11 Facts About Monte Rosa

Monte Rosa is a mountain massif in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps.

Monte Rosa is the second highest mountain in the Alps and western Europe, after Mont Blanc.

Monte Rosa is the highest mountain of both Switzerland and the Pennine Alps and is the second-highest mountain of the Alps and Europe outside the Caucasus.

Monte Rosa was studied by pioneering geologists and explorers, including Leonardo da Vinci in the late fifteenth century and Horace-Benedict de Saussure in the late eighteenth century.

Monte Rosa cover areas on both sides of the border between the Swiss canton of Valais and the Italian regions of Piedmont and Aosta Valley.

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Monte Rosa is one of the high mountains surrounding the 40-kilometre-long Matter Valley south of Stalden.

On clear days the mountainous massif of Monte Rosa provides a striking view from the Po plain, particularly its upper reaches in western Lombardy and eastern Piedmont.

Monte Rosa massif is popular for mountaineering, hiking, skiing and snowboarding.

Plateau Monte Rosa, about 3,500 metres high above sea level, is a summer ski resort, with snow all year round due to the altitude.

The Plateau Monte Rosa is connected via aerial tramway to Cervinia and to Zermatt via the Klein Matterhorn.

Monte Rosa is not technically difficult to climb, but can be quite dangerous due to its great altitude and sudden weather changes, as well as crevasses in its extensive glaciers - one of the major glaciated areas in the Alps.