Approach to the Monte Rosa Hut, 2883m

Equipped only in early summer 2019, there is a new approach to the Monte Rosa Hut. The start is the same, taking the panoramic slowly descending path from Rotenboden, crossing the long S facing slope beneath the Gornergrat top station. The new path then rises gently onto the Gorner Glacier, heading up it to nearly 2900m, before heading S, and leaving the glacier. By late season the glacier is dry, and all the crevasses are visible. In early season it will be still snow covered, so you would need to rope up. It is well directed with blue and white marking on the rocks. It then takes an arc, close to pt. 2962m, contouring above the Gornersee lake, approaching the hut from the E. It is more scenic than the old route, which descends further, before reascent, although it is a slightly longer distance.