I was working with Alan Kimber this week on an Italian High Level Route, we met in Zermatt and spent the first night in the Gandeg hut to acclimatise we managed to look at some glacial travel skills between thunder storms on the way to the hut. Monday morning we took the Klein Matterhorn lift to the top then traversed round to the Val d'Ayas hut, we had planned to climb the breithorn on the way but the weather was to bad. Tuesday gave us our first good weather day allowing us to traverse Castor in cold clear comditions and descend to the Quintino Sella hut.Wednesday we had thought about climbing Liskam but there was to much wind so we transversed the Passo del Naso then climbed Piramide Vincent on the way to the Gnifetti hut. Unfortunately one of the team wasn't feeling to great so Alan and Chris descended into Italy planning to meet us in Zermatt on Friday. The Gnifetti is one of the biggest huts in the Alps and I thought most unpleasant it felt very disorganized and we had to que for everything, checking in, food etc. I won't be rushing back. Thursday was stunning cold and clear we traversed the Ludwigshoehe and the Parrot Spitz on the way to the Margherita hut. Situated at 4559m the highest building in Europe the hut is a superb place to enjoy the high mountains. On Friday we descended down the Grenz Gletscher to Zermatt with a quick coffee stop at the Mont Rosa hut on the way.
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