Meet the LOWA Matterhorn Adventure Team
LOWA is one step closer to is sending an all-woman team to scale the most iconic peak in the Alps. This March, two Summit Scholarship Foundation recipients were selected to join the LOWA Matterhorn Adventure in August alongside LOWA Pro Team Athletes, Sunny Stroeer and Ines Papert.
The Summit Scholarship Foundation connects women around the world with mountaineering expeditions, education, and gear. By opening the door to a more diverse range of mountaineers, the Foundation hopes to make high altitude sports feel more welcoming to women athletes.
Meet the all-woman team for the LOWA Matterhorn Adventure!
Tiffany Diep – Summit Scholarship Recipient
New Hampshire-based climber, mother, and Summit Scholarship recipient, Tiffany Diep was raised in a “traditional Asian household.” As a child, she dreamed of outdoor adventures, but never felt like she felt encouraged to venture out.
“I wanted to be loud, messy, adventurous, to take up space, yet I didn’t want to be labeled a “bad girl” simply for being myself.”
She began her love of the outdoors working in a rock-climbing gym where she learned bouldering and top roping. Her love affair with the mountains continued, leading her to backpacking in California, through the East Sierras, and eventually to famous peaks like Mt. Whitney and Mt. Kilimanjaro.
“The mountains taught me resilience, self-love, and humility. They showed me my strength, gave me confidence, and reminded me that I am allowed to exist fully and unapologetically. I often wonder how different my life might have been if strength and curiosity had been encouraged instead of suppressed simply because I was female.”
For Tiffany, “joining an all-women Matterhorn team is more than climbing a peak, it’s about rewriting the story I once told myself. I want to stand on that summit not only for my younger self, but to be visible proof for another young girl who feels out of place, inexperienced, or unwelcome in the outdoors. I want her to see that there is space for her on the trail, on the mountain, and at the top.”
Noemi Kreuz – Summit Scholarship Recipient
Hailing from Rottenburg, Germany, Noemi and her sister are frequent climbers with the German Alpine Club and work closely with FLINTA*, a women’s and queer climbing collective.
Noemi has been multipitch climbing since she was seventeen years old. She even spent years in Peru as a climber completing multiple mountaineering trips in the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Central. Today, she teaches beginning and advanced multipitch courses for newcomers to the sport. “This gave me the opportunity to see how powerful representation and community can be in shaping belief in one’s own ability to climb, lead, and belong.”
“I want to join this Matterhorn guided climb as part of an all-women team because, despite spending much of my life in the mountains, I have rarely experienced alpine spaces intentionally centered around women. Most of my alpine climbing I have done with my sister, but otherwise I have only climbed in mixed-gender groups, which were largely male-dominated. These experiences shaped me as a climber but also highlighted how confidence, leadership, and group dynamics are strongly influenced by gendered expectations.”
Ines Papert – LOWA Pro Athlete
Ines has been climbing in the Alps since 1993 when she moved to Berchtesgaden from her home in Saxony, Germany. She’s a world champion climber several times over and feels at home on ice and rock. Among her many achievements is a one-day ascent of the “Symphonie de Liberté” and balancing her climbing career with her life as a mother.
Learn more about Ines on her website.
Sunny Stroeer – LOWA Pro Athlete
Along with being an athlete and businesswoman, Sunny Stroeer is the Executive Director and creator of the Summit Scholarship Foundation. As an athlete, she has conquered the legendary Iditarod race in Alaska multiple times, set records as an ultra-distance mountain runner, and regularly leads high altitude expeditions to the likes of Aconcagua and Island Peak. As a business owner, she co-owns and manages Dreamland Safari Tours from her home in Kanab, Utah, one of the region’s premier backcountry outfitters.
Learn more about Sunny on her website.
About the Summit Scholarship Foundation
Over the coming months, the team will train individually. The expedition begins in Zermatt, Switzerland in August 2026 where the athletes will enjoy a couple of days of local climbing and team building before heading off to the famous peak.
With women sorely underrepresented in outdoor spaces, especially extreme routes like the Matterhorn, capable climbers may not get the chance to break those barriers. We’re excited to elevate these recipients and give them a chance to go on an adventure of a lifetime.
Learn more about the Summit Scholarship Foundation on their website.