Trip
Details and Small
Print - Monte Rosa Peaks Traverse
Can
I do it?
This is a classic high alpine mountaineering
traverse with moderately difficult, glaciated peak ascents -
previous experience with crampons and ice axe (or an additional
training day before the beginning of this trip) as well as very
good physical endurance for up to 10 hour mountaineering days
with early starts every day are required. Since you will be
spending 6 days between 3500 meters (11500 ft) and 4550 meters
(15000 ft), you should be able to adapt well to altitude - previous
experience in high altitude is advantageous!
Optional Ascent of the Matterhorn via Hornli
Ridge:(two additional days):
The Matterhorn
ascent is technically much more difficult than the Monte Rosa
Peaks Traverse
and requires a client to guide ratio of 1:1.
The Hornli Ridge (Normal Route) is largely a rock scramble with
a few sections of grade 5.6. In the upper section the ridge
becomes steeper and fixed ropes facilitate the climb. For more
detail please refer to our Matterhorn
page.
Travel
to Zermatt:
The
three closest interntational airports with road distances, train
travel durations and fares:
Geneva:
Car 235 km, 2.30 hrs. Train: 3.45 hrs, SFR 90 / person, almost
hourly departures.
Zurich: Car 350 km, 3.30 hrs. Train: 4.5 hrs, SFR 120 / person,
almost hourly departures
Milan: Car 230 km, 3 hrs. Train 4 hrs, Euro 80, almost every
two hourly departures
Please note that if travelling by car, you will have to leave
your car on a commercial parking lot (fees from SFR 4 to SFR
7 every 24 hrs) in the village of Tasch, located about 10 km
before reaching Zermatt. From there, you have to either travle
by taxi or train (SFR 8, departures usually every 20 minutes
during the day).
Meeting
Point:
Day 1 at 5PM in our
hotel in Zermatt. We gladly assist in organizing any pre/post
trip lodging and airport transfers.
Climate,
Weather, Temperatures:
High
season for all mountaineering in the western Alps is mid-July
through August, mainly due to the stable weather that time of
the year. Day time temperatures can vary between 30C (86F) in
the valleys to -10C (14F) on clear mornings, when we start our
day from a high level hut.
Services
Included in the Total Price:
5
days guiding by an internationally (UIAGM) certified, multilingual,
mountain guide, all guide expenses, 4 nights lodging in dormitory
or rooms with bunk beds in the huts with dinner and breakfast,
2 nights double room in our hotel in Zermatt with breakfast);
1 dinner in Zermatt, all gondola and mountain trains.
