Mettelhorn Ascent

Many of my climbing friends are veterans of assaults on peaks in the Himalayan and Andes and would not think of anything under 5,000 meters as really a summiting destination experience.  

But Mettelhorn makes for the perfect climbing one-day challenge during our comfortable Swiss trek.


The climb incorporates a whole variety of scenery, challenges and photo ops -- 

starting with picturesque Swiss open meadows, 

then spectacular ridge trails, 

a glacier crossing, 

alpine lakes,

a steep hand-over-hand final accent














and the reward of a panoramic vista.