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Matterhorn Ridge* VD

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[Winnats Pass, 'Matterhorn Ridge', Elbow Ridge and Mam Tor, 2 kb]The route is up the obvious left hand ridge. Belay to suit (where gear allows).

Ticklists: BMC On-Peak Rock: Esoterica, Puttrell's Progress, The Peak: past and Present.

Photo: Winnats Pass, 'Matterhorn Ridge', Elbow Ridge and Mam Tor © Colin Wells
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 87 logbooks, and on 22 wishlists.

BStar - Solo O/S - 06/May/13

AshBash - 2nd O/S - 29/Apr/13 with Ash

Really fun. Did a triple link up of this, Elbow Ridge and Winnats pass 2 hours car to car. Simul climbed.
dutybooty - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/13 with Bieber

done in full winter conditions.easy about -15 with wind chill.
kwaidy - AltLd O/S - 24/Mar/13 with sting

Quality afternoon
Ander - Lead - 15/Jul/12 with World Class 'Articulate' player

Hidden - Solo O/S - 07/Jul/12

Did in trainers - exposure was great
barneythevelociraptor - Solo O/S - 01/Apr/12

Darkskys - 2012

mattwomersley - 2012

Hidden - Solo - Oct/11

tobyk - Solo O/S - 20/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/11

adi bryant - Lead - 29/Apr/11 with Molly-George

adi bryant - Solo - 29/Apr/11

Brannock - Solo - 27/Feb/11

loved it!
Sianny - Solo O/S - 12/Feb/11 with trish1968

Did in boots a little slippy lower down but nice in the sun much better condition than the grit at windgather.
trish1968 - Solo - 12/Feb/11 with Sian

Done in two pitches in big boots...next to no meaningful gear!
Nicholas Livesey - Lead - 22/Jan/11 with Lucie Sedlarova

matgorman - AltLd O/S - 11/Jan/11 with pete sanger

duckiee - AltLd O/S - 06/Jan/11 with matgorman

Hidden - Solo - 2011

robblowen - Solo O/S - 22/Dec/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 11/Dec/10

Andrew Barker - Solo O/S - Dec/10 with Phil Applegate

In hiking boots, with rucksack
RamblingRyan - Solo - 06/Nov/10

jack robinson - Solo O/S - 16/Sep/10 with James Dowsett

Hidden - Solo - 16/Sep/10

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

No better than Elbow Ridge, but no worse either.
victim of mathematics - Solo O/S - 01/Sep/10

Caralynh - Solo - 29/Aug/10 with Jez Hadall

Hidden - Solo O/S - 29/Aug/10

slacky - Solo O/S - 04/Jul/10 with Julie, Tim

Very Easy for a VDiff, more like a Grade 2 scramble? Brilliant climbing though. Done moving together, changing leads as gear ran out. Need to improve our ropework before doing this on anything harder though! Lovely straightforward climbing
climbingrev - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/10 with Tim Angell

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/10

Hidden - Solo O/S - 29/May/10

Hidden - Solo - 05/May/10

lithos - Feb/10

lead Martin and Helen up first pitch then went back for some coffee and soloed whole route
Pilch - Solo O/S - 30/Jan/10 with Graham

winter conditions
Graeme Hammond - Solo rpt - 02/Jan/10

Hidden - Solo O/S - 2010

In Winterish conditions. Smashin'
thrutch - AltLd - 30/Dec/09

brownie0705 - 2nd O/S - 12/Dec/09 with Matt Womersley

Great scramble did this after elbow ridge exposure was fun. Done in big boots.
trish1968 - Solo - 14/Nov/09

Lovely route, great fun and great exposure. Look out for a few loose rocks
Jimbo C - AltLd O/S - 17/Oct/09 with Pete, Gethin

Hidden - Solo O/S - 13/Aug/09

fhyndoh - 11/Jul/09 with Katy mason

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Jul/09

Beautiful sunny morning, topped out to the sound of wedding bells in Castleton.
Mark Collins - Solo O/S - 05/Jul/09

mark-abz - Solo - 27/Jun/09

Hidden - Solo O/S - 05/Jun/09

Foxache - Solo O/S - 30/May/09

frankcp87 - Solo - 29/May/09 with Jamie Greig

fhyndoh - AltLd - 07/Mar/09 with David beynon

clint87 - Solo - Mar/09

Hardonicus - Solo O/S - 03/Jan/09

Hidden - Solo rpt - 29/Nov/08

done as a scramble on a bitterly frosty morning. very nice indeed
pebbles - Solo O/S - 29/Nov/08 with guido crofty brian

Pete Graham - Solo - 13/Jul/08

Hidden - AltLd - 04/Jul/08

philboy - AltLd - 04/Jul/08 with matt g

Graeme Hammond - Solo O/S - 08/Jun/08 with Phil Johnson, Jools

Hidden - Lead - 30/Mar/08

gazbonutter - 2nd - 30/Mar/08 with Pete MacDonald

In trainers.
Southern Man - Solo O/S - 07/Mar/08

Hidden - Solo O/S - 12/Jan/08

Hidden - Solo - 12/Jan/08

Hidden - Solo O/S - 12/Nov/07

I didn't realise this was a climb!
Stuart Johnston - Solo O/S - Jul/07 with g taylor

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Jun/07

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jun/07

Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com - 2007

Hidden - Solo - 07/Nov/06

Hidden - Solo - Jul/06

Hidden - Solo - Mar/06

Hidden - Solo - 04/Nov/03

Fine top out
Ian Archer - AltLd O/S - 09/Aug/03 with Andy Symonds

pitch 1 only
colin milton - Lead - Apr/03 with zane miltona

Chris the Tall - Lead O/S - Nov/01 with Paul

Hidden - Lead - 28/Sep/96

Soloed many times. Easier technically than Elbow but more sustained. Grade 2/3 scramble. Also soloed Cave Wall (HS 4b) & Matterhorn Face (HS 4b) on LH flank, both in 87 BMC guide.
Iain Thow - Solo - 03/Apr/95

In the rain, in trainers
goi.ashmore - Solo O/S - 08/Dec/88

Pete Pozman - Solo O/S - 04/Aug/84 with Mick Murphy

Al Evans - Solo - 1984 with Fiona West

Hidden - Solo - 12/Mar/83

At night when frozen - had epic and nearly died!!! first mixed route I ever led, end up doing it solo after second could not follow, terrifying top out on soft turf!!!
pebblespanker - Lead O/S - 12/Feb/83 with Simon Matthews

Hidden - Solo - 01/Dec/82

Nigel Bond - Solo - 16/Jan/77

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Style of ascent

Soloed54 of 87 (62.1%)
Lead11 of 87 (12.6%)
Followed3 of 87 (3.4%)
Alt Leads14 of 87 (16.1%)
Unknown5 of 87 (5.7%)

'Climbed'40 of 87 (46.0%)
clean O/S45 of 87 (51.7%)
clean rpt2 of 87 (2.3%)