The Victorinox Mountaineer is a four-layer 91mm model, and is one of the few models to include the metal saw/file without also including the wood saw.

The Mountaineer Lite adds a white LED light and inline Phillips screwdriver to the Mountaineer.
The Lite model is discontinued.

Layer Tools

Mountaineer Lite

Mountaineer Lite with the Chisel

• Large blade
• Small blade
• Scissors
• Metal saw / file
• Bottle-opener with large screwdriver & wire-stripper
• Can-opener with small screwdriver tip

The Mountaineer Lite adds:

• Inline LED light
• Inline Phillips

Back Layer Tools

• Awl / Reamer with a sewing eye
• Multipurpose hook
• Corkscrew
• Keyring

The Mountaineer Lite adds:

• Chisel
• Mini screwdriver

Scale Tools

• Toothpick
• Tweezers

The Mountaineer Lite adds:

• Removable Pen
• Straight Pin

Scales

Mountaineer: Standard red synthetic Cellidor
Mountaineer Lite: Sapphire blue translucent Cellidor

History

The Mountaineer was not very popular in North America, as it seems the metal-file/saw is not a popular tool in the smaller knives.

The Mountaineer Lite was not released in North America, and is not too common elsewhere. Originally Victorinox catalog information, and image, indicated that this model included the fine screwdriver on the back, but it appears this information was in error as several Mountaineers purchased between 2008 and 2012 contain the wood chisel on the back, some sites in Switzerland also reported this model as containing the chisel.

Variations

• There is no hook on pre-1991 versions
• The Mountaineer is available in a no-keyring variation, it was quite common early on

Physical Specifications

• Length: 91mm
• Width: Mountaineer: 20.5mm;  Mountaineer Lite: 25mm
• Weight: Mountaineer: 109.1g;  Mountaineer Lite: 124.5g

Identifiers

• 1.3743: Mountaineer - Red Cellidor (US Model Number: 54821)
• 1.3742: Mountaineer - Red Cellidor, no keyring
• 1.7945.T2: Mountaineer Lite: Translucent blue

Related Models

• Mountaineer Small - The 84mm version of this model
• Grand Prix - An earlier model: replaces the corkscrew with a Phillips in the Mountaineer
• Clipper - Removes the scissors from the Mountaineer
• Huntsman and Huntsman Lite - Wood saw replaces the metal saw
• Trail Guide - Replaces the small blade with combo-tool and removes opener-layer, no reamer
• Expedition Lite - Adds wood saw, and electronic altimeter/barometer functions to the Mountaineer Lite