Excellent hut over Saas Fee skiresort (Wallis Alps), half an hour from the cable car. The starting point for five glacier tours - Fluchthorn, Strahlhorn, Rimpfischhorn, Allalinhorn and Alphubel.
Tours starting from hut
Ski tours around Hut Britannia Hütte
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Allalinhorn 4027 m
Britannia Hütte Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent3 km
- ascent580 m
- duration3-4 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
ALLALINHORN (Britannia Hütte, Walliser Alpen) is one of the lightest 4000 in the Alps. By Metro in Mittelallalin and only 500 meters to the peak. In the case of excellent conditions the downhill slopes from the top west cross to the Feejoch.
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Alphubel 4206 m
Britannia Hütte Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent10 km
- ascent1450 m
- duration7-10 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
ALPHUBEL (Britannia Hütte, Walliser Alpen) is seemingly lighter 4000vka, but over are dangerous glacial cracks. Ski alpinists can also go from the Saas Fee ski area, most not far from the cable car station Langfluh .
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Fluchthorn 3802 m
Britannia Hütte Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent6 km
- ascent1000 m
- duration3-4,5 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
Fluchthorn (Britannia Hütte, Wallis) is an optimal acclimatization tour for 4000 above Saas Fee and can be managed at the same time as the Strahlhorn.
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Strahlhorn 4190 m
Britannia Hütte Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent9,4 km
- ascent1250 m
- duration6-8 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
Strahlhorn (Britannia Hütte, Walliser Alpen) is a classic glacier ski tour from Britannia Hütte. From the Adlerpass saddle, you usually go skiing to the top. To get off Saas Fee, take the Metro to the "window" at 3460 m to the Hohlaub Gletscher and start the ascent after a short ride.
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Rimpfischhorn 4198 m
Britannia Hütte Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent12 km
- ascent1260 m
- duration7-10 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦♦
Rimpfischhorn is the most demanding ski tour of Saas Fee - Britannia Hütte (Walliser Alpen). Dangerous big cracks and at the finish climbing terrain.
- Country
- Switzerland
- Montains
- Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes
- Open (winter)
- march-may
- Beds
- 134
- Winterraum
- open, 12 beds
- Shortening of access (cableway, lift, taxi, snowcat...)
- by cableway from Saas Fee to Felskinn (Allalinexpres / Felskin)
- Card Pay
- EC cards acceptable
- Shower
- no
- Wifi
- no
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 638420 (CH1903)
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 101070 (CH1903)
- GPX access to hut (waipoints, track)
- BritanniaHuette Access SKITOURguru.gpx
- GPX all tours from the hut
- BritanniaHut CH WALLIS all_SKITOURguru.gpx
- Map
- Mischabel 284 S, Swisstopo 1:50000 Saas 1329, Swisstopo 1:25000 Monte Moro 1349, Swisstopo 1:25000 Randa 1328, Swisstopo 1:25000 Zermatt 1348, Swisstopo 1:25000
- Guides
- Walliser Alpen Ost (SAC, deutsch) Die klassischen Skitouren (SAC deutsch) Les classiques de randonnée à ski (CAS, francais) Walliser Alpen
- Phone (hut)
- +41 (0)27 957 22 88
- Phone (valley)
- 0041 (0)79 396 94 03
- Cell phone
- -
- Mobile Signal
- yes, but outside the hut
- Web
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- cabane.britannia@saas-fee.ch
- Owner of hut
- CAS Genevoise
- Britannia Hütte
- Start Point
- Saas Fee - Felskinn (cableway upper station)
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 636937
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 102036
- Altitude
- 2989 m
- Ascent (height difference)
- 1080 m
- Time of Access
- 0,5 h
- Shortening lift
- by cableway from Saas Fee to Felskinn (Allalinexpres / Felskin)
- Avalanche danger
- SLF - Oberes Saastal (Gefahrenkarte Regional)
- Weather
- SRF Meteo Meteoschweiz snow-forecast.com Meteoblue - Saas Fee yr.no - Saas Fee yr.no - Saas Fee
- Snow report
- snow-forecast.com bergfex.ch onthesnow.com snow.myswitzerland.com/ skiresort.info
- Webcams
- Mittelallalin Langflue Saas Fee
- Region
- Saas Fee Wallis/Valais
- Public traffic
- vlaky - SBB autobusy - Postbus
- Skiresort nearby
- Saas Fee
- Other links
- Schweiz Tourism
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Breithorn - Zermatt 4164 m
Monte Rosa Hütte Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent3 km
- ascent440 m
- duration3-4 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
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- Length of ascent6 km
- ascent1150 m
- duration5,5-7,5 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
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- Length of ascent11 km
- ascent1330 m
- duration5-7 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
The Haute Route Grande Lui variant from Chamonix to Zermatt, also known as the "Haute Route Pure", leads from La Fouly to the Grand Saint Bernard Pass. Overnight accommodation is provided in the hospice of the same name, under conditions similar to those in a mountain hut. The traverse of the slope below the Ferret lakes is particularly prone to avalanches.
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Vorderes Galmihorn 3507 m
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- Length of ascent2,5 km
- ascent760 m
- duration4,5-6,5 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
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Piz Kesch - Chamanna Kesch 3417 m
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- Length of ascent4,5 km
- ascent845 m
- duration4,5-6 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
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Grosses Grünhorn 4044 m
Konkordiahütte Berner Alpen / Alpes bernoises Switzerland
- Length of ascent7 km
- ascent1380 m
- duration6,5-8,5 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
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