For this leg of our trip the mountains are so big you need your passport and a new sim card to go ski touring. The Matterhorn (or as we like to call it, the Mount Aspiring of the North) sits between the two resorts of Cervinia, in Italy, and Zermat in Switzerland. We used cable cars to get us up to the divide between the two countries and with a mixture of skiing on piste, chairlifts and touring got ourselves to Mont Rosa Hut. It was snowing most of the day and visibility was pretty limited until just before we reached the hut.
We had to alter our original route since it involved skiing down through an icefall which was not an option due to the cloud.
The first 2000m up was accomplished by a ride in a cable car which disappeared into the clouds.
After a Disneyland of lifts and skiing we reappeared 30km away under the clouds in Zermat. Traversing the mother of all lateral moraines, and a little of this and that, got us back on snow about two hours below Mont Rosa Hut.
The first 2000m up was accomplished by a ride in a cable car which disappeared into the clouds.
After a Disneyland of lifts and skiing we reappeared 30km away under the clouds in Zermat. Traversing the mother of all lateral moraines, and a little of this and that, got us back on snow about two hours below Mont Rosa Hut.
Some of the this and that
When the cloud cleared in the early afternoon we were looking back down the Grenz Glacier and just above us was …
The Mont Rosa Hut, I will let the photos speak for themselves. Returning to Mont Rosa Hut after last year was a real treat. It is hard not to be impressed by place.
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