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Rotenboden Station – Monte Rosa Hut loop from Rotenboden

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Rotenboden Station – Monte Rosa Hut loop from Rotenboden

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Rotenboden Station – Monte Rosa Hut loop from Rotenboden

07:22

16.2km

720m

Mountaineering

Hard mountaineering route. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

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Includes a segment that is highly dangerous

A part of this route comprises highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 8.70 km for 38 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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17 m

Rotenboden Station

Highlight • Rest Area

Starting point for various hikes, for example to the well-known Riffelsee. Nice view of the Matterhorn.

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3.13 km

Junction of Panoramaweg and Alter Hüttenweg

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Choose between the panoramic trail - longer but with a better view - or the old hut trail - steeper on the descent and ascent.

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5.00 km

Bare Ice on the Hohlaub Glacier

Highlight • Natural

Good orientation required, step-wide columns to skip over

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8.61 km

View of the Dufourspitze

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very pretty here, very pretty

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8.66 km

The Monte Rosa hut is also called “rock crystal” thanks to its shape and shimmering aluminum shell. After six years of planning, the innovative, self-sufficient building was opened in 2010. Located at 2,883 meters, the unique wooden building offers a fantastic view of the Gorner Glacier, the Matterhorn and other peaks.

You can find more information at monterosahuette.ch.

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12.3 km

Ladder and bridge to Hohlaub Glacier

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The transition from the rock to the glacier leads over a ladder and a bridge.
The melting ice keeps changing the whole thing

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15.6 km

Photo Spot #7

Viewpoint

16.0 km

Valais Blacknose sheep

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Valais blacknose sheep run around everywhere and can be quite trusting.

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16.1 km

Gornergrat to Riffelalp Trail via Riffelsee

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Challenging trail from Gornergrat past Riffelsee to Riffelalp. Top panorama!

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16.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.12 km

7.87 km

213 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

13.9 km

2.12 km

128 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,910 m)

Lowest point (2,510 m)

Weather

Wednesday 17 June

16°C

7°C

53 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

July 16, 2023,Von Station Riffelberg zur Monte Rosa Hütte

First day on the Dufourspitze with the ascent from the Riffelberg station to the Monte Rosa hut together with Viki and Christoph. The long and quite spectacular ascent to the hut promised a lot for the whole tour...

First we walked from Zermatt (car previously parked in the multi-storey car park in Täsch) to the Furi station at approx. 1,850m. …

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Rotenboden Station – Monte Rosa Hut loop from Rotenboden

Rotenboden Station

Junction of Panoramaweg and Alter Hüttenweg

Bare Ice on the Hohlaub Glacier

View of the Dufourspitze

Monte Rosa Hut

Ladder and bridge to Hohlaub Glacier

Valais Blacknose sheep

Gornergrat to Riffelalp Trail via Riffelsee

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