Cabane du Mountet
Cabane du Mountet SAC hut |
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Cabane du Mountet with Ober Gabelhorn ( 4063 m ) |
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location | east over the Zinal glacier; Canton of Valais , Switzerland ; Valley location: Zinal | |
Mountain range | Valais Alps , Weisshorn Group | |
Geographical location: | 616 636 / 100964 | |
Altitude | 2886 m above sea level M. | |
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owner | SAC - Diablerets section | |
Built | 1887 | |
Construction type | hut | |
Usual opening times | Late March to late May, late June to mid-September | |
accommodation | 115 beds | |
Winter room | 30 bearings | |
Web link | Hut on the section's website | |
Hut directory | SAC |
The Cabane du Mountet is an alpine refuge in the Valais Alps . It is located at an altitude of 2886 m above sea level. M. above the eastern lateral moraine of the Zinal glacier in the Val d'Anniviers . The hut is owned by the Lausanne- based Diablerets section of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC). The hut is often referred to as Cabane du Grand Mountet to distinguish it from Cabane du Petit Mountet on the other side of the Zinal Glacier .
history
The hut was built in 1887. In 1919 it was expanded to 40 places. Extensions were also made in 1943 and 1996.
Ascent
The shortest ascent to the hut begins in Zinal in the rear Val d'Anniviers and takes about 4½ hours. The path from Cabane Petit Mountet is no longer marked (with traversing the Zinal Glacier).
Mountaineering
The Cabane du Mountet is the starting point for an ascent of Besso ( 3668 m ), Zinalrothorn ( 4221 m ), Dent Blanche ( 4357 m ) and Ober Gabelhorn ( 4063 m ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cabane du Mountet ( Memento of September 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) , homepage of the Club Alpin Suisse Section des Diablerets
literature
- Michael Waeber, Heinz Steinbichler: Unterwallis , Rother Wanderführer, Bergverlag Rother , 2nd edition 2000, pp. 42–45.