The best thing about the Monte Rosa tour is that you never lose sight of the famous massif, which is the second highest in the Alps after Mont Blanc. Every day you get a new view of this glacier giant. However, the stakes are high: shortly after the start in Saas Grund, the first long carrying passage up to the Monte Moro Pass awaits. On the next day through the Quarazza day, you also wonder why you actually have the bike with you. If it wasn't for this spectacular landscape and these skilfully laid out Walser trails, you could despair. But by the time you reach Alagna, you'll have forgotten all the hardships. From here onwards, lifts help you uphill and the trails wind so wonderfully down the mountain flanks that advanced riders can hardly believe their luck. And there's even more drama: on the fourth day, you fight your way up the last big climb to the Theodulhütte (3340 m), enjoying the panorama of the glaciated splendour of the Monte Rosa massif and the Matterhorn, before finally surfing down over the glacier to Zermatt early in the morning on the last day. In total: 120 kilometres, 9579 metres of ascent (of which approx. 4000 metres with the lift) and 9521 metres of descent in 5 stages.
You can find these five stages and the GPS data for this tough high mountain tour in the free download below:
1st stage: Saas Grund - Macugnaga (24.4 km, 1616 altitude metres, downhill 1816 altitude metres, highest point Monte Moro 2853 m)
2nd stage: Macugnaga - Alagna (25.7 km, 1839 altitude metres, downhill 2019 altitude metres, highest point Colle del Turlo 2738 m)
3rd stage: Alagna - St. Jacques (22.6 km, 0 m, downhill 2304 m, highest point Passo Salati and Colle Bettaforca (with LIft)
4th stage: St. Jacques - Rifugio Teodul (33.7 km, 3153 altitude metres, downhill 1553 altitude metres, highest point Col de Nannaz, Theodul Pass 3340 m)
Stage 5: Rifugio Teodul - Zermatt (12.9 km, 157 vertical metres, downhill 1830 vertical metres, glacier descent)
And here are some fantastic impressions in our photo gallery:
