Dirruhorn (Dürrenhorn)

Height
 4,035 m

First ascent
 7 September 1879

First climbed by
 Albert-Frederick Mummery, William Penhall, Alexander Burgener, Ferdinand Imseng

Tips for hikers

• Route: Randa - Rötiboden - Weisshorn hut

Dirruhorn: tips for climbers

• Mountain guide necessary
• 2-day trip
• Ideal option for ridge climb in mixed, high-altitude terrain
• Difficult

The last outcrop of the Nadelgrat
 The rocky Dirruhorn is the last summit of the Nadelgrat ridge, located north-west of the Mischabel massif. It forms the isolated end point of the Nadelgrat and, unlike the other four summits of the ridge, is seldom climbed – one reason being that much of the snow has melted away in recent years and there is a danger of falling rocks. The Nadelgrat links the Lenzspitze, Nadelhorn, Stecknadelhorn, Hobärghorn and Dirruhorn.

Origin of name
 In the Valais dialect, “dirr” means “dry”. The Dirrufad (“dry path”) is a very dry, south-facing mountain meadow below the Dirrugrat ridge, which probably also provided the names for the ridge, glacier and summit.