Spaghetti Tour

also: Tour des 4000 du Mont Rose, Spaghettirunde

Classic high-altitude hut-to-hut traverse of the Italian Monte Rosa. From Alagna via the Punta Indren cable car, a strong party can summit up to ten 4000-metre peaks in five days, sleeping at three of the highest huts in the Alps along the way. The 'spaghetti' nickname comes from the carb-heavy Italian-hut dinners.

1. Stop 01

   3,647 m

   Rifugio Giovanni Gnifetti

   Approach via the Indren cable car from Alagna.

2. Stop 02

   3,647 m

   Rifugio Giovanni Gnifetti

   • Vincent Pyramid4,215 m
   • Punta Giordani4,046 m

   Acclimatisation day on the lower Italian peaks.

3. Stop 03

   4,554 m

   Capanna Regina Margherita

   • Balmenhorn4,167 m
   • Corno Nero / Schwarzhorn4,322 m
   • Ludwigshöhe4,341 m
   • Parrotspitze4,432 m
   • Signalkuppe / Punta Gnifetti4,554 m

   Long ridge day collecting the southern Monte Rosa summits, finishing at the highest staffed hut in the Alps.

4. Stop 04

   2,795 m

   Neue Monte Rosa Hütte

   • Zumsteinspitze4,563 m
   • Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa)4,634 m

   Optional Dufourspitze detour, descent down the Grenzgletscher.

5. Stop 05

   Valley / cable car

   Descent over the Gorner glacier to the Rotenboden train and Zermatt.