Guided climbs · Monte Rosa, 4,634 m
Guided Monte Rosa climbs, compared
Two different climbs share one name. The Dufourspitze from Zermatt is Switzerland's highest summit and a long, AD- ridge day. The Capanna Margherita from Alagna or Gressoney is an easier glacier climb to Europe's highest hut. Italian guide offices sell the second for a fraction of what UK and US companies charge for the first.
9companies compared, 25 programs
€200cheapest published price, per person
2–9 daystrip length
Nov 2026Monte Rosa Hut online bookings open for the 2027 season
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ZERMATTERSDufourspitze summit tourMonte Rosa Hut, Sattel, West ridge · 2 days
2
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Experience neededSeveral previous 4000ers, crampon experience, alpine climbing to grade 3–4.Private guide for max. 2. June to mid-September. The page shows no price out of season; ask for a quote. Hut half board (CHF 95 pp), train (CHF 106) and rental gear extra.
ZERMATTERSDufourspitze ski tour via the SchwarztorMonte Rosa Hut, descent via Schwarztor · 2 days
2
CHF 1,950
Experience neededExperienced ski tourer; operator lists no further detail in the excerpt.Spring ski tour. Hut half board (from about CHF 90 pp) and train to Klein Matterhorn (from about CHF 95) extra.
ZERMATTERSSpaghetti Tour for connoisseurs (11 four-thousanders)Klein Matterhorn to Italian huts, Margherita, back via Rotenboden · 5 days
5
Not published, ask
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.Private for 1–2. Guide fee not shown in search results. Huts with half board for you and guide from about €330 pp; return train Rotenboden–Zermatt about CHF 20; rental CHF 50–70. Mid-July to mid-September.
ZERMATTERSSpaghetti Tour in a group (11 four-thousanders)Klein Matterhorn to Italian huts, Margherita, back via Rotenboden · 5 days
5
Not published, ask
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.Shared guide, cost split between the two participants. Guide fee not shown in search results. Huts with half board plus share of guide's from about €250 pp; train to Klein Matterhorn about CHF 62.50.
ZERMATTERSSpaghetti Tour for the ambitious (13 four-thousanders)Monte Rosa 4000er traverse · 4 days
4
Not published, ask
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.Harder, faster version. Guide fee not shown in search results. Huts and half board quoted as about €620 pp on one page and €280 pp on another; train to Klein Matterhorn from about CHF 62.50.
Società delle Guide Alpine di Gressoney (Guide Gressoney Monte Rosa)Capanna Regina Margherita 4,554 mStaffal lifts, Gnifetti/Mantova hut, Punta Gnifetti · June to mid-September price · 2 days
2
€750 (1) / €380 pp (2) / €280 pp (3) / €220 pp (4) / €200 pp (5)
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.Private, priced by group size. Guide, harness and crampons included; lifts and hut half board for you and the guide extra. A one-day version runs €650 (1) down to €150 pp (5).
Società delle Guide Alpine di Gressoney (Guide Gressoney Monte Rosa)Punta Zumstein 4,563 m with Capanna Margherita (ski)Indren lift, Mantova/Gnifetti hut, Zumstein and Gnifetti · 2 days
2
€1,000 (1) / €570 pp (2) / €430 pp (3) / €360 pp (4)
Experience neededSki tourer able to handle a two-day high ascent.UIAGM guide, harness, crampons and safety kit (shovel, transceiver, probe) included. Lift pass, meals and hut half board for you and the guide extra.
Guide Alpine AlagnaCapanna Margherita (classic 2 days)Night at Capanna Gnifetti, Punta Gnifetti · 2 days
2
€750 (1) / €380 pp (2) / €280 pp (3) / €220 pp (4) / €200 pp (5)
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.Guide's fee and shared gear only; lifts, food, lodging, transport and personal gear extra.
Guide Alpine AlagnaCapanna Margherita group tripNight at Capanna Gnifetti, Punta Gnifetti · 2026 price · 2 days
2
€280 pp
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.Fixed-date group, 5–6 September 2026; minimum 3. Guide fee only.
Guide Alpine AlagnaNotte tra le stelle (night at the Margherita)Gnifetti hut, then a night in the Margherita hut · 2026 price · 3 days
3
€380 pp
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.Group trip, minimum 3. 2026 dates included 8–10 and 15–17 August. Guide fee only.
Guide Alpine AlagnaStage Capanna MargheritaGnifetti hut, Punta Gnifetti · 3 days
3
€400 pp (3) / €350 pp (4) / €300 pp (5)
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.Minimum 3. Food, lodging, lift passes and personal gear not included. Stage dates listed as 17–19 July, 21–23 August, 4–6 September (year not stated).
Guide Alpine AlagnaSix x 4000Gnifetti hut, Zumstein, night at Margherita, Parrot, Corno Nero, Vincent · 3 days
3
€1,250 (1–2) / €500 pp (3) / €390 pp (4)
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.Six summits over 4,000 m with a night in the Margherita hut. Guide fee only; lifts, food and lodging extra.
Guide Alpine AlagnaMargherita Hut ski mountaineering tourPunta Indren lifts, Gnifetti hut, Punta Gnifetti
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€350 pp
Experience neededGood ski-touring fitness required.Groups of 3–4. Lift tickets, food and lodging excluded. Length not shown in the excerpt.
Compagnie des Guides de ChamonixThe Monte Rosa 4000m peaksStaffal lift, Gnifetti hut, Pointe Gnifetti and Vincent Pyramid · 2027 price · 3 days
3
€1,735 pp (2) / €1,270 pp (3) / €1,035 pp (4)
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.Private prices by group size. Fixed-date group departures are €1,035 pp (min 3). Guide, two hut nights half board, lifts and transfers included. A 5-day version is listed from €3,610.
Compagnie des Guides de ChamonixMountaineering – Monte Rosa for teensMonte Rosa 4000m peaks · 2026 price · 6 days
6
€1,490
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.Ages 13–18; based on a minimum of 10. Guiding, hut half board and technical gear loan included; drinks and repatriation insurance (compulsory) extra.
Compagnie des Guides de ChamonixSki Touring – Monte Rosa 4000m PeaksSwiss Valais side; may continue from Col du Lys to Punta Gnifetti · 2027 price · 4 days
4
€2,505 pp (2) / €1,845 pp (3) / €1,515 pp (4) / €1,320 pp (5)
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.'From' price is for a minimum of 4–5 participants.
Chamonix ExperienceMonte Rosa & Mont Blanc Ascent CourseGnifetti or Mantova hut acclimatisation, then Mont Blanc · 2027 price · 6 days
6
€3,390
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.First two days on Monte Rosa via Staffal lift for acclimatisation and training. Which Monte Rosa summits are climbed was not shown in the excerpt.
Chamonix ExperienceGuided Ski Tour Monte RosaHut-to-hut Monte Rosa massif with 4000m peaks · 2027 price · 6 days
6
€2,690
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.April 2027 departures (start dates 4–23 April).
Jagged GlobeZermatt 4000ersPrep 4000ers, then Dufourspitze West ridge (PD+) · 2027 price · 8 days
8
£2,895
Experience neededAt least one week of Alpine experience; intermediate grade C2.8 nights, 6 guided days; Dufourspitze is the main goal. 2027 departures from 26 Jun to late August. Group 2–6. 2026 price was £2,795.
Jagged GlobeItalian Haute RouteAround the Monte Rosa massif; optional Zumsteinspitze 4,563 m · 2027 price · 9 days
9
£2,395
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.Mostly a high-level circuit, not a Dufourspitze climb. Departures 27 Jun and 11 Jul 2026, 3 Jul 2027, from Zermatt.
Mountain TracksMonterosa ClimberPollux, Breithorn traverse, Castor, then 3-day Dufourspitze ascent · 6 days
6
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Experience neededSummit day graded PD with a short AD section; 6-hour climb up glacier and 40° snow/ice.6 guided days at 1:2; four 4000m peaks. Guiding, B&B hotel and hut half board included; travel, lunches, drinks, transfers and lifts extra. Optional 2-day Matterhorn extension £1,250 pp.
Mountain TracksMonte Rosa 4000ers – Grand Spaghetti TourItalian side hut-to-hut 4000ers · 6 days
6
Not published, ask
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.6 guided days, 5 half-board hut nights, 2 B&B hotel nights included. Budget CHF 30–40 / €25–35 a day for food and drink.
Mountain TracksMonte Rosa Summits Ski TourMonte Rosa 4000ers on skis; optional Mont Blanc · 2027 price · 8 days
8
£2,575
Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.10–17 April 2027 departure listed.
Mountain MadnessMonte Rosa Spaghetti TraverseHorseshoe traverse from Zermatt via four Italian huts · 6 days
6
$3,650 (2:1) / $5,375 (1:1)
Experience neededComfortable on steeper snow/ice and/or 5.5–5.7 rock; past climbing experience with proven skills.Hotels not included; huts reserved by Mountain Madness but paid by you on arrival.
American Alpine InstituteGuided Alpine Climbing in the Swiss AlpsDufourspitze West ridge (PD+), among other Swiss climbs
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Experience neededNot stated. Ask the operator.Private, custom dates; quote on request. Climb 5–6 h plus 4–4½ h back to the hut.
Copied from each company’s own pages on Oct 22, 2026. Every “See dates” button opens the page we used. Where a page says which season a price is for, we show it. Prices are in each company’s own currency; sorting by price uses rough exchange rates. Prices change; the operator’s page wins if it disagrees with this one.
Free · no guide
Climb Monte Rosa yourself
Everything above is for hiring a guide. If you have the skills, this is what you need to do it on your own, free. Facts come from the summit’s own page on PeakSeeker, with sources.
- Normal route
- Swiss Normal Route via the Monte Rosa Hut and the Grenzgletscher
- Grade
- PD+/AD-
- How long
- 2 days (1 night at the Monte Rosa Hut)
- Best season
- June to August
- Permits
- No formal climbing permit is required, but reservations at the Monte Rosa Hut are essential and a certified mountain guide is strongly recommended for the glacier travel
- Start from
- Monte Rosa Hut (approached via the Gornergrat railway and a glacier crossing), 9,459 ft (2,883 m)
- Climb from there
- 5,745 ft (1,751 m) of ascent
- Getting there
- Climbers base in Zermatt, reach the Gornergrat area by cogwheel railway, and approach the Monte Rosa Hut (2,883 m) on foot across the glacier before a pre-dawn summit push Nearest airport: Zurich Airport (ZRH); Milan-area airports are also used from the Italian side.
- Hazards
- Crevasses, rockfall on the final ridge, altitude and weather exposure
- Gear
- Glacier travel gear (crampons, ice axe, harness, rope) required; Zermatt is car-free and reached by train
Sources: monterosahuette.ch ↗rifugimonterosa.it ↗sac-cas.ch ↗zermatters.ch ↗
Read this before you pay a deposit
If you just want to stand on Monte Rosa, the Italian side is the bargain. Guide Alagna and Guide Gressoney take a party of four to the Margherita hut for €200–€220 a head in guide fees. The cheapest Dufourspitze package from a UK company is £2,895.
The Dufourspitze and the Margherita are different climbs. The Dufourspitze normal route is AD-, 7–8 h from the hut with a 2 a.m. start, and ZERMATTERS wants several 4000ers and grade 3–4 climbing first. The Margherita from the Monte Rosa Hut is PD, and from Italy it starts from lifts at 3,000 m+.
Italian guide prices are guide fees only. Add Staffal/Indren lifts and hut half board: €150 a night at the Margherita, €130 if you're with a UIAGM guide. Read every '€200' as 'plus about €150–€300'.
UK packages (Jagged Globe £2,895) sell a week of prep peaks with the Dufourspitze at the end. That's worth paying for if you aren't acclimatised. If you are, book a 2-day private guide from Zermatt instead. ZERMATTERS takes up to two people but posts no price until the next season opens.
Monte Rosa Hut beds for 2027 go on sale in early November 2026, and the summer season runs only 18 June to 18 September. Book the hut before you book a Zermatt guide.
Guide Alagna's pages disagree on some prices, and ZERMATTERS shows no Dufourspitze price out of season. Email for a current quote before you count on any figure here.
- Monte Rosa Hut (2,883 m) 2027 seasons: ski touring 18 March–17 May, summer 18 June–18 September. Online bookings open at the beginning of November 2026; none are accepted before then. monterosahuette.ch ↗
- Monte Rosa Hut rates: CHF 92 a night with half board for SAC/Alpine club members aged 22+; employed guides who are SAC members CHF 58. Overnight only CHF 38 members / CHF 62 non-members. Cancelling within 48 hours (after 18:00 two days before) costs CHF 55 per person per night. monterosahuette.ch ↗
- Capanna Regina Margherita (4,554 m, on Punta Gnifetti): half board €150, or €130 if you are with a UIAGM guide; bed and breakfast €130. Booking is mandatory in summer. The hut is run by Rifugi Monterosa (MBG srl) and owned by CAI. rifugimonterosa.it ↗
- Margherita booking terms: deposit by card when you book, balance paid at the hut, and nothing is refunded after you pay. Cancel in writing 72+ hours ahead and you get the deposit back less €25. Inside 72 hours, or if you don't show, you lose the deposit. Bad weather is assessed on the day; altitude sickness or lack of fitness is not refunded. rifugimonterosa.it ↗
- Dufourspitze normal route (Sattel and West ridge) from the Monte Rosa Hut: graded AD-, 7–8 h, 1,750 m of ascent on the SAC route portal. The hut is 4–4½ h on foot from Rotenboden. From the same hut, the Capanna Margherita via the Grenzgletscher is PD, 6–7 h. sac-cas.ch ↗
- Extras with ZERMATTERS on the Dufourspitze: half board in the Monte Rosa Hut for you and your guide about CHF 95 per person, return train to Rotenboden CHF 106 (reductions with GA, Half-Fare or Swiss Travel Pass), rental gear CHF 50–70. Start is around 02:00. zermatters.ch ↗
The companies
ZERMATTERS
- Based
- Zermatt, Switzerland
- Programs
- 5
- Deposit
- Deposits are deducted from the total price; kept if the tour cannot run because of weather.
- Refunds
- No extra charge for a guide's weather cancellation (decided 24–48 h ahead), but the deposit is retained. Refunds go to the original payment method.
- Private
- Dufourspitze: 1 to max. 2 participants per guide. Spaghetti Tour also sold as a shared-guide group version.
Policy from: zermatters.ch, zermatters.ch, zermatters.ch
Società delle Guide Alpine di Gressoney (Guide Gressoney Monte Rosa)
- Based
- Gressoney, Aosta Valley, Italy
- Programs
- 2
- Refunds
- Bookings bind the guides to their suppliers and are not cancellable; cancellation insurance is offered at 4% of the package. In bad weather the program is moved to a later date.
- Private
- Priced per head by group size: private for 1, falling as you add climbers (up to 4–5 per guide).
Policy from: guidemonterosa.info, guidemonterosa.info
Guide Alpine Alagna
- Based
- Alagna Valsesia, Piedmont, Italy
- Programs
- 6
- Deposit
- Group bookings by email with a €100 per person deposit.
- Refunds
- Cancel more than 7 days out: rebook or get 50% of the deposit back. Cancel within 2 days of the activity: full price due. If the guide cancels for serious reasons: full deposit refund, or another date, another program, or a voucher for the season.
- Private
- Priced per head by group size, from 1 person; fixed-date group trips need at least 3.
- Contact
- info.guidealagna@gmail.com
Policy from: guidealagna.com, guidealagna.com
Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix
- Based
- Chamonix, France
- Programs
- 3
- Deposit
- 30% of the trip price plus registration and insurance fees; balance due 30 days before the start. Bookings within 30 days pay in full.
- Refunds
- Written cancellation. Multi-day terms retain 30% of the price (plus fees) 31–60 days out and 50% at 21–30 days out; the 5% booking fee is never refunded. The 61+ day tier differs between versions (5% of price vs. fees only).
- Age
- 18+ on adult programs; a separate 6-day Monte Rosa program is sold for teens.
Policy from: chamonix-guides.com, chamonix-guides.com, chamonix-guides.com
Chamonix Experience
- Based
- Chamonix, France
- Programs
- 2
- Deposit
- 30% deposit confirms the booking; balance due 90 days before the trip. Full payment if booking within 90 days.
- Refunds
- Cancel more than 90 days out: 30% of total price (the deposit). Within 90 days: 100%. No refund for leaving early, and no reschedule or refund when weather prevents the summit attempt.
Policy from: chamex.com, chamex.com
Jagged Globe
- Based
- UK
- Programs
- 2
- Deposit
- £200 on the Zermatt 4000ers page; the general terms state £300 non-refundable.
- Refunds
- Courses: 42+ days out lose deposit; 21–42 days 50% of course cost; under 21 days 100%.
- Private
- Group size 2–6 on Zermatt 4000ers; single room supplement £200.
Policy from: jagged-globe.co.uk, jagged-globe.co.uk
Mountain Tracks
- Based
- UK
- Programs
- 3
- Deposit
- Deposit on booking; balance due 10 weeks before the trip starts.
- Refunds
- Package holidays: more than 10 weeks out lose the deposit; 70–43 days 30% of cost; 42–31 days 50%; 30 days or less 100%. Insurance premiums and amendment charges never refunded.
- Private
- Monterosa Climber runs at 1 guide to 2 clients.
Policy from: mountaintracks.co.uk, mountaintracks.co.uk, mountaintracks.co.uk
Mountain Madness
- Based
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Programs
- 1
- Deposit
- $700 at registration, $300 of it non-refundable; balance due 120 days before departure.
- Refunds
- International trips: deposit refunded less registration fee if cancelled 121+ days before departure; no refunds at 120 days or less. Written notice required.
- Private
- 1:1 guide ratio sold at a higher price.
Policy from: mountainmadness.com, mountainmadness.com
American Alpine Institute
- Based
- Bellingham, WA, USA
- Programs
- 1
- Private
- Private trips with custom dates; price depends on number of participants and days.
Cancellation terms not published where we looked. Get them in writing before you pay.
Visit AAI ↗Policy from: alpineinstitute.com
Get an email when bookings open
Monte Rosa Hut bookings for 2027 open in early November 2026. Get an email that week, plus any price changes.
Before and after the trip
Most programs start in Zermatt, Switzerland / Alagna & Gressoney, Italy. Lodging is extra on nearly all of them.
Places to stay in Zermatt ↗Acclimatisation day trips in Zermatt ↗More day trips in Zermatt (GetYourGuide) ↗Rescue & evacuation cover (Global Rescue) ↗More guided options on 57hours ↗
Monte Rosa on PeakSeeker → routes, live summit weather and permits.
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- monterosahuette.ch/reservation/?lang=en
- rifugimonterosa.it/capanna-margherita/
- rifugimonterosa.it/condizioni-di-prenotazione/
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- zermatters.ch/en/general-terms-business/
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- jagged-globe.co.uk/jg/terms.html
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- mountaintracks.co.uk/faq
- mountaintracks.co.uk/holidays/monterosa-climber
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- Each climb’s own page, linked from its “See dates” button.