Climbing History
The first ascent was made from the Festigrat (north-west ridge) by J. L. Davies with guides Johann Zumtaugwald, Johann Krönig and Hieronymous Brantschen on 11 September 1858.
The first ascent of the western ridge (above the Festikinlücke) was made in 1879 by Mrs E. P. Jackson, A. Pollinger, P. Truffel, J. Biner, P. Thomas, J. Imboden and J. Langen. They traversed the west face to reach the Festigrat before arriving to the summit. The first complete ascent on the western ridge was made later in 1882 by Paul Güssfeldt and guides Alexander Burgener and B. Venetz. The direct route on the west face was first ascended in 1962.
The 1000-metre-high east face above Saas Fee was climbed in 1875 by J. Petrus, A. and W. Puckle and L. Noti.
A route on the south face was first made in August 1906 by Geoffrey Winthrop Young and R. G. Major, with the guides Joseph Knubel and G. Lochmatter. According to Young it was more dangerous than the south-west face of the nearby Täschhorn, which they had climbed two weeks earlier.
On 18 June 1917, Arnold Lunn, a pioneer ski mountaineer, and Joseph Knubel made the first ski ascent of the Dom, by the Hohberg Glacier (north flank).
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