Chamonix to Zermatt - The Walker’s Haute Route

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Reprinted

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Paperback - PVC

Published

14 Apr 2011

Edition

Fourth

ISBN

9781852845131

ISBN (10)

1852845139

Size

17.2 x 11.6 x 1.8cm

Weight

330g

Pages

240

Originally Published

28 Feb 2007

Chamonix to Zermatt

The Walker's Haute Route by Kev Reynolds

The classic walk from Chamonix to Zermatt is in the shadow of great peaks from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn. The route also known as the walker's Haute Route skirts the northern slopes of the Pennine Alps. Described in 14 stages (180km, 11 passes and 12,000m of ascent and descent), this is one of the most beautiful treks in Europe. More...

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Seasons

Alpine summer walking – mid-June to mid-September. Snow could remain on higher passes well into Read More... July.

Centres

Chamonix, Argentière, Trient, Champex, Sembrancher, Le Chable, Verbier, Arolla, Les Haudères, Read More... Zinal, Gruben, St Niklaus, Zermatt.

Difficulty

180km, 11 passes, 12,000m of ascent over 2 weeks make this a fairly tough trek as well as a Read More... beautiful one. High alpine mountain walking.

Must See

One big highlight ... from Mont Blanc and Chamonix’s Aiguilles, the Combin stages, the fabulous Read More... vals d’Herens and Moiry, the Matterhorn view as you walk into Zermatt, the huts, the company ... shall I go on?

Chamonix to Zermatt, Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn – in two weeks of mountain travel you will see the greatest collection of 4000 metre peaks in the Alps and visit some of the most spectacular valleys. You will discover delightful villages and remote hamlets, wander flower meadows and forests, skirt exquisite tarns that turn mountains on their heads, and clamber beside glaciers. The way intrudes on lonely stone-filled corries, with marmots along the boulders and ibex on the heights, and provides a surprise around every corner. The route is more than 180 kilometres long. It crosses 11 passes, gains more than 12,000 metres in height and is a strong contender for the title of Most Beautiful Walk in Europe.

This new edition has been thoroughly updated, and now includes the exciting two-day Europaweg – a true high-level path that carries the Haute Route way above the Mattertal and into Zermatt – a worthy conclusion to a great trek.