Italian High Level Trek
Holiday Itinerary
Day 1: Rendezvous at the group hotel in St. Niklaus. KE Land Only package services begin with dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 2: Transfer to Zermatt and take the Klien Matterhorn cable way to Trockenersteg, from where it is a short walk to the Gandegg Hut (3029m / 9938ft). Afternoon skills training.
Day 3: We take the cable car to the top of the Klein Matterhorn. Then, crossing the the Breithorn Plateau, we climb the Breithorn (4164m / 13,662ft) and descend to the Rifugio d' Ayas.
Day 4: Up and down to the Passo di Bettolina, then descend to the Val di Gressoney and take a cable car to the Passo dei Salati (2963m / 9721ft). Overnight at the Rifugio Guglielmina.
Day 5: A shorter day on the ridge between the Gressoney and Alagna valleys. We cross the Glacier di Indren and ascend the Glacier di Garstelet to the Rifugio Gnifetti.
Day 6: A spectacular day, crossing the Lisioch (4151m / 13,619ft), a high glacier col which is the only 'easy' crossing point back into Switzerland. Along the way we will make an ascent of Signalkuppe (4556m / 11,667ft) before descending to the Monte Rosa Hut (2883m / 9460ft).
Day 7: Descend to the Gornerglacier and cross this to reach the Gornergrat Railway. We take the train down to Zermatt for sightseeing, spending our last night in a hotel in Zermatt.
Day 8: KE Land Only package services end with breakfast at the hotel.
