The Best Rock Climbing Routes in Saas Fee
Explore Rock Climbing RoutesWith pistes ranging up to 3,600m you can be sure of snow. Lower slopes are covered in snow right up until the end of the season. There is great off piste opportunities here in the Saas Valley, with high altitude glacial routes to lower tree runs with some great powder.
Top 12 rock climbing routes in Saas Fee
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Allalinhorn
For those looking to begin their 4000er climbing career or gain some easy acclimatisation for bigger challenges, the Allalinhorn is a great peak. It's accessed from a lift and is almost always done as a day trip from Saas Fee village....
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Weissmies, 4017m, from Hohsaas
This is a standard route up a popular mountain, with no particular difficulty. It is however very exposed to serac fall, so seek local knowledge from either the Guides Office or the guardian of the Hohsaas Hut....
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Strahlhorn, 4190m, from Britannia Hut.
From the hut follow the path descending SW beneath the rocky buttress of the Hinter Allalin ridge to get onto the Hohlaub Glacier. Go SSW across the Hohlaub Glacier passing under point 3150m to gain the Allalin Glacier....
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Alphubel, 4206m
From the Längflue Hut head SSW then S up the Fee glacier, taking the line of least resistance, skirting crevasses as needed. This is slightly steeper between 3300m and 3550m, then easing off onto the upper section....
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Rimpfischhorn, 4199m, from Britannia Hut
The Rimpfischhorn is a remote peak from any direction, also often climbed from the Zermatt side, but here described from the Britannia Hut, which you can also base yourself at for the Strahlhorn....
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Lagginhorn West Ridge
The Saas valley is home to many 4000ers and the Lagginhorn is - with good reason - one of the most popular. It can be climbed after a night in the nearby Weissmies Hut but is also perfectly possible as a return trip from the top of the Hohsaas cable car....
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Weissmies, 4017m, from Almageller Hut
This is one of the best classic 4000m peak traverses in the Alps, and begins from the Almageller Hut, which you approach the day before. This is a beautiful walk in itself....
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Allalinhorn Hohlaubgrat
The Allalinhorn is an understandably popular peak and this is the best route on it. Largely a snow route, it does involve a rocky step close to the summit, and therefore taking a few pieces of mid-sized rock climbing protection hardware (as well as a few slings) is well advised....
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Approach to the Mischabeljoch Bivouac Hut
The Mischabeljoch Bivouac Hut is a very impressive place to spend the night. It is perched on a ridge thousands of metres above the valley floor, attached with cables which whistle in the wind....
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Lenzspitze Nadelhorn Traverse
This is a fine outing, conveniently done from and back to the Mischabel Hut. It is possibly the most common way of climbing the Lenzspitze, as downclimbing the ascent route is less interesting and much more tricky....
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Nadelgrat Traverse
The traverse of the Nadelgrat, from the Bordier Hut to the Mischabel Hut is a great journey and very enjoyable outing at the AD grade. The rock is not always that good, but this is more than made up for by the ambiance, the journey and the beauty of the surroundings....
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Täschhorn-Dom Traverse
This is a highly committing route due to its length, the altitude and the lack of escape points from the ridge. Fitness and optimal acclimatisation are essential, as well as a totally settled forecast, with particular attention to no mention of thunderstorms....