# Normal route

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Most often used route to climb a mountain

Although a serious [alpine climbing](/source/Alpine_climbing) route in its own right, the Hörnli ridge (1,220 m, [AD](/source/Grade_(climbing)#IFAS)  [III](/source/Grade_(climbing)#UIAA)) of the [Matterhorn](/source/Matterhorn) is the "voie normale" that most climbers use to reach the summit.[1]

A **normal route** or **normal way** ([French](/source/French_language): *voie normale*; [German](/source/German_language): *Normalweg*) is the most frequently used [climbing route](/source/Climbing_route) for ascending and descending a given [mountain peak](/source/Mountain_peak); it is usually the easiest route (though not necessarily easy, *per se*) and is often the most straightforward one‍—‍‌an example is the [Goûter Route](/source/Go%C3%BBter_Route) on [Mont Blanc](/source/Mont_Blanc).[2][3] Other generic names include the *tourist route* or *trade route*, and some climbing routes have specific 'normal route' names such as the "Yak Route" on Mount Everest.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Cervin"](https://www.camptocamp.org/waypoints/37558/fr/cervin). *camptocamp.fr* (in French). 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023. Arête du Hörnli (voie normale suisse)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hartemann, Frederic; Hauptman, Robert (2005-06-15). [*The Mountain Encyclopedia: An A to Z Compendium of Over 2,250 Terms, Concepts, Ideas, and People*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ifs2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA158). Taylor Trade Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781461703310](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781461703310).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Perkins, Andy (2011-03-07). ["BMG Route Card: Voie Normale - Piz Buin"](https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/destinations/bmg_route_card_voie_normale_-_piz_buin-3540). UKClimbing. Retrieved 2020-12-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Musa, Ghazali; Higham, James; Thompson-Carr, Anna (2015-06-05). *Mountaineering Tourism*. [Routledge](/source/Routledge). p. 52. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781317668749](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781317668749).

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