Michel Croz

Michel Croz
Whymper's engraving of Michel Croz, 1865
Born
Michel Auguste Croz

(1830-04-22)22 April 1830
Le Tour, Chamonix, France
Died14 July 1865(1865-07-14) (aged 35)
Matterhorn, Switzerland
OccupationMountain guide
Known forMatterhorn first ascent

Michel Auguste Croz (Arpitan: Mechiél Ôgusto Crox; 22 April 1830 – 14 July 1865) was a Chamoniard mountain guide 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.

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