Louihorn, Switzerland

The plan for today was to go back to the Jungfraujoch and make an ascent of a ski peak we had seen in the popular routes of the area. Th eLouihorn was usually used as a route to get down to the Konkordia hutte, but we would return to the Monchjoch (due to the availability of beds)

The sun rise was spectacular as we ate breakfast.
After we were ready we skied back down the track .. very frozen overnight, and a difficult ride in the ridges and foot prints.

Past the station we continued to drop down until we got to the glacier, and put on the skins.

The views down the Aletch glacier were spectacular, and we took a few moments to take in the situation.

The climb started steeply rising through the seracs, and then cut back into a big bowl.

Looking back we could see the day unfolding into a sunny warm day. We continued to follow the well worn tracks as they rose up the slopes.

We were now at a similar height as we started the day at.

From here we moved up to the col, and then turned right to begin the climb to the summit. A little insignificant, but definitely a top, although very rounded.

At the top we were really surprised to see a hot air balloon cruising up the range crossing from west to east.

To the West

To the East

The summit stay had to come to an  end .. we had the descent and then the big climb back to the hut.

The descent was in powder, if I was being a little picky a bit warm and sticky, but a bit of wax soon resolved this.


The bottom of the slopes we again put on the skins and started the ascent. I was not sure I was ready for this

At about half way up I was definitely sure I was not ready for this.

However back at the station we saw this helicopter .. probably no more expensive than the train. The sight of it help me make it back up the track to the hut.

The cloud had descended for the day, and we had made it back just in time.