HAUTE ROUTE CHAMONIX-ZERMATT
When Australians, Japanese or Americans choose a raid in the Alps the choice falls here.
Everything is about success: the Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn, the great and varied landscapes,
the wide choice of itineraries suitable for the most varied technical skills, comfortable shelters and an immense, rarefied, unforgettable space.
All these ingredients make this raid, more than a century old,
simply a must.
PROGRAM
meeting point: meeting in Chamonix, possibility of collective travel.
01 Day
Argentière - cable car - Grands Montets 3225 mt.
-Glacier d'Argentière
- Rifugio d'Argentière 2771 mt.
Duration: 2 h30'- 4 h
Positive difference in height: 210 mt.
Negative difference in height: 665 mt.
Great skiing in the heart of the Mont Blanc massif for a first day of warm-up.
02 Day
Argentière Refuge mt 2771 mt. - passon pass 3028 mt.
- Colle sup. of Tour 3098 mt.
Cabane du Trient 3170 mt.
Duration: 6 h 00 - 8 h 00
Positive difference in height: 1100 mt.
Negative difference in height: 700 mt.
Beautiful glacial stage with the passage of two hills at high altitude.
03 Day
Cabane du Trient 3170 mt.
- colle d'E'candies 2793 mt. - relais d'Arpette 1627 mt. - Breya chairlift - transfer by taxi from Champex 1486 mt to Verbier Le Chable - then lifts until colle des Gentianes 2980
mt. -colle de la Chaux 2940 mt. - colle de Momin 3015 mt. - cabane de Prafleuri 2662 mt.
Duration: 8h 00 - 10 h 00
Positive difference in height: 680 mt.
Negative difference in height 2800 mt.
A long day to go from Mont Blanc to Valais.
04 Day
Cabane de Prafleuri 2662 mt. - colle des Roux 2804 mt. - Pont 2385 mt. -Cabane des Dix 2928 mt.(possibility to go up La Luette 3548 mt.
600 meters in altitude from the Cabane des Dix)
Duration: 4 h 30 - 7 h 00
Positive difference in height: 685 mt.
Negative difference in height: 420 mt.
The great crossing on the lake des Dix.
05 Day
Cabane des Dix 2928 mt. - passage of the Serpentine 3550 mt. - Pigne d'Arolla 3790 mt.
- colle des Vignettes 3190 mt. - Cabane des Vignettes 3160 mt.
Duration: 5 h 30 - 7 h 00
Positive difference in height: 930 mt.
Negative difference in height: 700 mt.
A fundamental stage with the highlight of the raid: le Pigne d'Arolla 3790 mt.
06 Day
Cabane des Vignettes 3160 mt.
- colle de Charmotane 3037 mt. - colle de l'Eveque 3382 mt.
- plans de Bertol 2664 mt. - cabane de Bertol 3311 mt.
Duration: 6 h 00 - 8 h 00
Positive difference in height: 1105 mt.
Negative difference in height: 950 mt.
The sunset at the Bertol hut, what a souvenir!
07 Day
Cabane de Bertol 3311 mt. - Tete Blanche 3710 mt.
- Zermatt 1984 mt.
Duration: 4 h 45 - 7 h 00
Positive difference in height: 530 mt.
Negative difference in height: 2190 mt.
The apotheosis of the Haute Route under the gaze of the Matterhorn, lord of the place.
Technical Level:
- Good skiers on all the snows.
- Ski day at a good pace.
- Sometimes steep slopes.
- Good physical condition.
Specific material required for progression on glacial terrain:
(Harness-ax-crampons).
The price includes:
- Organization and accompaniment by a mountain guide
- Displacements by minibus, security material (Arva, shovel, probe).
The fee does not include:
- Ticket up
- Drinks
- Mountain driving costs
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