Selected ski tours
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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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Plateau Couloir, Day4 H.R.Chamonix-Zermatt 3640 m
Cabane Valsorey Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent3,5 km
- ascent1085 m
- duration6-8 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
The fourth stage of the Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt is one of the most beautiful mountain experiences. First ascent from Cabane Valsorey to the Plateau Couloir Sattel, for the most part an ascent with crampons is necessary. This is followed by a long descent over the Col Sonadon saddle along the Glacier du Mont Durand and at the end an easy ascent to the hut Cabane Chanrion.
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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.
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Signalkuppe / Punta Gnifetti 4554 m
Monte Rosa Hütte Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent8,5 km
- ascent1680 m
- duration9-10,5 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
Signalkuppe / Punta Gnifetti is the highest peak in the Alps that can be climbed on skis. At the top, you can sleep in the winter room of the highest mountain hut in the Alps - Capanna Margherita (CAI). From the top is a fantastic view of the Italian part of the Alps. In the first half of this long ski tour, watch out for numerous crevasses. The rest of the ski tour over the glacier Grenzgletscher is technically easy and there is no steep passage along the entire route. This ski mountain tour is practically impossible during low-snow winters - inquire at the Monte Rosa Hut.
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Grand Combin 4314 m
Cabane FXB Panossière Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent9 km
- ascent1720 m
- duration7,5-10 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦♦
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦♦
Grand Combin je velmi náročnou skialpinistickou túrou, kterou lze podniknout jen za výborných podmínek - informujte se s předstihem na chatě Panossiére. Nejprve po ledovci Corbassiére na úrove'n Plateau des Maisons Blanches. Dále prudké stoupání z Plateau Déjeuner do úrovně 4000 m a pak mírným stoupání na vrchol Combin de Grafeneire.
Selected Mountain huts
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Bourg-Saint-Pierre
Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
1 tour in region1632 m.n.mCapacity 0 bedsOpen
Bourg-Saint-Pierre is an important place on the Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt. Starting point for the approach to the mountain huts Cabane Valsorey and Cabane Vélan.
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Cabane Vélan
Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
0 tours in region2642 m.n.mCapacity 74 bedsOpen mid March - end May
Cabane Vélan is a modern, futuristic style mountain hut. Cabane Vélan is easily accessible from Bourg St. Pierre and for ski mountaineers is the starting point for conquering the popular peak - Mont Vélan. After descending from Vélan you c...
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Britannia Hütte
Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
5 tours in region3030 m.n.mCapacity 134 bedsOpen march-may
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.
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Oberaletschhütte
Berner Alpen / Alpes bernoises Switzerland
2 tours in region2640 m.n.mCapacity 58 bedsOpen April-May
Oberaletschhütte is the classical SAC (Swiss Alpinist Club) mountain hut above the glacier Oberaletschgletscher in the Bernese Alps. The beginnings of demanding glacier skitours - Grosser and Klein Aletschhorn, Beichpass, Belalp, Breithorn,...
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Monte Rosa Hütte
Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
4 tours in region2883 m.n.mCapacity 120 bedsOpen March-mid May
Monte Rosa Hütte is a state-of-the-art, self-sufficient hut that was built a little higher than the original hut. The MRH is reachable from Zermatt by the Gornergletscher glacier, after a ski tour across the Breithorn and downhill on the Sc...
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