Close to Zermatt and the vast Gornergletscher glacier, the Monte Rosa group includes 18 peaks above 12,000 feet. During this altitude tour, you will climb and ski 9 of these peaks (highest one will be Zumsteinspitze, 14,970 feet asl). Access: free round trip shuttle from Chamonix.
Route: Meeting point in Täsch, transfer to Zermatt, Klein Matterhorn cable car, West Breithorn (13,661 feet), central Breithorn (13,648 feet), Val d'Ayas Guides hut/Castor (13,870 feet), Peak Felik (13,700 feet), Quintino Sella hut/Paso of Lyskamm (13,451 feet), Pyramid Vincent (13,828 feet), Gnifetti hut/Balmenhorn (13,759 feet), Signalkuppe (14,940 feet), Zumsteinspitze (14,970 feet), Gnifetti hut/Lys pass (13,943 feet), descent to Zermatt, transfer and separation in Täsch.
Guide: your Guide is a French IFMGA Mountain Guide, speaking fluently English with a near native comprehension, expert in Ski Mountaineering in Monte Rosa group.
Technical level: tour reserved to very good skiers, perfectly experienced in off-piste skiing and in Ski-Mountaineering. The tour includes steep slopes. You also practice mountaineering, as you will have to ascend some summits of the tour using crampons and ice axe.
Fitness level: you are in very good shape, practicing 3 times a week outdoor and endurance sports. The average pace is 1,300 feet of rise per hour,with a difference of level climbed each day rising from 2,300 to 3,600 feet.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes :
- Guiding by a mountain Guide
- The following group equipment (radio linked to the relief organization, pharmacy, survival blanket, ropes, maps, compass, GPS, altimeter, rescue sledge)
- The loan of a mountaineering harness, a Avalanche Transceiver, a probe and a shovel
- Transfers related to the normal course of the programme
- Lodging and half-board in the mountain huts from Day 1 dinner included to Day 5 breakfast included.
Price Excludes:
- Optional insurances Generali/Europ Assistance
- Your Lunchs
- Your drinks in the huts
- Your personal expenses
- The personal equipment and the technical equipment required for this tour.
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