Marta's Monterosa Blog

I am passionate about the Alps. They are my heart's home and the place where I would like to spend the last day of my life. I have been a tourist in the village of Champoluc in the Italian Monterosa for all my life and worked as a tourist operator in this area since more than 15 years.

I believe in respect for the special environment of this place that you can find only here. We all gain by enjoying its beauty, while trying to make a minimum impact at the same time. Leave it for our children in the future!

I believe in respect for people who live here with their traditions and culture, language, and work, their genuine products and delicious wines. They open their homes for us, tourists and meet us as their guests, if we are able to open our hearts for them. I have a friend who is a hotel owner and he says that when stressed people from the city come to his place, he tells them to sit down and take a drink before they even begin to worry if they have a room. Perhaps, we can bring a little of their kindness and calmness with us on our way back to the city.

My philosophy is to give back a little of what the mountains and the people from this place have given to me and to my family through my work, to communicate my philosophy and my passion to those who follow me on the blog, and in my trips as a tour operator.

If you would like to visit Champoluc, Gressoney, Alagna or other villages in the Aosta Valley, trek or ski in the Monterosa, discover Sardinia or other places we offer, contact us.

Alpine huts in the Monterosa: the most stunning in the world

Posted: Jun 24, 2016

Categories: Zermatt, Cervinia, Alagna, Gressoney, News

Comments: 0

Author: TheAlps

Inexpensive rifugi (mountain huts, mountain hostels or alpine huts) in Italian Alps make it easier for you to explore the mountain. There are many options to choose! On “The Guardian” list of the most stunning alpine huts you will find several Monterosa rifugi.

“The Guardian” published a list of 20 stunning alpine huts in the world. There are some from Monterosa.

Rifugio Guglielmina, Monte Rosa (2880m) located on the Col d’Olen between Alagna and Gressoney.

“It is perfectly placed for adventures in the Monte Rosa massif. The location remains as extraordinary as ever, even if two major lifts now serve the area and a new piste passes the front door. Wonderful food is matched by a fabulous wine cellar.”

Discover Alta Via 1 or Alta Via 2 with us!

Rifugio Guide del Cervino Plateau, Rosa, Italy (3480m)

“You can ski to the door after riding lifts from Cervinia or Zermatt. Sleep might not come easily at this altitude but after the ski domains have closed for the night you'd be foolish not to relish the basic comforts on offer - it's bitter at this height after dark, whatever the time of year.”

Rifugio Regina Margherita, Monterosa, Italy (4554m)

“As the highest mountain hut in the Alps, the Margherita is seriously remote. You feel strange at 4554m even after several obligatory days of acclimatisation and you'll never be really comfortable up here, physically or mentally: it doesn't take an over-active imagination to start pondering the big metal cables stretched over the top of the building to hold it to the ridge, as well as the storms that must rage around this unusual architectural device”

Climb to Campanna Margherita with us – read our program! Let us inspired you by our film.

The vast network of mountain huts helps us trek from one point to another without going down every time. You can stay for a night and try delicious local cuisine and start a new walk next day. Standard in every hut can vary. Sometimes it can be a wooden shed, other time – almost luxury hotel.

Read some tips regarding hut-to-hut trekking in the Alps.

More about Italian rifugi.