.8%)
Alt Leads25 of 114 (21.9%)
Unknown47 of 114 (41.2%)

'Climbed'81 of 114 (71.1%)
clean O/S27 of 114 (23.7%)
clean β3 of 114 (2.6%)
clean rpt1 of 114 (0.9%)
dnf2 of 114 (1.8%)