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Val d’Arolla

Ferpècle and the Dent Blanche

Dent Blanche: ‘The grandest mountain in the Alps’ (box)

La Sage and Ways East

2:7 Val de Moiry

Walks in Val de Moiry

2:8 Val d’Anniviers

Tour du Val d’Anniviers (box)

Val de Zinal

Walks from Zinal

Climbs from Zinal

Moving On

2:9 Turtmanntal

2:10 Mattertal

Walks and Climbs from Grächen

St Niklaus to Täsch

The Weisshorn: ‘An almost faultless mountain’ (box)

Climbs from the Täsch Hut

Zermatt

The Zermatt Basin

Walks from Zermatt

Tour of the Matterhorn (box)

Climbs from Zermatt

Ulrich Inderbinden: The Old Man of the Matterhorn (box)

Zermatt for Skiers

The Adlerpass

2:11 Saastal

Climbs from Saas Grund

Saas Fee

Johann-Joseph Imseng: Priest, Guide and Hotelier (box)

Walks and Climbs from Saas Fee

Tour of Monte Rosa (box)

The Upper Saastal

2:12 Simplon Pass

Access, Bases, Maps and Guides

PENNINE ALPS: INTRODUCTION

Today the Pennines are the mecca of the classic-style mountaineer … Such routes have lost none of their aura and belong to any list of the Alps’ top climbs.