Ski touring Haute Route Chamonix to Zermatt

March – May - this one runs on a custom basis so get in touch with preferred dates

This is a jam-packed, unforgettable, ski touring adventure. Touring mostly on glaciers, you will be surrounded by unrivalled beauty and spectacular views for the duration of the 7 days. From the renowned French capital of adventure, Chamonix, you’ll traverse the crest of the Western Alps across to the Wallis glaciers of Switzerland, observing as the architecture and dialects change, before descending the foot of the formidable Matterhorn into Zermatt. It’s a Transalpine adventure-of-a lifetime. Oh, and guaranteed to be packed with culinary delights, too.

Note that the route in the video is different to the one below but we can customise to fit

Day 1: Chamonix – Refuge d’Argentière

On the first day we’ll get our ski legs warmed up and into action for the week as we skin up to the Argentiere hut.

Elevation gain: 700m

Vertical loss: 700m

Day 2: Refuge de Trient

We wake up to a beautiful sunrise at the hut and ready ourselves for an exciting day ahead. Skinning over towards the Col du Passon and descending the Col du Chardonnet and eventually crossing onto the Trient plateau in Switzerland where we’ll bed down for the night.

Elevation gain: 1100m

Vertical loss: 300m

Day 3: Refuge Prafleuri

The morning is marked out by one of the most epic descents of the trip, down the Trient glacier and then east for a crampon climb up the Col des Escandies. We’ll then transfer over to the lift system in Verbier and make our way up the Col de Mamin and over the Glacier Plafleuri to the Plafleuri refuge where we spend the night.

Elevation gain: 900m

Vertical loss: 2700m

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Day 4: Cabane de Dix

Another early start (it’s hard not to when the mountains are this beautiful!), and we’re skiing over the Col des Roux before a long, winding descent takes us past the Lac des Dix and onto the Cabane des Dix - home for the night!.

Elevation gain: 800m

Vertical loss: 660m

Day 5: Cabane des Vignettes

Another spectacular day. We’ll kick off with a long ascent to the summit of the Pigne d’Arolla (the highest point on the route) where we’ll be rewarded with views of Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn. A steep and epic descent then takes us to the famous Cabane des Vignettes, perched on the edge of a mountain face.

Elevation gain: 894m

Vertical loss: 728m

Day 6: Cabane Bertol

Few days will beat this one. This is alpine ski mountaineering at it’s very best, and it finishes up at another spectacularly perched mountaintop hut. We enjoy a hearty meal before our last day tomorrow.  

Elevation gain: 1098m

Vertical loss: 853m

Day 7: Cabane Bertol – Zermatt

One final epic day of mountaineering takes up over cols and glaciers before finishing in Zermatt for celebratory drinks and a farewell dinner.

Elevation gain: 610m

Vertical loss: 2270m

Options:

This spectacular tour can be done in many different ways. Adding more peaks or changing tour route with other huts. Please contact us for more information.

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