Jegihorn (10.08.2018)
Written by hmsv1 (Hannah Vickers)
| Start point | Kreuzboden lift |
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| Characteristic | Sport climbing |
| Duration | 4h 00min |
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| Ascents | Jegihorn (3,206m) | 10.08.2018 |
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For the final day of the week climbing with Tim we left Evolene at 7.30am and headed over to Saas Grund to do a quick climb up the Jegihorn. Well, actually the intention was never to make it a quick climb, but that's how it turned out anyway. After driving through thick valley fog for most of the way we were still optimistic that the weather would be much better up high (assuming the webcam at Hohsaas we had checked was not from a previous sunny day!) and after getting off at Kreuzboden (ca. 2400m) we were met by somewhat better visibility and the odd glimpse of blue sky. In any case it was a very pleasant temperature to walk to the base of the climbing routes in. I think we used around an hour to do the approach walk (about 500m elevation gain) in a relaxed pace.
Once we arrived at the foot of the face we saw that there were already a number of climbing teams out, but the route Alpendurst looked to be vacant. I'd done a couple of pitches of this 14-pitch 4b/4c sport climbing route a couple of years earlier but didn't quite finish it due to needing to get back in time for dinner at the Weissmies hut! So now seemed like a perfect opportunity to do the whole route. Well, adapting the same strategy as we'd used on the Aiguille Sans Nom we ended up condensing the 14 pitches into 3.5 long pitches, which in total took 2 hours and finished directly on the summit of the Jegihorn, so I think that can be described as quite efficient. It was just very nice, pleasant climbing (non-traumatic as I like to think of it). Even though the clouds hadn't really disappeared completely on the climb itself we did get some nice views across to the Fletschhorn and Lagginhorn from the summit while chilling out and enjoying a lunch break. From the top it's more or less just a steep walk back down to the base of the rock face again and then a matter of following the well marked path back down to Kreuzboden lift station. A great finish to an ace week!
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