Another of the guides in Monte Rosa who are long-term locals, Carlo Cugnetto knows the mountains like the back of his hand. Based in Gressoney – where he and his wife run the Hotel Dufour – Cugnetto is the director of the Guides of Monte Rosa and vice president of the mountain guides of Val d’Aosta. Cugnetto has noticed a marked increase in off-piste skiers to the region in the past five years and now oversees nine full-time guides, with a further 10 part-time guides to provide support for busier times.