The mountaineering tradition is still alive: Silvio Mondinelli, the second Italian climber to reach all the 14 peaks of the world, has done several climbs on the Alagna side of Monte Rosa. In September 2011, Hervè Barmasse and his father opened a new route on the south-east face of the Gnifetti peak , which is at the moment the most difficult route on this side of the massif and one of the most challenging in the entire group (, VI, ED).