Lagginhorn is perhaps the only 4000 m mountain of the alps that can be climbed without crampons and danger of crevasses and - as no bigger climbing skills are necessary - even a hiker could gain the summit if the upper parts are free of snow.
“It’s easiest route is a rockclimb in good gneiss” you wrote. I cannot subscribe this. Most of the west ridge is a steep path in very loose scree interrupted by short steps that need a little climbing.
For a trained climber a good recommendation is doing the traverse from Fletschhorn.
mpbro - Mar 15, 2002 3:27 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentNice job, Diego.
philippe - Jul 25, 2002 12:04 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentYour pages summerises very good this mountain. The Lagginhorn is very good entry mountain which gives you different levels to reach the top
Diego Sahagún - Jul 25, 2002 9:38 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentGracias Philippe.
Fred Spicker - Aug 29, 2002 6:04 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentDiego - thank you for taking on an adoption and doing a great job.
bigwally - Jan 20, 2003 3:50 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentDiego, a True 4-Star Page. Thank you for Caring and Sharing all of this information !!!!!
Diego Sahagún - Jan 21, 2003 3:00 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentGracias again bigwally
Dean - Jan 17, 2004 8:46 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentAh, I just discovered this nice page of yours. Great looking page and great looking mountain.
Diego Sahagún - Jan 18, 2004 6:49 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentGracias Dean, nevertheless I hope that I can improve my page in the future
Lowlands climber - May 22, 2004 10:32 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentVery informative page. Thank you!
Diego Sahagún - May 23, 2004 7:37 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentMuchas gracias Jan
Mathias Zehring - Aug 1, 2004 5:24 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled Commentsorry for not having voted yet, Diego...
Additions I can make:
Lagginhorn is perhaps the only 4000 m mountain of the alps that can be climbed without crampons and danger of crevasses and - as no bigger climbing skills are necessary - even a hiker could gain the summit if the upper parts are free of snow.
“It’s easiest route is a rockclimb in good gneiss” you wrote. I cannot subscribe this. Most of the west ridge is a steep path in very loose scree interrupted by short steps that need a little climbing.
For a trained climber a good recommendation is doing the traverse from Fletschhorn.
Diego Sahagún - Aug 1, 2004 7:35 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentMuchas gracias for all Mathias, I've added your information to my page and done the changes. Be free to post more info or leave it here again.
Chus
Rafa Bartolome - Dec 19, 2005 3:14 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentNo sé que hacía yo sin votarte esta página. Es un buen trabajo.
Diego Sahagún - Dec 20, 2005 7:33 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentTampoco es para tanto Rafa, la información es un poco escasa pero es que no hay mucha bibliografía sobre esta montaña fuera de lo que son las rutas.
Muchas gracias
Diego Sahagún - Feb 7, 2006 9:28 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks for the votes Jim (or James). I'm waiting for your first ever mountain page. Then assure yourself of adding routes to the page
James C - Feb 7, 2006 10:06 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled Commentthank you, right now I have been building up info and taking pictures of a peak a few minutes from my hoes...mount falcon. thanks for the kind words
John Climber - Sep 28, 2006 4:25 pm - Voted 9/10
ThanksGood adoption and maintenance...maybe some carthpgraphy info...further it is a good page, Diego.
Diego Sahagún - Feb 26, 2007 1:01 am - Hasn't voted
Re: ThanksHe añadido dos buenos mapas suizos, quizás ahora te gusta más la página
simu - Sep 5, 2008 1:23 pm - Hasn't voted
Further readingsI've described the normal route to the summit of the Lagginhorn in detail on my webpage, including a plenty of photos:
http://www.snowplow.ch/wordpress/?p=73