Félicité Carrel was an Italian mountaineer, known for her 1867 attempt to climb Mount Matterhorn.
Carrel climbed to 400 feet from the summit,[2] but was prohibited from going further by her skirts which had caught in the wind and returned with her father while the others continued on.
[3] Carrel's 1867 climb attempt makes her the first woman to do so.
[4] The point on Mount Matterhorn that she reached is named for her: Col Felicite.
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