With the aid of two cable cars to Hohsaas, we shot up to over 10kft from the town of Saas-Grund, right up to the glaciers careening down the mountain and positioned directly across the valley from the 4000+M peaks.
While forming part of the Tour of Monte Rosa, this section warrants multiple walks on its own, many highlighted in Kev Reynold's recent "Walking in the Valais".
If so equipped glacial travel is available but we spent our day acclimating at the top while still feeling quite jet-lagged hiking up above the station and around closer to the action on the glaciers. Views were unbelievable, and imagining it during ski season, mind-blowing.
The locals told of their snow-shoe and sledding adventures during full-moons taking advantage of all the steep mountains have to offer especially when sunlight is available for only three hours of day in a long winter in these narrow steep valleys.
