Ski Tour Weekend Whitsun Breithorn, Zermatt
Ski tour Breithorn, Valais
Climb an easy 4000m peak on skis and enjoy a fantastic descent through ice fractures and a unique glacier landscape. Join us spontaneously for our Whitsun tour to Zermatt in the Valais.
After the dream descent through the Schwarztor from the Breithorn summit down to the mighty Gorner Glacier, we climb to the Monte Rosa Hut. The hut is unique in the Alps and impresses with its architecture and modern technology. From this fantastic place we climb on the 2nd day the summit of the Ludwigshöhe and over a breathtakingly beautiful departure the border glacier down, back to the Monte Rosa hut. On the last day our way leads over the Cima di Jazzi (3803 m) and the Findel glacier back down to springlike Zermatt. The perfect end to the ski and snowboard season, now over Whitsun!
BERIE Plus points
- 2 x easy 4000m with ski or splitboard
- Breithorn (4164 m) and Ludwigshöhe (4341 m)
- legendary Schwarztor departure
- Modern Monte Rosa Hut
- mighty glaciers
- best snow often until early summer
- easily accessible by bus and train
The facts
3 tour days / arrival if possible the evening before better:
22.05.2021 - 24.05.2021Requirement level: Advanced
You should be able to control your skis in all kinds of snow. Experience in the glacier terrain is an advantage. You should already have experience with easier ski touring (e.g. BERIE level I) in order to have no problems even with steep climbs. Condition for medium-heavy ski mountaineering in the high mountains from 4 – 6 hours in the ascent and enough breaks.
3 - 4 participants
3 days guided ski touring with qualified mountain and ski guide UIAGM/IFMGA
2 x overnight stay + half board/ thermos refill /sandwich as lunch in SAC huts in the MBZ/camp
Complete organization of the trip
Optional evening before: Meeting point in Zermatt at 20:30 "Restaurant Grampi's", Bahnhofstrasse for dinner and discussion. Overnight stay in a simple hotel in the centre of Zermatt. Double room / overnight stay + breakfast
Day 1: Early morning cable car ride to the Klein Matterhorn. Ascent to the Breithorn (4164 m) and descent via the Schwarztor to the Gorner Glacier (approx.2400 m). Leisurely ascent for acclimatization to the Monte Rosa Hut (2883 m).
Day 2: In the light of the street lamps we climb over the Grenzgletscher under the icy walls of the Lyskamm to the Ludwigshöhe or to the Signalkuppe/Capane Margherita. An insanely beautiful descent awaits.
Day 3: One of the largest glacier areas in the Alps is not yet so well known to many ski touring enthusiasts: we steer our skis to the origin of the mighty Gorner and Findel glaciers to the Torre di Castelfranco (3623 m) or to the Cima di Jazzi and descend endlessly past the Stockhorn towards Blauherd. Most of the time the snow still reaches almost to the Riffelalp and from there we continue comfortably by train to Zermatt. Farewell at Zermatt station (shuttle trains to Täsch every 20 minutes.)
