I'm just wondering if the Kuffner Ridge is a realistic objective for a bunch of relative Alpine novices? I'm heading over in the summer with a couple friends and this is a route I've had my eye on but don't want to bite of more than we can chew. I've done two trips to the Alps, one guided, one with a friend and have done some of the usual classics, Cosmiques Arete, Pointe Lachenal and Domes de Miage traverse etc. One friend came with me on the last trip but the other has never been. We are all leading VS fairly comfortably and two of us have some winter experience under our belts.
I was planning on heading up to the Albert Primer/Trient to tick off some easier routes around there to acclimatise and see how we get on but also fancied stepping it up a bit if the conditions are right. If it isn't realistic, are there any routes that are a step up from those we've done that might be worth looking at as alternatives? Something like the Forbes Arete or Traverse of the Aiguille d'Entrèves maybe?