Haute Route ski traverse from Chamonix to Zermatt
Come join a certified mountain guide on this 8-day ski traverse from Chamonix, France all the way to Zermatt, Switzerland!
Details
Trip Duration
8 days
Mountain Range
Alps
People per Guide
Trip Level
Sustained
Offer Period
Jan, Feb, Mar
Type of Trip
Not specified
Highlights
Price per person
Price includes
- Guiding fee
- Transport during the trip
- Luggage transfer during the trip
Itinerary
- Day 1: Meeting point in Hotel L’Arve, Chamonix.
Arrive in Chamonix, welcomed at 15:00 by your guide in the Hotel L’Arve, Chamonix.
- Day 2: All day skiing in the famous Valle Blanche
Acclimatize for the Haute Route by skiing the famous Vallee Blanche (14 km. ski run!) (equipment preparation and tour review).
Ski lifts and a tram access the run. Chamonix (1087 mt) to Aig du Midi (3842 mt). It is on rugged glacier terrain surrounded with the most spectacular mountains in Europe which allows you to get ready for the type of skiing found on the Haute Route.
- Day 3: Chamonix (1087 mt) - Grand Montent ( 3233 mt) - Col du Chardonnet ( 3323 mt) - Refugee Albert Hut ( 2702 mt)
Leave Chamonix (1087 mt) to a little village called Argentiere, where we will take a tram to the Grand Montent (3233 mt). From the top we will ski down and skin up for 3 hr. up to the Col du Chardonnet (3323 mt) via Fenetre du Tour (3225 mt) to the Refugee Albert 1er. hut (2702 mt).
This is apprx. a 5 to 7 hr. day.
- Day 4: Refuge Ablert Hut - Co de Tour( 3218 mt) - Champex ( 1466 mt) - Mont for Hut (2457 mt)
We skin up via Co de Tour (3281 mt) ski down a great, via the Glacier du Trient to the long run in the Valles d’Arpettes, a 9 km. ski descent to Champex (1466 mt), where we take the train and bus to Verbier (1490 mt) We end the day by skiing to the Mont For Hut (2457 mt).
This day is 1.5-2 hrs. of skiing to Champex and 3-4 hrs. to the Mont For Hut.
- Day 5: Mont for Hut (2457 mt) - Rosablanche (3336 mt) - Prafleuri Hut (2624 mt) .
We ski and climb up the Rosablanche (3336 mt) and ski down to the Prafleuri Hut (2624 mt).
This is about 4-5 hrs. to the Rosablanche peak and 1 hr. ski descent.
- Day 6: Prafleuri Hut ( 2624 mt) - Lac of the Dix - Dix Hut (2928 mt)
Travel along the highest dam in Europe, Lac of the Dix, up to the Dix Hut (2928 mt).
This is about a 4- to 5-hr. climb.
- Day 7: Dix Hut (2928 mt) - Pigne d’Arolla (3790 mt) - Col de l'Eveque (3386 mt) - Refuge Gpllon (2818 mt)
Skin up the Pigne d’Arolla (3790 mt), where we will have a great view over the Alps. After a pleasant descent, skin up to the Col de l’Eveque (3386 mt) and ski down to the Refuge Gpllon, (2818 mt).
This is about 4-5 hrs. to the peak and a 1-hr. descent.
- Day 8: Refuge Gpllon (2818 mt) - Col Collon (2386 m) - Glacier Arolla - Col de M. Brule (3213 mt) - Col du Valpelline (3562 mt) - Zermatt (1616 mt)
Skin back up to the Col Collon (2386 m) and ski down to the Glacier Arolla to skin/climb up the Col de M. Brule (3213 mt) and Col du Valpelline (3562 mt), we ski down to (Zermatt 1616 mt) at the bottom of the famous Matterhorn North Face. This is a very committing and long day that requires good weather.
This is a 6- to 8-hr. day and covers the longest distance during the tour.
Other details
Intermediate
Fit
Hotel L’Arve, Chamonix, France
2 nights in Hotel L´Arve, Chamonix.
5 nights in the different huts we´ll find along the traverse.
I highly recommend in doing a level 1 avalanche class with AIARE (American institute for Avalanche Research and Education) to gain some basic Avalanche knowledge.
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