Monte Rosa Hut
The Monte Rosa Hut is a mountain hut located near Zermatt on the Monte Rosa massif and above the Grenzgletscher sitting on a glacier-free rocky part called Untere Platte at an altitude of 2,883 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hwking, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gornergrat and Pollux.
Gornergrat
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Herzi Pinki, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Gornergrat is a rocky ridge of the Pennine Alps, overlooking the Gorner Glacier south-east of Zermatt in Switzerland. It can be reached from Zermatt by the Gornergrat rack railway, the highest open-air railway in Europe. Gornergrat is situated 3½ km northwest of Monte Rosa Hut.
Pollux
Peak
Pollux is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Valais, Switzerland and the Aosta Valley in Italy. It is the lower of a pair of twin peaks, the other being Castor, named after the Gemini twins of Roman mythology. Pollux is situated 4 km southwest of Monte Rosa Hut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riffelalp and Findeln.
Riffelalp
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riffelalp is a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It is located at a height of 2,222 metres above sea level, just above the tree line, approximately halfway between the town of Zermatt and the Gornergrat mountain. Riffelalp is situated 7 km northwest of Monte Rosa Hut.
Findeln
Locality
Photo: Zermatt photos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Findeln is a group of hamlets above Zermatt in the canton of Valais. They are located on the south facing slopes of the Sunnegga–Unterrothorn–Oberrothorn mountains. Findeln is situated 7 km northwest of Monte Rosa Hut.
Sunnegga
Locality
Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sunnegga is a locality, which is situated 8 km northwest of Monte Rosa Hut.
Monte Rosa Hut
- Type: Hut
- Description: mountain hut
- Category: mountain hut
- Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Monte Rosa Hut from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arpitan to Slovak—“Monte Rosa Hut” goes by many names.
- Arpitan: “Chalèt du Mont Rouése”
- Arpitan: “Chalèt du Mont-Rouése”
- Czech: “Chata Monte Rosa”
- Czech: “Monte Rosa Hütte”
- Dutch: “Monte Rosa Hut”
- French: “cabane du Mont Rose”
- French: “Cabane du Mont-Rose”
- German: “Monte-Rosa-Hütte”
- Hungarian: “Monte Rosa menedékház”
- Italian: “Capanna Bétemps”
- Italian: “Capanna Monte Rosa”
- Italian: “Monte Rosa Hütte”
- Italian: “Rifugio Monte Rosa”
- Japanese: “モンテ・ローザ・ハット”
- Korean: “몬테로사 산장”
- Ladin: “Utia de la Mont Rosa”
- Polish: “Cabane du Mont Rose”
- Polish: “Monte Rosa Hut”
- Portuguese: “Cabana do Monte Rosa”
- Slovak: “Chata Monte Rosa”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Blatten and Ried.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Bétempshütte and Ze Seewjinen.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monte Rosa Hut”. Photo: Hwking, CC BY-SA 3.0.