From the Monte Rosa Hut - Zumsteinspitze - Valais E - Pennine Alps E - Switzerland
From the Monte Rosa Hut

From the Monte Rosa Hut

Min / max altitude2500m / 4563m
Main facingW
Route typeReturn the same way
Glacier gear required
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Approach # (See route to the Monte Rosa Hut)

Route

Go up the moraine above the hut for 200m to get onto the Grenzgletscher at around 3050m. Go up the true right bank of the Grenzgletscher. Pass a crevasse zone around 3300m then reach a plateau at 3700m. Go up the bowl above, then go to the left to arrive at the Col Gnifetti (4452m). From here either climb to the Margherita Hut (Signalkuppe) 4554m and/or the Zumsteinspitze, 4563m.

Descent

By the same route, then the Gornergletscher.

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