Tour du Matterhorn: a two week hut to hut treking around the Matterhorn massif (this trip is also called “Tour du Cervin”). We flew to Geneva and got a train to Zermatt. DAY1:Randa We took the Europaweg from Zermatt (which was quite loose and unstable). Unfortunately the Europa Hut was closed as we were too early in » read more »
We took a plane to Milan, then to Val d’Aosta by train; DAY1: Rifugio Dondena (2200m); from Champorcher (1500m) DAY2: To Lillaz (1617m) via col Finestra di Champorcher (2828m) DAY3: To Rifugio Sella (2584m) via Cogne (1550m) DAY4: Climbed the Punta Rossa (3630m) from Rif. Sella and back. DAY5: To Eaux Rousses (1666m) from Rifugio Sella, via Col Lauson (3296m) DAY6: To Bruil (1723) via Col » read more »
Day 2: We took the first Aiguille du Midi cable car to do the down hill version of the Vallée Blanche Traverse (AdM to Helbronner). The Snow Ridge from the Aiguille du Midi station down to the Vallée Blanche glacier is most impressive and really quite excitingly steep on both sides. Towards the Helbronner end of the traverse are » read more »
More pictures here… This year we went to Selva Val Gardena- Wolkenstein in the Italian Dolomites for a week of easy Via Ferrata and Strudel. DAY 1: Travelled out Easyjet flight to Verona and transport to Hotel Aaritz. We booked as a package with Inghams and were more than pleasantly surprised by their efficient and » read more »
Ok, so it’s a little bit shy of being a 4000m peak but it was really good fun. We took the amazing Jungfrau train to the Jungfraujoch station. (Worth the trip just to see the incredible engineering feat of tunnelling a train through 2 mountains.) From there we roped up for the glacier crossing. First » read more »
Author: Phil Newby