tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9888425.post8910313005986154431..comments2022-11-09T06:51:17.568+00:00Comments on Stumpy's Blog: Matterhorn Circuit, August 2010Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9888425.post-79446618135093123572015-08-05T14:43:45.692+00:002015-08-05T14:43:45.692+00:00Thanks for your kind comments Leslie.
I may be mor...Thanks for your kind comments Leslie.<br />I may be more risk averse than some ... we don't have many glaciers in the UK ;-), but unless you're experienced on glaciers a solo transit without a guide is quite high risk, so do check out with the local guides office before you finalise your plans.<br />Take care and have a great trip.<br />ColinColin Stumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543586798038655247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9888425.post-64047744717452986282015-08-04T09:51:58.621+00:002015-08-04T09:51:58.621+00:00Fantastic information and well detailed blog! Much...Fantastic information and well detailed blog! Much appreciated. Thank you. I have hiked the Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt back in July 2011 with a friend. I will be doing the Tour of the Matterhorn in July 2016, this time solo. I am quite competent and experienced in hiking in the mountains having lived in New Zealand for the past 14 years. However, I am concerned about the two glaciers, well more so the final one you had mentioned. I was planning on bringing my crampons and was hoping I could do the entire trek on my own but I am considering hiring a guide, at least for the 2nd glacier crossing. All your info on the contacts is extremely helpful. Thank you.<br />Cheers<br />Lesley TheLTHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11527829807461304212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9888425.post-31670319779971126092013-11-02T14:58:23.189+00:002013-11-02T14:58:23.189+00:00Hi Colin
Thanks for the quick response. I agree -...Hi Colin<br /><br />Thanks for the quick response. I agree - better be safe. I am based out of San Fran, so will prob. call them from here and deciding on the best options before I head out.<br /><br />Thanks again. The post and the follow up information is very helpful!<br /><br />JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9888425.post-50205534703877633122013-11-02T08:23:22.406+00:002013-11-02T08:23:22.406+00:00Hi John
Yes, I would have thought that you could ...Hi John<br /><br />Yes, I would have thought that you could book a guide for a half day for each of the two glacier sections - worth their weight in gold if it’s cloudy or the crevasses are particularly deep or if there has been recent snow which then hides them. Just be sure to pack some crampons…don’t repeat my experience!<br /><br />Being a Brit, I usually try to engage British Mountain Guides who work in the region concerned (no language issues, they need the work, and usually they’re great people). You could contact them via http://www.bmg.org.uk/index.php/eng/Contact-Us and use their ‘Hire a Guide' form or go directly to British Mountain Guides, Siabod Cottage, Capel Curig, Conwy, North Wales LL24 OES - phone +44 (0)1690 720386<br /><br />Or, book locally...<br /><br />For the Arolla section try this link: http://www.myswitzerland.com/en-gb/infra_anlagendetail.cfm?rkey=661&instance=1024135&art=Local%20mountain%20guides'%20office<br /><br />For the section from Cervinia into Zermatt, probably cheapest to use a Cervinia guide: try http://www.guidedelcervino.com/index_e.asp (but bear in mind my experience with a Cervinia guide!)<br /><br />Società delle Guide del Cervino<br />Via Circonvallazione, 2 - 11021 Breuil Cervinia<br />Valtournenche (AO) - Italy<br />P.IVA 00146090071<br />C.F. 81005360078<br />Tel. & Fax. +39 0166 948169<br />E-mail: info@guidedelcervino.com<br /><br />or a guide from Zermatt:<br /><br />Alpin Center Zermatt<br />Bergführerbüro<br />Snow & Alpine Center<br />Bahnhofstrasse 58<br />3920 Zermatt<br />Tel 027 966 24 60 <br />Fax 027 966 24 69 <br />alpincenter@zermatt.ch | http://www.alpincenter-zermatt.ch<br /><br />By the way, the charge rate seems to be €250-300 per day plus any lift expenses<br /><br />Look well to each step<br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br /><br />ColinColin Stumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543586798038655247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9888425.post-27065644661750060442013-11-02T06:40:09.399+00:002013-11-02T06:40:09.399+00:00Hi there,
Great trip report! I am planning on doin...Hi there,<br />Great trip report! I am planning on doing this with my wife next year (we did the haute route from Chamonix to zermatt this year).<br /><br />I had few quick question.. Can we get a guide just for the glacier crossings? And how much will it cost and where do we arrange that from?<br /><br />JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com