Mountain guides memorial, Memorial site in St. Niklaus, Switzerland.

The Bergführerdenkmal consists of two large augen gneiss boulders, 2.50 m and 3.70 m high, left in their natural shape and set on a base clad with St. Niklaus quartzite. The smaller stone bears the original bronze badge of the Swiss mountain guides and a plaque naming five pioneers, including Josef Marie Lochmatter and Peter Knubel. The larger stone carries four bronze plaques listing the names and dates of all other deceased guides of St. Niklaus.

The Verein Zaniglaser Bergführerwesen was founded to record and maintain the guiding tradition of St. Niklaus, and from the start it aimed at a memorial for all the community's guides. A 1:20 scale model by artist and architect Thomas Imboden was used to win over sponsors, the parish and the municipality. The memorial was inaugurated on 4 June 1995 during the 10th Heimattagung, with the Alpine Club present, and was financed entirely by sponsorship money.

The memorial's nickname Zaniglaser refers to St. Niklaus, whose guides made over 300 first ascents worldwide. The bronze plaques name pioneers such as Josef Marie Lochmatter, called "King of the Matterhorn", and Peter Knubel, first to climb Elbrus in 1874. The site was inaugurated on 4 June 1995 during the 10th Heimattagung, with the Alpine Club present.

The memorial stands on the church square (Kirchplatz) of St. Niklaus parish at 1116 m above sea level, not on Triftbachstrasse. It is reached on foot within the village centre. The two gneiss blocks and their bronze plaques are outdoors and freely visible; daylight helps to read the many names and dates on the four plaques of the larger stone.

The smaller 2.50-metre gneiss block carries the original bronze badge of the Swiss mountain guides and a plaque naming five pioneers, among them Peter Knubel, who in 1874 made the first ascent of Elbrus (5,642 m), and Josef Imboden, the first guide in the Himalayas. The larger 3.70-metre stone lists all other deceased guides of St. Niklaus with their birth and death dates.