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Zinalrothorn and Obergabelhorn – two difficult Valais Peaks

They are not the highest 4000m peaks around Zermatt, but for certain they have the most beautiful main routes. Two perfectly shaped mountains, which could not be more differing: the Zinalrothorn with its varied access and the wonderful – easy…

Saaser summit trip – Alphubel, Rimpfischhorn and Allalin

This high-altitude tour starts and ends in the well-known Swiss town of Saas Fee. For the first summit, the Alphubel, the Metro Alpin helps us to shorten the climb. The second day, which leads us to the Rimpfischhorn, is longer and also a bit…
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Dufourspitze – Roof of the Valais Alps

Climb the highest peak in Switzerland with the experienced mountain guides of the Firngrat team. This classic high-altitude tour begins very early in the morning at the Monte Rosa Hut: in the light of our headlamps we make our way over the Monte…
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Piz Bernina and Piz Palü

Words fail me when at the little village of Morteratsch suddenly the gigantic and ice-covered summits of the Bernina Gruppe appear. Piz Bernina and Piz Palü – the are demanding, but the big deal is worth it, only just for the incredible panoramic…
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King Ortles – cornerstone of the “Engadine Dolomites”

On the way to Sulden you can already see this mountain at Reschensee: a real giant, an incredible mass of gray dolomite rock, snow and ice. The eye of the beholder wanders for some time on his couloirs interspersed, serac-studded and pillar-reinforced…
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Monte Rosa Classic

The Monte Rosa Classic, also known colloquially as the "Spaghetti Tour" or "Spaghetti Round" (the name comes from the evening primi in the huts), crosses the Monte Rosa group from the Klein Matterhorn to the Monte Rosa Hut. Your mountain guide…
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Monte Rosa Superior – summit parade from the Breithorn to the Nordend

Kilometer-long ridges on the Breithorn and Lyskamm, impressive views of the highest rock- and iceface of the Alps in the traversal of the Dufourspitze – for the ambitious and sure-footed mountaineer a grandiose tour. The mountain guides of…
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Summits of the Mischabelgruppe

We start our tour with the medium difficult Nadelgrat, the climb is already demanding. The entry couloir requires quite a bit of leg muscle power. After a long working day we can log three 4000 m peaks: Dürrenhorn, Hohberghorn and Stecknadelhorn.…
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Mönch and Jungfrau – What a view from the Northern Berner Alps

Almost at the "edge" of the Bernese Alps, these two famous 4000ers "grow" into the sky. When arriving from Lauterbrunnen, their north faces seem to crush the viewer, at the Jungfraujoch the two peaks are completely different: the train allows…
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Weisshorn – secret Queen oft the Valais Alps

If beauty and elegance of a mountain have a name, it is Weisshorn. When entering the Matter Tal we hardly notice this skywards reaching three faced pyramid. Only when you reach Randa – this lovely village next to famous Zermatt – you can…