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Giants in the Bernese Alps with a guide.

A hut to hut week in the Bernese Alps
6 full guided days by a qualified IFMGA guide/aspirant
Guiding ratio max 2:1
An acclimatization day as an integral part of the activity!

Giants in the Bernese Alps with a guide.

About the activity

There is no way around it: most of the Bernese Alps summits are technically challenging, the glaciers are crevassed and the huts are high! That is why our program, though might seem to be very extensive, is actually optimally compact since it offers an acclimatization phase before a very intensive week in the high mountains. This week is one of a kind!.
The activity includes:
snow and ice gear usage
movement on snow and ice
climbing short sections of moderately steep ice
climbing short sections of moderately steep rock up to UIAA III
glacier travel ‎
Timetable:
Day 1- Meeting at 17:00 in Saas Grund– for a briefing and a gear check.
Day 2- Acclimatization summit- today, we have at our disposal at least 4 summits above 4,000 meters- and several more above 3,000 meters- all accessible from the valley. True, we are still in Wallis however we find it to be one of the most important days assuring the success of this week. A night in a high altitude hut is planned to accelerate our acclimatization even further.
Day 3- The whole day is dedicated to change from Wallis to the Bernese Alps and to ascend Switzerlands highest alpine club hut; We drive together to Visp where we leave the car at the long term parking and head to the train which would take us first to Spiez and then to Grindelwald. From Grindelwalds "Terminal" station we use the Gondola to the Eiger glacier station and from there with the train- which literally travel through the Eiger- to the Jungfraujoch, at 3,450m. From there in one hour, we reach the Mönchsjoch hut 3,656m.
Day 4- We choose between 2 options: the Jungfrau 4,158m or the Mönch 4,110m, both are very accessible from the hut; The approach to the Mönch 4,110m is hardly felt as the hut is located literally on its flank. The Mönchs ascent is short but has it all- some delicate grade III rock, snow and ice passages and a spectacular "airy" ridge- line to its summit.
The Jungfrau 4,158m ascent is slightly longer and more complex, still in the dark, we approach its rocky east- facing spur and at daybreak we tackle the exposed Rottalsattel 3,880 (the Rottal saddle), after which follows a steep but technically simple climb via the mountains south flank to its sought- after summit. Due to the sun´s radiation and the south aspect of the climb, we don’t linger at the summit much and descend back as we came in oredr to complete the travel through the Kranzberg glacier. After spending almost 2 nights at high elevation, we are ready to tackle one of the Alps’ most impressive and notorious staircases to the Konkordia hut 2,848m.
Day 5- The night at the hut which is relatively low, allows us to recover well before our next day's adventure: depending on conditions, we can climb the Grünegghorn 3,863m or the Wyssnollen 3,583m summits on our way to the Finsteraarhron hut 3,050m. In very good conditions, when the ridge between the Grünegghorn and Gr.Grünhorn summits is covered in solid layer of snow, we can attempt the Grosses Grünhorn 4,043m and add another "big one" to our week.
Day 6- Finsteraarhorn 4,274m, our last summit for the week and the highest point in the Bernese Alps. The climb, though long, is not very technically demanding and once passing the few climbing meters above the Hugisattel (UIAA III) is exposed but straight forward. From the summits cross, one of the most spectacular panoramas in the Alps is reviled.
Day 7- Descent to the valley- there are many options: through the Fiescherglacier, the Aletsch glacier, the Lötschen valley or back to Grindelwald with the train- all option are very adventurous and long. At the end, after returning the gear we end the activity.
The mentioned timetable is exemplary and may vary greatly, due to conditions, ability of the participants, safety & weather limitations.

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