Mount Rosa or Monte Rosa Massif is the largest mountain range in the Alps: the second highest mountain in Italy after the Mont Blanc and the highest in Switzerland. This majestic Massif is the mountain chain with the highest average altitude too. It's located in the North-Western Alps sector, along the border between Italy and Switzerland, giving the name to the super-group "Mount Rosa's Alps".

Mount Rosa: the origins of its name

In Italian the name Monte Rosa means "pink mountain" and, contrary to what one might think, this name doesn't come from the shades of pink that colour the massif at sunrise or sunset. The name of the mountain takes origins from the Latin language "rosia" and the dialect of the area "rouése" or "rouja", that mean "glacier".