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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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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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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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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Best ski tours in mountains Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes, Switzerland
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Blanc de Moming - Dôme Circuit 3649 m
Cabane du Mountet Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent10 km
- ascent2035 m
- duration9-11 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦♦
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦♦
Blanc de Moming - Dôme is a beautiful but also very demanding complex ski tour. First ascent from Cabane Mountet to La Forcle saddle and then not very easy descent and then ascent along the Glacier du Besso. At the end of the glacier there is an uncomfortable border between snow and rock. Climb a rocky slope. First along a flat ridge, which is increasingly exposed. It is recommended to belay in windy weather. At the beginning of the spectacular descent along the Glacier de Moming, pay attention to the gigantic cracks. The departure line (keep left) turns from the northern to the western slope. After reaching the valley there is an easy ascent along the Glacier de Zinal back to Cabane Mountet.
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La Luette 3547 m
Cabane des Dix Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent3 km
- ascent710 m
- duration1,5-3 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
La Luette je vděčná túra z chaty Cabane Dix. Po mírném svahu na ledovec Glacier de la Luette a v závěru po hřebenu na vrchol. Pouhých 500 výškových metrů od chaty může být lákadlem pro odpolední túru poté, když dorazíte brzo na chatu Dix.
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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 ♦♦♦◊
Breithorn can be rated as the lightest 4000 in the Alps. In any case, thanks to the support of the Klein Matterhorn cable car, which transports ski mountaineers up to 3880 m. From the cable car station (beautiful viewpoint) to the glacier plain below the summit, which can be often reached on skis. In good conditions, it is worthwhile to continue to the Schwarztor saddle and drive descent back to Zermatt. The second variant of the freeride is the descent from the Unterer Theodulgletscher. This descent is simply great up to Seehöre 2400.
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Äbeni Flue - Ebnerfluh 3962 m
Hollandiahütte (Lötschenhütte) Berner Alpen / Alpes bernoises Switzerland
- Length of ascent4,5 km
- ascent800 m
- duration3,5-5 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
Relatively easy glacier ski tour to the most popular summit of the Hollandia hut. The glacier is not too cracked and the ascent path is gradually gaining altitude. At the end, ridge is waiting between the secondary and main summits. With good visibility it is a ski tour without complications.
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Gross Wannenhorn 3905 m
Finsteraarhornhütte Berner Alpen / Alpes bernoises Switzerland
- Length of ascent6,5 km
- ascent1310 m
- duration5,5-7,5 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
The top of the Gross Wannenhorn is a first-class lookout tower on the largest alpine glacier, the Aletsch glacier and the many 4,000-meter peaks in the Bernese Alps. After a short descent from the Finsteraarhorn Hut over the glacier Fieschergletscher at the foot of the Wannenhorn. During the ascent along a wide slope, watch out for numerous and large crevasses. Finally, the ascent line turns westwards upwards. When driving downhill, copy the exit route and pay attention to crevasses again.
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Piz d´Err 3378 m
Chamanna Jenatsch / Jenatschhütte Albula Alps Switzerland
- Length of ascent km
- ascent m
- duration h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
Piz d´Err is a popular ski tour to the panoramic summit. The technically undemanding ski tour begins in Chamanna Jenatsch. The only steep section is climbing on the summit. A first class experience is under stable conditions the descent to the opposite side, western slopes to Surselva, more precisely to the village Sur, a total of 1,800 m.