Mittaghorn-Klettersteig

Duration

1 h

Distance

1.5 km

Ascent

140 m

Descent

50 m

Elevation

-

From the Morenia cable car station (2,572 m), cross the former glacier scree and follow the hiking trail briefly before branching right onto the white-blue-white marked via ferrata path. The route traverses beneath the Egginer over a short cabled rock ridge, crosses a broad hollow, and climbs initial steel cables to reach the flagged start of the ridge route at about 2,680 m.

Duration

1 h 45 min

Distance

961 m

Ascent

460 m

Descent

-

Elevation

3,142 m

Alternating short cabled sections and walking stretches lead to steeper ground beyond a large cairn, where a vertical iron-runged step gives the first real test of nerve. A highly exposed traverse above the Karboden, secured by an iron bar, follows, then an easier ridge section and a steep slab. The route finishes with an airy climb using 21 iron rungs and numerous pins to the 3,143 m summit, which offers a 360-degree panorama of the Saas Valley glaciers, the Bietschhorn, and the Mattmark reservoir.

Duration

-

Distance

2 km

Ascent

-

Descent

1,350 m

Elevation

-

The east-flank descent path, upgraded since the via ferrata's construction, winds down to the left before joining the Plattjen-Britannia hut trail near 2,620 m. From there it continues north across an old rockslide area to the Plattjen cable car station (2,570 m), before a final path leads down beneath the cableway back to Saas-Fee.