August: Attempt by J. A. and J. J. Carrel. The Grande Tour is reached (3800 m).[1]
1860
July 2: Attempt from Zermatt (East face) by Charles, Alfred and Sandbach Parker (c. 3500 m)[2]
August: Attempt by John Tyndall, Vaughan Hawkins, J. J. Carrel (3960 m)[1]
1861
July 4: Second attempt by the Parker brothers (c. 3570 m)[2]
August 29: J. A. and J. J. Carrel. The Crête du Coq is reached (4032 m)[1][2]
August 29–30: First attempt by Edward Whymper and Swiss guide (Lion ridge)[1][2]
1862
January: First winter attempt (from Zermatt East face) by Thomas Stuart Kennedy guided by Peter Perren and Peter Taugwalder (c. 3350 m)[2][3]
July 7–8: Attempt by E. Whymper, Reginald J. S. MacDonald, Johann zum Taugwald, Johann Krönig, Luc Meynet (3657 m)[1][2]
July 9–10: Attempt by E. Whymper, R. J. S. MacDonald, J. A. Carrel, Pession (3960 m)[1][2]
July 18–19: Solo attempt by E. Whymper (4084 m)[1][2]
July 23–24: Attempt by E. Whymper, J. A. Carrel, César Carrel, L. Meynet (4008 m)[1][2]
July 25–26: Attempt by E. Whymper, L. Meynet (4102 m)[1][2]
July 27–28: Attempt by J. Tyndall, Johann Joseph Bennen [de], Anton Walters, J. A. Carrel, C. Carrel. The Shoulder is reached (Pic Tyndall, 4258 m)[1][2]
1863
August 10–11: Attempt by E. Whymper, J. A. Carrel, C. Carrel, L. Meynet and two porters (4047 m)[1][2]
1865
June 21: Attempt from the south east face (Furggen couloir) by E. Whymper, Michel Croz, Christian Almer, Franz Biner, L. Meynet (3414 m)[1][2]
July: Attempt by J. A. Carrel, C. Carrel, Charles Gorret, Jean-Joseph Maquignaz [fr]. Pic Tyndall, 4258 m[1]
August 15: 3rd ascent. Second ascent from Breuil by J. A. Carrel, J. B. Bich, and Salomon Meynet guiding Florence Crauford Grove.[2]
September 13: 4th ascent: First direct ascent of the Lion ridge as it is climbed today by Jean-Joseph and Jean-Pierre Maquignaz.[2]
October 1–3: 5th ascent: From Breuil. J. J. and J. P. Maquignaz, C. Carrel and François Ansermin guiding William Leighton Jordan.[6]
1868
July 25: 6th ascent: Second ascent via the Hörnli ridge by Josef Marie Lochmatter [de] and Peter Knubel [fr] guiding Julius Elliot.[2]
July 28: 7th ascent: First traverse of the summit (Lion and Hörnli ridges) by J. Tyndall, J. J. and J. P. Maquignaz.[2]
August 4: 8th ascent Second traverse of the summit (Hörnli and Lion ridges) by J. J. Maquignaz, Victor Maquignaz and Elie Pession guiding François Thioly and O. Hoiler.[2]
August 3–4: 9th ascent: P. Knubel, Hans Baumann, Peter Bernett guiding George Edward Foster.[6]
August 8: 10th ascent: J. M. Lochmatter, P. Knubel and Niklaus Knubel guiding Paul Güssfeldt.[6]
1869
July 20: 15th ascent: J. A. Carrel, J. B. Bich, Alphonse Payot and Michel Payot [fr] guiding James Eccles.[6]
August 26: 16th ascent: Ascent of the Lion ridge by Joseph, Pierre and Emmanuel Maquignaz and B. Bich guiding Robert Boothby Heathcote; it was on this occasion that the guides fixed at the last bit the rope ladder which was called the Echelle Jordan, from the name of its donor.[2]
1871
July 22: First ascent by a woman: Lucy Walker reached the summit with her father Frank Walker and Frederick Gardiner, guided by Heinrich and Melchior Anderegg, N. Knubel, P. Knubel and P. Perren.[2][5]
One hour later William Penhall, Ferdinand Imseng [fr] and Louis Zurbrücken finished the first ascent (partially) over the west face (significantly overlapping the Zmutt Ridge route)[2][4]
September 6: Second ascent of the Zmutt ridge by Baumann with guides J. Petrus and Émile Rey.[2][7]
1880
July 16: A. Burgener, Benedikt Venetz and A. F. Mummery attempted the first ascent of the Furggen ridge. At the level of the Swiss Shoulder they were forced to traverse along the east face to the Swiss ridge, to climb to the summit by the ordinary route.[5][7]
March 16: First winter ascent (Lion ridge) by J. A. Carrel, J. Baptiste Carrel and Louis Carrel guiding Vittorio Sella. Descent via the Hörnli ridge (17th).[4]
First solo ascent (Hörnli ridge) by Wilhelm Paulcke [de].[4]
1906
September 1: First solo ascent of the Zmutt ridge by Hans Pfann [fr].[4]
1911
September 9: First ascent via the Furggen ridge by Mario Piacenza with guides Jean-Joseph Carrel and Joseph Gaspard.[4]
January 31: First winter ascent via the Hörnli ridge by Charles Francis Meade with the guides Josef Lochmatter and J. Pollinger.[4]
1923
August 12: Attempt on the north face by Alfred Horeschowsky [de] and Franz Piekielko. The summit was reached via the Hörnli ridge.[4]
1928
August: Attempt on the north face by Kaspar Mooser and Victor Imboden.[12]
1931
August 1: First ascent of the north face by the brothers Franz [fr] and Toni Schmid [fr].[4]
October 15: First ascent of the south face by Enzo Benedetti with guides Louis Carrel and Maurice Bich.[4]
1932
August 12–13: First all-female unguided ascent by Miriam Underhill (United States) and Alice Damesme (France).[13]
September 19: First complete ascent of the east face by Enzo Benedetti and Giuseppe Mazzotti with guides Louis and Lucien Carrel, M. Bich and Antoine Gaspard.[4]
1934
Paul Petzoldt traversed the Matterhorn and then retraced his route over the summit on the same day.[14]
March 25: First winter ascent via the Zmutt ridge by Henri Masson and Edmund Petrig.[15]
1950
August 19: First ascent by a cat (Hörnli ridge). It climbed up entirely unaided, but made its descent in a guide's rucksack.[5]
1959
July 22: First solo ascent of the north face by Dieter Marchart.[4]
1961
Fast ascent by Ian Angell in 3 hours and 25 minutes.[16]
1962
February 4: First winter ascent of the north face by Hilti von Allmen and Paul Etter [de].[4]
August 13: First complete ascent of the west face by Renato Daguin and Giovanni Ottin.[4] All faces and ridges have been completely ascended[17]
1965
February 22: In winter and alone, Walter Bonatti climbs a direct new route on the north face, the "North Face Direct". Bonatti set off on February 18, accompanied by three friends in order to simulate an ordinary day of alpine skiing. He prepared himself in secret behind a boulder, then for the next four days struggled against solitude, cold and technical difficulties.[4][18]
July 13: Yvette Vaucher, climbing with her husband Michel Vaucher, becomes the first woman to climb the Matterhorn's north face.[19]
1969
Ascent of the north face by Jean Troillet in 4 hours and 10 minutes.[20]
1970
August Attempted ascent of the Swiss side of the Matterhorn by Japanese climbers Michio Oikawa and Masayuki Kobayashi who disappeared. Remains found in Sept 2014 and identified in August 2015[21]
February 28: First winter ascent via the east face by René Arnold, Guido Bumann and Candide Pralong.[4]
1977
February 16: First winter solo ascent of the Schmid route on the north face by Tsuneo Hasegawa.[4]
1978
January 11: First winter ascent of the west face by Rolando Albertini, Marco Barmasse, Innocenzo Menabreaz, Leo Pession, A. Squinobal, O. Squinobal and Augusto Tamone. Death of Rolando Albertini.[4]
March 10: First winter all-female ascent of the north face, the Schmid route, by Polish team Anna Czerwińska, Irena Kęsa, Krystyna Palmowska and Wanda Rutkiewicz.[22]
1990
Mountain guide Ulrich Inderbinen makes his 370th and last ascent of the Matterhorn, before his 90th birthday.[23]
1992
August 20: Hans Kammerlander and Diego Wellig [de] climb the Matterhorn four times in 23 hours and 26 minutes. The route they followed was: Zmutt ridge–summit–Hörnli ridge (descent)–Furggen ridge–summit–Lion ridge (descent)–Lion ridge–summit–Hörnli ridge (descent)–Hörnli ridge–summit–Hörnli Hut (descent).[24]
1994
March 11: Second ascent of the North Face Direct (Bonatti route), and first female ascent, by Catherine Destivelle (started on 8th).[18][25]
1995
August 17: Bruno Brunod sprints up and down the Lion ridge from Breuil, ascending and descending 2469 vertical meters in 3hrs and 14 minutes.[26]
2007
September 6: Mountain guides Simon Anthamatten and Michael Lerjen, both of Zermatt, ascended and descended the Hörnli ridge in a record retour (combined time of ascent and descent) of 2 hours and 33 minutes (ascent: 1 hour and 40 minutes, descent: 53 minutes).[27]
2009
January 13: Ueli Steck climbs the classic Schmid route on the north face in 1 hour and 56 minutes.[28]
June: Swiss mountain guide Jean Troillet climbs a 600 meters new route on the north face.[29]
2011
August 23: Andreas Steindl runs 2915 vertical meters from Zollhaus, Zermatt, up the Matterhorn over the Hörnli ridge in a record time of 2 hours and 57 minutes.[30]
2013
August 21: Kilian Jornet sprints up and down the shortest ridge of the Matterhorn in 2 hours and 52 minute, breaking Brunod's Lion ridge run from Breuil by 22 minutes[26]
2015
April 22: Dani Arnold climbs the classic Schmid route on the North Face in a one-hour and 46 minutes, 10 minutes faster than Ueli Steck in 2009.[31]
