A ski tourer climbing a wide glacier

Chamonix to ZermattWinter

Haute Route on skis

GradeSki AD

Days6

Highest point3 796 m

Price3 200 EUR

At a glance

Six days from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn, hut to hut, on skins and down untracked glaciers.

The Haute Route is the great ski tour of the Alps. Every day we climb in the cold of the morning, cross a col or two and ski down to the next hut in the afternoon light. Nights are spent in high huts with long tables and early alarms. On the last day the Matterhorn appears over the col and the run down to Zermatt never seems to end.

Season
March to May
Rope
1 guide, up to 4 skiers
Grade
Ski AD
Price
from 3 200 EUR per person

The line

Altitude along the route, from the first step to the last. The dots are the places we stop.

  1. 1 240 mArgentiere
  2. 3 257 mCol du Chardonnet
  3. 2 670 mTrient hut
  4. 2 890 mPrafleuri
  5. 3 796 mPigne d'Arolla
  6. 2 928 mVignettes
  7. 3 500 mCol de Valpelline
  8. 1 608 mZermatt
  1. Argentiere1 240 m
  2. Col du Chardonnet3 257 m
  3. Trient hut2 670 m
  4. Prafleuri2 890 m
  5. Pigne d'Arolla3 796 m
  6. Vignettes2 928 m
  7. Col de Valpelline3 500 m
  8. Zermatt1 608 m

Day by day

The plan we start from. The weather and your pace decide the rest.

  1. Day 1

    Argentiere glacier

    Grands Montets lift, a ski down to the glacier and the climb to the Argentiere hut.

    +300 m

  2. Day 2

    Two cols to Trient

    Col du Chardonnet, a short abseil, the Fenetre de Saleina and the plateau to the Trient hut.

    +1 100 m

  3. Day 3 to 4

    Into the Valais

    Down to Champex, across to Verbier and the long day over the Rosablanche to Prafleuri.

    +1 400 m

  4. Day 5

    Pigne d'Arolla

    The highest summit of the tour, then the Vignettes hut perched over the ice.

    +1 000 m

  5. Day 6

    To Zermatt

    Three cols in one day, the Matterhorn in front of you and a long ski into the village.

    +1 300 m, -2 800 m

Two ski tourers climbing a snowy slope under a ridge
A climber in a red jacket among glaciers in Switzerland

Before you come

  • Confident off piste skiing in all snow
  • Several ski tours of 1 000 m before
  • Six days in a row on your feet

Included

  • Your guide for six days
  • Five hut nights, half board
  • Guide's huts and transfers
  • Avalanche gear check on day one

You bring

  • Touring skis, skins, ski crampons
  • Transceiver, shovel, probe
  • Harness and ice axe
  • Train ticket back from Zermatt

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