A week of mountaineering based in the Monte Rosa group of the Italian Alps. Stay in mountain huts and climb up to six 4000m summits.
There is nowhere in the Alps which has such a high concentration of 4000m peaks than the Monte Rosa group. On our list of objectives this week we have Pyramid Vincent (4215m), Balmenhorn (4167m), Ludswighohe (4341m), Parrotspitze (4432m), Signalkuppe (4556m), and the Zumsteinspitze (4563m). This region of lofty summits, once very remote, is now easily accessible from the Italian side by a comprehensive lift and hut system; it offers many straight-forward glaciated peaks that can be within the grasp of any fit and acclimatised trekker. It also hosts the highest mountain refuge in the Alps; on the summit of the Signalkuppe, stands the impressive Rifugio Margherita (4554m). From the balcony you can stare down one of the biggest faces found in the Alps - 2500m of space below you. To the south stretches the huge plain of the River Po of northern Italy, as for the rest, it is all mountains as far as you can see…