Dufourspitze - Nordend traverse | 4608m
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Dufourspitze (4,634 m) and Nordend (4,609 m) are the second and the third highest mountains of the Alps. Dufourspitze is also the highest mountain of Switzerland.
Ascent to Dufourspitze: You can follow the details on how to arrive to Silbersattel here.
Ascent to Nordend: From the saddle follow the ridge to Nordend, be careful with cornices. In the snowy part of the ridge, you always stay on the Swiss side. On the last part of rocky summit ridge, you have some ropes on the exposed sections.
Weather: Summit
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By car: Navigate using Google maps
By public transport:
Train station near start point: Rotenboden (0.0 Km from start point)
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Neue Monte Rosa Hütte (2883 m):
Wikipedia: Wikipedia page
Location: Google maps
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| Technical Difficulty | Very Difficult | |||||||||||
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| Gear | Hiking Boots , Hiking Poles , Helmet , Gloves , Ropes | |||||||||||
| Popularity | 0 | |||||||||||
Route statistics
| Highest point | 4608m | |||||||||||
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| Total gain | 2532m | |||||||||||
| Total loss | 2538m | |||||||||||
| Duration | 18h22m | |||||||||||
| Distance | 30.0Km | |||||||||||
| Rating | 3211 | |||||||||||
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