Monte Rosa Climb
Holiday Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive St. Nilklaus. Group accommodation in a hotel in St. Niklaus.
Day 2: Take a cablecar to reach 9642 feet, then walk up to the Gandegg Hut (3029m / 9938ft). Afternoon ice skills and rock scrambling.
Day 3: Cablecar from Trockenersteg to the Klein Matterhorn (3883m / 12739ft). Then, climb to the summit of the Briethorn (4164m / 13661ft) and descend to the Ayas Hut (3440m / 11286ft).
Day 4: After an early start, we re-ascend to the Schwarztor and from here climb Pollux (4082m / 13392ft) via its west ridge. We descend by the same route to spend a night in Zermatt.
Day 5: We take the Gornergrat Railway to the end of the line, then hike up to the Monte Rosa Hut (2795m / 9170ft), located on the Plattji, an island of rock in a sea of glaciers.
Day 6: Early start to gain the Monte Rosa Glacier and then the mountains west ridge. Climb to Monte Rosa's summit (4634m / 15203ft) and descend to the hut.
Day 7: Return to Zermatt via the Gornergrat Glacier and railway. Overnight at the group hotel in Zermatt.
Day 8: Sevices end after breakfast.
