Gps Coordinates / 45.972986,7.6473829
Matterhorn Mountain Cabin Sanctuary 2016-2018 VR Switzerland
XJFX+73, 3920 Zermatt, Visp, Switzerland
Gas is transported up by helicopter, the maintenance of the building itself, of the anchors and fixed ropes (which need to be replaced periodically) that everyone uses replaced by a private company.
Very first six panorama360s were captured during 2018, 2018, 2017, 2017, 2017, 2018
Gps Coordinates / 45.9729309,7.6475167
Was inaugurated in 1969 and partially redone after the major landslides that affected this side of the mountain in 2002–2003. The Carrel shelter has 50 beds and is always open.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 45.9733086 / Gps Link 45.9730301 / Gps Link 45.9730721
Gps Coordinates / 45.9733086,7.6482224 / 45.9730301,7.6477022 / 45.9730721,7.6477823
When there are 50, 60 people it’s already pretty chockablock, when these numbers double as they have done in the past then the overcrowding becomes unbearable.
Normal Italian route up the Matterhorn, took the decision to limit the number of places available in the shelter.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 45.9729996 / Gps Link 45.9729796 / Gps Link 45.9729607
Gps Coordinates / 45.9729996,7.6477537 / 45.9729796,7.6477057 / 45.9729607,7.6476711
We’ve indicated 20 euros, frankly I don’t think it’s much yet many choose not to contribute.
Reservations are now mandatory during the popular summer months.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 45.9729467 / Gps Link 45.9729535 / Gps Link 45.9729571
Gps Coordinates / 45.9729467,7.6476321 / 45.9729535,7.647621 / 45.9729571,7.6475664
Fees. No, there is no obligation to pay whatsoever. But as in all the huts there is a box where those who sleep are asked to leave a contribution; we’re asking for only 20 euros, which we don’t view as a fee for a night but as a contribution to help run the hut.
Refuge Jean-Antoine Carrel is a mountain refuge, located on the south-west ridge of the Matterhorn, near the Swiss border.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 45.9729616 / Gps Link 45.9729718 / Gps Link 45.9729557
Gps Coordinates / 45.9729616,7.6475106 / 45.9729718,7.6474964 / 45.9729557,7.6472188
The mountain hut was named after Jean-Antoine Carrel who made the first ascent of the Matterhorn via the south-west ridge.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 45.97298 / Gps Link 45.9729807 / Gps Link 45.9729804
Gps Coordinates / 45.97298,7.6474754 / 45.9729807,7.6474217 / 45.9729804,7.6473373
"I personally don’t believe people should take it for granted that there’s a mattress, blankets, gas and, above all, a roof over their heads."
The mountain guides on the Italian side of the Matterhorn who own the Carrel hut located on the Lion Ridge.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 45.9729734 / Gps Link 45.972966 / Gps Link 45.9729624
Gps Coordinates / 45.9729734,7.6473018 / 45.972966,7.6472688 / 45.9729624,7.6472429
With so many people wanting to climb to the summit, queues form almost immediately early in the morning. Usually everyone hangs around for the first person to go, ideally a guide who knows the way, then everyone follows suit.
This scenic panorama360 was captured during August 2016
Gps Coordinates / 45.9729316,7.64815
The nearby Capanna Luigi Amedeo di Savoia / Cabane Louis-Amédée de Savoie, built in 1905 by the CAI section of Turin, has been transformed into a museum and moved first to Valtournenche and then, in September 2009, in front of the Italian Matterhorn Guide Company office.
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If you want to book at this guest mountain cabin we left their official booking website below.
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