SAC Monte Rosa

Monte Rosa section of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC Monte Rosa)
purpose	Mountain Sports Association
Chair:	Philippe Chanton
Establishment date:	October 4, 1865
Number of members:	7449 (as of January 2020)
Seat :	Sion , ( Canton of Valais )
Website:	Section-Monte-Rosa.ch/de

The SAC Monte Rosa is a Sion section of the Swiss Alpine Club and with 7449 members (as of January 2020) one of the largest sections of the Swiss Alpine Club . It is one of the largest sports clubs in Switzerland , was founded on October 4th, 1865 and is headquartered in Sion.

Local groups (subsections)

Local group (subsection)	Seat	founding	Members
SAC Monte Rosa Brig	Brig	1917	1069
SAC Monte Rosa Martigny	Martigny	1919	1574
SAC Monte Rosa Monthey	Monthey	1921	0723
SAC Monte Rosa Sierre	Sierre	1918	0680
SAC Monte Rosa Sion	Sion	1919	2116
SAC Monte Rosa St. Maurice	St. Maurice	1922	0284
SAC Monte Rosa St. Niklaus	St. Niklaus	1970	0313
SAC Monte Rosa Visp	Visp	1945	0690

Huts

The Monte Rosa section operates the laggin bivouac ( bivouac box ) and four SAC huts , these offer simple accommodation for mountaineers, climbers, hikers, nature lovers and, increasingly, for families with children and mountain bikers.

image	hut	Height m above sea level M.	location
	Dixhütte	2928
	Laggin bivouac	2428
	Monte Rosa Hut	2883
	Schönbielhütte	2694
	Vignette hut	2520

Former huts

image	hut	Height m above sea level M.	location
	Hörnlihütte	3260
	Weisshorn Hut	2932

Dixhütte Laggin bivouac Monte Rosa Hut Schönbielhütte Vignette hut Hörnlihütte Weisshorn Hut

Locations of the section ( huts - former huts)

Section Chair

A chronological overview of all presidents of the section since it was founded.

Term of office president 1865-1870 Antoine De Torrenté 1870-1872 Joseph Zermatten 1872-1876 Antoine De Torrenté 1876-1878 Gaspard Lorétan 1878-1882 Raoul de Riedmatten 1882-1891 Antoine De Torrenté 1891-1895 Alexander Seiler 1895-1898 Joseph Ribordy 1898-1901 Eugène de Lavallaz 1901-1909 Hermann Seiler 1909-1912 Alphonse de Kalbermatten 1912-1914 René de Preux 1914-1917 Georges Couchepin 1918-1922 Viktor Petrig 1923-1925 Jean Ruedin (senior) 1926-1928 Pierre Dutoit

Term of office president 1929-1931 André de Rivaz 1932-1934 Jean Coquoz 1935-1937 Joseph Emonet 1938-1940 Wendelin Werlen 1941-1943 Jean Ruedin (senior) 1944-1946 Joseph Tamini 1947-1949 Charles de Kalbermatten 1950-1952 François Meytain 1953-1955 Albano Simonetta 1956-1958 Anton Tichelli 1959-1961 Jean Ruedin (junior) 1962-1964 Fritz Zwicky 1965-1967 Jacques Allet 1968-1970 Roland Coquoz 1971-1973 Roland Darbellay 1974-1976 Carlo Biaggi

Term of office president 1977-1979 Alfredo Mollia 1980-1982 Paul Tornare 1983-1985 Jacques Rossier 1986-1988 Peter Werlen 1989-1991 Michel Coquoz 1992-1994 Alexandre Zufferey 1995-1998 Eduard Brogli 1999-2000 Philippe Progin 2000-2001 Pierre-Henri Cortat 2002-2005 Ingrid Alder 2006-2010 Peter Planche 2010-2014 Pierre-André Veuthey 2014-2016 François Dufour Since 2016 Philippe Chanton

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Section-Monte-Rosa.ch/de: History of the section
2. ↑ ^{a b} SAC-CAS.ch: SAC Monte Rosa
3. ↑ SAC-CAS.ch: SAC Monte Rosa Brig Section-Monte-Rosa.ch/de: local group Brig
4. ↑ SAC-CAS.ch: SAC Monte Rosa Martigny Section-Monte-Rosa.ch/de: local group Martigny
5. ↑ SAC-CAS.ch: SAC Monte Rosa Monthey Section-Monte-Rosa.ch/de: local group Monthey
6. ↑ SAC-CAS.ch: SAC Monte Rosa Sierre Section-Monte-Rosa.ch/de: Local group Sierre
7. ↑ SAC-CAS.ch: SAC Monte Rosa Sion Section-Monte-Rosa.ch/de: local chapter of Sion
8. ↑ SAC-CAS.ch: SAC Monte Rosa St. Maurice Section-Monte-Rosa.ch/de: local chapter of St. Maurice
9. ↑ SAC-CAS.ch: SAC Monte Rosa St. Niklaus Section-Monte-Rosa.ch/de: Local group St. Niklaus
10. ↑ SAC-CAS.ch: SAC Monte Rosa Visp Section-Monte-Rosa.ch/de: local group Visp
11. ↑ Section-Monte-Rosa.ch/de: Former presidents