Michel Auguste Croz (22 April 1830 in Le Tour, Chamonix valley – 14 July 1865, on the Matterhorn) was a Chamoniard mountain guide of the Kingdom of Sardinia and the first ascentionist of many mountains in the western Alps during the golden age of alpinism. He is chiefly remembered for his death on the first ascent of the Matterhorn and for his climbing partnership (as a guide) with Edward Whymper.
Michel Auguste Croz (22 April 1830 in Le Tour, Chamonix valley – 14 July 1865, on the Matterhorn) was a Chamoniard mountain guide of the Kingdom of Sardinia...
ascent of this, the second-highest summit Pointe Croz (4,110 m; 13,484 ft) – named after MichelCroz, a guide from Chamonix Pointe Hélène (4,045 m; 13...
Douglas Hadow, MichelCroz, and two Zermatt guides, Peter Taugwalder and his son of the same name, on 14 July 1865. Douglas, Hudson, Hadow and Croz were killed...
Hörnli ridge in Switzerland, guided by the famed French mountaineer MichelCroz and the Swiss father and son Peter Taugwalder Sr. and Jr., and accompanied...
of the Matterhorn. Whymper was unable to climb with his usual guide, MichelCroz, who had to wait for a client in Chamonix. As a result, Whymper hired...
Klemens Bachleda, Auguste Balmat, Alexander Burgener, Armand Charlet, MichelCroz, François Devouassoud, Angelo Dibona, Andreas Heckmair, the Innerkofler...
August 30, 1861 by William Mathews, Frederick Jacomb, Jean-Baptiste Croz and MichelCroz. The first woman to summit the mountain was Alessandra Boarelli (1838–1908)...
British climbers, Charles Hudson and Douglas Robert Hadow, and their guide MichelCroz. At 4:30 a.m. on 13 July, a combined party of seven men, led by Whymper...
Anderegg, Johann Joseph Bennen (fr), Peter Bohren, Jean-Antoine Carrel, MichelCroz, Ulrich Kaufmann and Johannes Zumtaugwald. Lucy Walker, sister of Horace...
writer, and rock climber, led early expeditions on K2 and on Kanchenjunga MichelCroz (1830–1865) France, mountain guide with numerous first ascents, died...
162-165 Studer, Vol 2, pp. 190-1 Erschliessung 2, 25 Studer, Vol 3, pp. 206-8 Michel Caviezel, Tourist's Guide to the Upper Engadine, 1875, p. 179 Studer, Vol...
usually accompanied by guides from Chamonix or Courmayeur, such as MichelCroz, Michel Payot and Émile Rey, as well as the Swiss guide, Christian Almer...
unsuccessfully to climb a couloir on the south-east face with MichelCroz. After Croz left for a prior engagement with Charles Hudson, Whymper was unable...
was made on 9 July 1864 by A. Reilly and Edward Whymper with guides MichelCroz, H. Charlet and M. Payot. Whymper described the ascent in Scrambles amongst...
Hudson, Douglas Hadow, MichelCroz, P. Taugwalder (father), Peter Taugwalder (son). Death of Douglas, Hudson, Hadow and Croz on the descent. July 17:...
mountain was made via the east ridge by Edward Whymper, Christian Almer, MichelCroz and F. Biner on 16 June 1865. The Mountet hut (2,886 m (9,469 ft)) and...
the summit, dragging three members of the party (Lord Francis Douglas, MichelCroz and Charles Hudson) with him down the north face of the mountain to their...
destination. The first ascent was made by William Mathews along with guides MichelCroz and E. Favre via the south-west face on 8 August 1860. The north face...
Alps. Barre des Écrins with A. W. Moore and Edward Whymper, and guides MichelCroz, Christian Almer the elder, and Christian Almer the younger on 25 June...
and the col du Glacier Blanc in the Massif des Écrins with the guides MichelCroz, Peter Perren and Bartolommeo Peyrotte. He also made an attempt, with...
(Dauphiné Alps) with Edward Whymper and Horace Walker, and the guides MichelCroz, Christian Almer the elder, and Christian Almer the younger 28 June 1865 (1865-06-28):...
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