The Matterhorn Tour D3: Perrucco Vuillermoz Refuge - Gandeg Cabin

(S) Head south, passing near two lakes.

At the second lake, Lake Balanselmo (1), travel east to reach the great pastures of Chevalley Tsigannaz.

(2) Head up through the pass called the Tsigannaz Window.

(3) Then begin a long descent through a north-east direction then north, then the route joins the road leading to Breuil Cervinia and a first bus stop.

(4) Take the bus to the Breuil cable car station (5), use the following two lifts to reach the top of the Theodul Glacier.

(6)Reach the glacier, remembering to put on crampons and following the ski slopes: the crossroads of the route of the Matterhorn circuit

(7). Turn right onto this route that alternates between trail and glacier leads to Gandeg cabin (F).

Water fountains on the circuit and at the first hamlet in Tsigannaz before the bus stop.
This stage is includes a large transfer by bus and cable car as these areas are not particularly suitable for hiking. Furthermore these connections save a day’s travel on the circuit.
Make sure you are aware of the mountain cable car and bus timetables.

Breuil Cervinia is a city Mussolini built up in order to compete with its German counterpart by creating this great winter sports resort.
(8) Gandeg cabin, we slept in an especially nice and well put together 12-person dormitory. But the peculiarity of this cabin is the proximity to a number of sites of note:
- Due west is the east face of the Matterhorn,
- Due east is the west face of Mount Rose,
- Due south is the north face of Breithorn.
Just this view is well worth the cost of half board, which here is still of the order of €70 (with Walliser).