Tour de Monte Rosa: Photos & Notes

Two months after my Tour de Monte Rosa trip, and less than two weeks before I head off to Nepal, here’s my write up of August’s walking holiday in Switzerland and Italy, circumnavigating the Monte Rosa Massif in the company of Rachel, Rosie, Lesley, Ren, Mark and Keith, and led by the excellent Tracy. Team Tracy at the end of the TMR, Saas-Almagell First reflections are captured in my Tour de Monte Rosa: I’m Back! blogpost. To summarise: the TMR is one of the toughest walking routes I’ve done I’d skip days 7 and 8 (either side of the Europahütte) they are now just long slogs down into the Mattertal and back up again TMR waymark on the Gabiet-Stafal descent Photos Photos are collected in my Tour de Monte Rosa, August 2026 Flickr album. Me, on the Höhenweg between Hannigalp and Saas-Almagell Itinerary Here’s what we did, day by day. The distances and elevations are courtesy of Strava, the descents are from GPX Studio, as Strava doesn’t reveal that.* Total Distance trekked: 156 km / 97…