A final summit push with an unexpected weather front. The final steps to the Weissmies summit had us in a complete white out.
This was the third and fourth day on my trip to the Swiss Alps, having previously stayed at the Weissmies hut and summited Lagginhorn.
My aim was to go from Saas-Almagell, a little town close to the more popular Saas-Fee, to the Almagellerhut, from which you can access the mountain through its Southern Ridge.
I started the route alone, having planned to solo Weissmies (4,017 m), but through a fortunate turn of events, I met a climbing partner along the way who I became friends with.
At the summit of Weissmies I saw a weather abnormality that I've only heard of before.
This was a lenticular cloud. An occluded front that happens when a faster moving cold front catches up with a warm front.
This made it difficult to have a summit panorama with the surrounding Dom, Weisshorn, Matterhorn and Monte Rosa that you could usually spot, but nonetheless the weather event made up for it.
I met a lot of great Alpinist climbing all sorts of different routes along the way, and in this video, I also interviewed a few people to help you guys better understand why mountaineers do what they do.
I hope you enjoyed this 4-day adventure. Definitely more to come!
-MUZIC BY: CZAR DONIC