Peter Taugwalder

Peter Taugwalder (4 April 1820 – 10 July 1888) was a Swiss mountaineer and guide.

[1] A native of Zermatt, Taugwalder also made the first ascent of Pollux (1864) and the Hohberghorn (1869).

Other notable climbs include the second ascent of the Dunantspitze (1851) and the Ober Gabelhorn (1865).

Following the disastrous first ascent of the Matterhorn in which four men died, Taugwalder's conduct was the subject of an investigation in which he was cleared of responsibility.

He quit his guide job a few years after the accident and emigrated to North America.