Spaghetti Tour

Difference in altitude: 700 m
Ascent/descent time: 5-6 hours
Meeting point: Cervinia cable car ticket office for an equipment check and a short briefing with the Guide

We take the cable car to Plateau Rosa, then we climb up to the Breithorn Pass and after to the summit of the Breithorn (4.165 m).
A quick descent take us to the trail that running under the Central Breithorn, the Roccia Nera and Pollux, leads right up the Verra Pass. From there, in about an hour we descend to the Ayas Guide hut (3,400 m).

Difference in altitude: 800 m
Ascent/descent time: 6-7 hours

We make our way up to the Verra Pass, which marks the start of the route up the west face of Castor. At around 4,000 m, having negotiated the bergschrund, we tackle the climb to the summit ridge. The view from the summit of Castor (4,200 m) is magnificent, ranging from the Margherita Hut to the Lyskamm, from Gran Paradiso to Mont Blanc and from the Po Valley to the Swiss four-thousanders.
The descent begins with a pleasant, and fairly easy walk along a snowy ridge, which leads to a steep slope that take us down to the Felik Pass and the Felik Glacier.
At 3,575 m, at the edge of the glacier, we arrive at the Quintino Sella Hut, where we can enjoy a meal and stay the night.

Difference in altitude: 800 m
Ascent/descent time: 6-8 h

For the first two hours we walk along the Western Lys glacier, then we are faced with the steep climb to the Lyskamm Nose. A fairly easy descent leads us to the Eastern Lys glacier, which we cross heading towards the Vincent Pyramid. Having reached the summit, we take the trail that coming down from the Lysjoch and make our way to the Gnifetti Hut (3.647 m) where we enjoy a meal and stay the night.

Difference in altitude: 1,500 m
Ascent/Descent time: 6-7 hours

This lap takes us to the highest mountain hut in Europe, the Margherita Hut (4,554 m).
It is a gradual ascent that touches the summits of the Balmenhorn, the Ludwigshöhe. Finally, we reach Signalkuppe, where the Margherita Hut stands, where we enjoy our meal and stay the night.

Difference in altitude: 100 m
Descent gain: 1,680 m
Ascent/descent time: 6-8 hours

We leave Margherita hut to reach the last of summit over 4,000m, the Zumsteinspitze . From here, downhill all the way … and what a long way it is! We go through the Grenzgletscher to the Monte Rosa Hut, the hut used for climbing the Monte Rosa’s highest peak, the Dufourspitze.

Difference in altitude: 300 m
Descent gain: 640 m
Ascent/descent time: 3-4 hours

Our descent continues until we reach the path to the Rotenboden train station, from which a rack railway heads down to Zermatt. From Zermatt, we take the cable car to the Klein Matterhorn, then another cable car stretch take us down to Plateau Rosa, where our itinerary ends.