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This Mont Rose tour allows to discover the "4000s" of Zermatt. That sequence of summits among the higest in the Alps in the Swiss Valais, will throw you in the high mountain country.
That tour is usually done from Zermatt but can also be adapted from Cervinia in Italie.
It is a very beautiful summit and its north face usually offers a very good snow.
One must not underestimate this 1000 m ascent. We will have to cope with the altitude and sometimes with the coldness. We will also have to carry some high mountain gears : harness, crampons.
High mountain summit as the Dôme are usually climbed from April to Mai for mountain condition purposes. It is also in April that the road from Ailefroides to the "Pré de Madame Carle" begins to be opened.
It is a very nice ski traverse in high mountain that can be achieved in one day if we use the Serre Chevalier Monetier ski lift.
After crossing the "Col de la Montagnole" to reach the Echauda lake, we will ascent 900 to 1000 m on the glacier toward the "Pic du Rif" at 3500 m on the Dômes. The 2000 m descent in the Tabuc valley is exceptional. We will reach directly our leaving point at Monetier.
It is one of the nicest ski tour in Oisans, because of the views on the Calotte ridge and because of the big slopes for the descent.
The first day we will go to the "Alpe de Villar d'Arène" refuge : It is also possible to use that day to go towards Chamoissière summit.
the next day we will have to climb the 1600 m towards the "Agneaux" (3664 m) with the last 500 meters with crampons. We can return by the Calotte or traverse to the Casset village to ski the famous "Davin" couloir.
