Monte
Rosa Ski Tour 2024  
Altitude ski tour, that is snow sure, which
offers several ski summits |
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This
is one of the most famous ski tours in the
Alps, as the Monte Rosa massif has the highest
land area in the Alps over 4000m. The high
altitude means this ski tour can keep good
snow for longer and so run later in the season
than others ski tours. |
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For
those with a mountaineering focus, this
tour will give you the ability to summit
several summits over 4000m in a week, as
well as some fantastic long ski descents. |
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Good
ski ability and stamina will make the week
more enjoyable and mean you achieve more summits.
Due to the altitude, descents over spring
snow powder is guaranteed! |
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Your
expert IFMGA Mountain & Ski Guide will
help to develop your technical skills in crevasse
rescue, Alpine ropework and avalanche tranceiver
searches, as well as route planning for ski
touring in terms of your avalanche awareness. |
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The
mountain huts in the area are all comfortable
with great quality cooked meals and stunning
mountain views. The week includes skiing all
the way up to the Margherita hut at 4556m. |
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Please
note that due to the altitude and snow conditions,
this ski tour has to be more flexible than
most, so read the itinerary as an outline
of what you could do, but it is not set in
stone! |
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The
Italians affectionately call this the 'Spaghetti
Tour' due to the wriggly ridge crests, and
the pasta in the mountain rifugios. It is
one of our hand picked popular IFMGA guide
team leading these trips. |
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Dates: these
are listed in the column on the right, and
they show the live availability from our secure
online booking system. When you book online,
you receive immediate confirmation, your Alpine
Information Booklet, course specific kit list
and invoice. |
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Brief
course itinerary options
The
Monte Rosa massif offers so many options for ski touring,
that the itinerary can be flexed to allow for any changes
in conditions, and cable car openings in the late season.
This itinerary flexibility allows us to offer this trip
all the way through until late April each year, so really
appeals to skiers who want the longest winter season possible.
This trip is guided by one of the IFMGA guides
handpicked from our core guiding team.
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Option
1  - Swiss start & finish
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Option
2  - Italian start & finish
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| Sun |
Travel
to Zermatt to check into the hotel for the night. In the early evening there is a course safety and itinerary briefing. There
is time for kit checks or rental of equipment. Briefings
are over by 19:00 and you are free to go out for dinner & drinks.
Night in Zermatt. |
Travel
to Gressoney to check into the hotel for the night. In the early evening there is a course safety and itinerary briefing. There
is time for kit checks or rental of equipment. Briefings
are over by 19:00 and you are free to go out for dinner & drinks.
Night in Gressoney. |
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Day
1: Meet your guide, and catch the cable
car to Kleine Matterhorn 3883m.
From here you skin upwards and ascend
to the summit of Breithorn 4168m, and ski down
to skin across the plateau to reach the Rifugio Guide del Cervino at 3480m,
where you spend the night. |
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1: Meet your guide after breakfast, then catch
the cable car and skin up to the Gnifetti hut. This
will start your acclimatisation, and you will have
the opportunity for some transceiver training, as
well as ski touring techniques skills. Night in
the Gnifetti mountain hut. |
| Tue |
Day
2: An Alpine start for good conditions to skin to
the summit of Castor 4228m and / or Pollux 4092m,
before the long and exciting ski descent all the
way down to Champoluc 1800m, where you stay the
night in a great local Italian hotel on a half board
basis for the night. |
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2: Early start to ski tour all the way up to the
highest hut in the Alps, the Margherita hut or to
the summit of Zumstein, and then ski down all the
way back to the Gnifetti hutt. Although you are
skiing to high altitude today, you are sleeping
lower, to avoid altitude sickness. |
| Wed |
Day
3: From the village you catch the cable car (ticket
costs c.40€pp) and spend the day ski touring,
and enjoying great freeride aound the Monterosa
ski area, before heading up skinning to reach the
Rifugio Gnifetti 3647m, where you spend the night. |
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3: Another early start to ski up to the summit of
Piramide Vincent, your second 4000m peak of the
week, and then ski all the way down to the valley
in Gressoney. The night is spent in a hotel in the
village on a half board basis. |
| Thu |
Day
4: Today is the highest point of the ski tour with
an ascent of Signalkuppe 4554m, where the Margherita
hut is perched, the highest mountain hut in the Alps. Either you stay here, or sometimes ski down to the Monte Rosa hut. Either option is a big day. Night in hut on half board. |
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4: Drive around to Cervinia, and take the cable
car up to Plateau Rosa. From the hut, you set of
to skin up and ski down the Breithorn, your third
4000m peak of the week. You ski back to the Guide
del Cervino hut, where you spend the night, again
on a half board basis. |
| Fri |
Day
5: An early start to either ski down from Margherita hut via Monte Rosa hut. If staying at Monte Rosa hut you ski up to Dufoursattel 4515m, nestled between Dufourspitze and Nordend, then ski down. Night in Zermatt hotel. Most groups opt to go
out for a celebratory meal in the evening. |
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5: An early start again, to ski to the summit
of Pollux or Castor, your fourth 4000m peak of
the week, and ski back down to Cervinia. From
here you drive back to Gressoney. You stay there
in a hotel, and most groups opt to go
out for a celebratory meal in the evening. |
| Sat |
Breakfast
then the accommodation check out is by 10:00. Most
arrange their airport transfers to leave around
this time, to catch a flight from about midday. Depart for home. |
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| ITINERARY
NOTES: Where possible we follow itineraries. Mountain
adventures are weather and conditions dependant, so occasionaly
we are forced to alter the plans. If this is the case,
suitable alternatives are offered. Please use this outline
itinerary as a guide to the types of route / activity
that you will attempt. |
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| Course
Prices |
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Standard
course |
5
full days IFMGA guiding, 1:4 max ratio
7 days holiday in total, Sunday-Saturday |
£1599 |
Live
availability |
Click
on the planner logo to the right to
see the real time live course availability
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Secure
online booking system |
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Course Inclusions: 1)
IFMGA Mountain Guides for five days, 2) Alpine course
hosts for logistics & briefings, 3) Pre course
information booklet, 4) Equipment discount voucher
for UK shops, 5) Two nights hotel accommodation
in Zermatt / Gressoney (inc. bedding & towels), 6) Four
nights half board accommodation in mountain huts
/ hotel including three course cooked evening meals. 8)
Free 36 page technical Course Instruction Booklet,
9) Chamonix concierge service for logistics, advice and support. |
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| Exclusions:
1) Travel to and from Zermatt / Gressoney, 2) Cable Cars (budget
on approx. £100), 3) Equipment hire, 4) Personal
laundry, telephone calls, lunches, & any purchases
in mountain huts / hotels / restaurants, 5) Sunday
pre-dinner drinks & Friday celebratory meal
& drinks, 6) Any valley transfers (not normally required), 7 Activities insurance, & excess
baggage charges. |
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| Group
sizes: Up to 4 people per
IFMGA mountain guide. Scheduled dates are guaranteed to run if there are 2 or more people. Extra dates can be operated for private groups. |
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