Sass Valley Climbs

Just across the way from Zermatt , these less crowded tours are ideal for the alpine climber wanting success on high peaks and great days out! Also a perfect level for your first visit to the Alps.

Sass Fee

Alphubel - Alallinhorn - Strahlhorn - Rimpfischorn - Dom - Tasch

Meeting up in Chamonix we have the great routes and peaks of the Aiguille Rouge and the Mont Blanc range on which to get acclimatised. When we are ready we make the short journey into Switzerland and our base in Saas Fee. From here we will climb as many of the peaks as conditions and time allow.

About the peaks:

The Alphubel (4,206 metres) - A straightforward peak but giving excellent glacier and crevasse training before embarking on more serious peaks. We use the cable car to Langflue and depart for the summit in the early hours when the snow is firm and cold.

The Alallinhorn (4,027 metres) - A superb summit, easily attained and a great acclimatisation aid to further peaks.

The Strahlhorn (4,190 metres) - The lengthy approach is more than compensated for by the superb summit ridge.

The Rimpfischorn (4,199 metres) - The rocky arête on this great peak makes for an exposed and exciting finish. A little more difficult than most of the other peaks we hope to climb.

The Dom (4,545 metres) - With several routes behind us now, we can exclude the tedious slog of the normal route and go for the Festigrat ridge, a notable prize on this, the highest peak totally in Switzerland.

The Tasch (4,490 metres) - On its own, this peak provides the biggest challenge of the Sass Valley course climbs, with considerable difficulties on snow and rock. When combined with a traverse of the Dom from the Mischabeljoch bivouac hut, one of the great alpine ridge traverses is completed.

Sass Grund / Almageller

Dri Hornli - Weismeiss - Lagginhorn - Fletschhorn

The three main peaks in this beautiful valley can be combined in a great week of alpine and rock climbing.

Our relaxed itinerary would start with a trek up to the Almageller Hut (2,894 metres), followed next morning by alpine (multi-pitch) rock climbing on the Dri Horlini (3,096 - 3,209 metres) and with the fabulous north-east ridge to finish a great day off before returning to the hut.

The ascent of the Weismeiss (4,017 metres) is made by the SSE ridge, descending to the Hohsass Hut (3,130 metres).

The ascent of the Lagginhorn (4,010 metres) is completed by following icy tracks to a fine summit and, if conditions are good, we would end our Sass Grund adventures with the Fletschhorn, just seven metres short of the magic 4,000 metre mark. The west flank and north-west ridge lead us through superb scenery to the summit at 3,993 metres.