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 Monte
Moro Pass
Difficulty: 2
out of 4;
Starting point: 2203m.
Ascent: 650m; Descent: 650m;
Walking time: 3 hours (one way);
Length: around 8 km. (one way).
Trail
marking: Excellent. Map:
From local tourist offices, you can get a simple but free map, or
pay SFr. 4 for a walking map of the region. Long trail: Part of
the Monte
Rosa Tour.
Things to see:
- Mont
Rosa: the highest point of Switzerland on its Italian border.
- Dom 4545m: the highest peak inside Switzerland
- Mattmark, the biggest dam in Europe.
- The statue of Virgin Mary.
- Glaciers.
 Location:
See link Saas-fee,
Valais,
Switzerland.
Access: by the Post Bus from the following places in Valais:
Nearby mountain resort: Saas-fee,
Saas-Grund
Nearby town/city: Visp,
Brig.
Accommodations:
Heino
in Saas-Grund: Half Board for SFr. 52 per person in the room with
WC and shower. Tel: 0041-27-9574609. Email: info@ferienhaus-heino.ch.
Very friendly, family atmosphere, central location.
Annex Europe
** in Saas-fee: Half Board for SFr. 58.
Tel: 0041-27-9573191. Email: info@europa-saasfee.ch
Camping in Saas-Grund:
Schönblick
TCS (Good view), Bergheimat
(in Downtown).
Route
Direction: Mattmark Dam(CH) - Monte Moro Pass - Macugnaga Cable-car
(IT).
|
Place
|
Altitude
|
Walking
time
to the next place
|
Difficulty
|
Scenery
|
Remarks
|
| Mattmark
Dam |
2203m
|
50
minutes
|
Flat
walk
|
The artificial lake;
Soaring summits:
Strahlhorn - 4190m
Several Glaciers |
Follow
the trail no 45
(in the map) along the east bank of the lake. You can
see glaciers and soaring peaks high on the west bank, then
follow the trail no 3.
|
| Distelalp |
2210m
|
50
minutes
|
Gentle
ascent
|
| Tälliboden |
2492m
|
1
hour
|
The
toughest
|
| Monte
Moro Pass |
2868m
|
15
minutes
|
Tough
|
|
A
golden statue standing on the top of the pass.
Walk on the steep huge boulders. I walked back to Mattmark.
|
| Cable-car
of Macugnaga |
2810m
|
3-hour
walk
back to Mattmark
|
Easy
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Mattmark
Dam
|
Statue
|
Tälliboden
|
Link:
Mattmark
to Monte More Pass
"Mattmark
- Monte-Moro - Macugnaga (Italy)" "The section from
Saas-Almagell to the Monte-Moro Pass connects the Saas Valley with
the Walser settlement of Macugnaga in Italy. The trail appears to
have been used since the 13th century. The trail over the pass is
of great historical importance for international traffic and is
rated as a historical path of national importance. You can climb
up to the pass from the north on wide slabs of rock; however, the
way down to Macugnaga is in a bad state and can be by-passed by
taking the cable-car. The pass itself affords the most beautiful
view of the east face of the Monte-Rosa, the highest wall of ice
in the Alps. Do not forget your passport! "
Hiking date: 4 September 2004; Company: None.
Solitude: The summer crowds had retreated. Way up - I met around
10 people. Way down: saw less than twenty people.
Updated
on 6 Sept 2004
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