Book description
Situated on the Swiss Italian frontier, Monte Rosa is spectacular from
all angles. The Tour of Monte Rosa is an adventure, challenging and very
varied, taking a high route around the massif. Monte Rosa claims ten
separate summits over 4000m, and in areas of true wilderness on this
tour walkers will experience a sense of remoteness rarely found in the
Alps. The trek takes walkers over high passes, using ancient trails, to
superb viewpoints and through fascinating alpine villages. Italy and
Switzerland meet on the summit of Monte Rosa, and the contrast between
these two countries, their different culture, food and languages, is
what gives this trek its originality. In Italy the walk spends
considerable time high above the plains, visiting tiny hamlets,
including the fascinating German-speaking Walser settlement, whilst the
Swiss section crosses a glacier to reach Zermatt, dominated by the
Matterhorn, before taking the impressive Europaweg trail to the
spectacular village of Saas Fee. The trek is divided into ten
day-stages. The guide also includes: Saas Fee, Zermatt and the Europaweg
trail; a glossary, and lists of tourist offices and mountain huts. The
author is a qualified Accompagnateur en Montagne (Trekking Guide).
Hilary Sharp is a qualified Accompagnateur en Montagne and lives in
Vallorcine in the Chamonix valley. She leads walking and snowshoe tours
and treks throughout the Alps and other mountain ranges. She is the
author of Cicerone guides to Snowshoeing and Mont Blanc Walks, and
writes regularly for the outdoor press.
