Hiking the Haute Route—Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn
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Overview
Highlights
- Trek the challenging, renowned and less-travelled Haute Route with the Alps specialists (since 1970!)
- Traverse ten high passes in ten days for incomparable eye-popping views, including the famous Matterhorn—a trekker’s paradise
- Superb leaders, local hospitality, and shared accomplishment make this an MTS classic
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Trip includes
- Expert leadership
- Accommodations as noted in itinerary (or similar)
- Meals as noted in the itinerary
- Airport transfers on days 1 and 12
- Sightseeing as noted in the itinerary
- Ground transportation
- Additional guides where necessary
- Entrance fees and permits, unless noted separately in costs
- Basic medical and evacuation insurance
Itinerary
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Les Aiglons
Arrive at the airport in Geneva, Switzerland (GVA). You will be picked up promptly at 2:00 p.m. for a group transfer by private van to the famous mountain-ringed resort town of Chamonix, France. We suggest y...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel Les Aiglons
From the hotel, we’ll take a funicular to Planpraz (6,600'). From this panoramic viewpoint we get our first complete vantage point of the Mont Blanc massif. Our hike will lead us to the Col Corn...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel du Col de La Forclaz
We’ll begin the day with a 15-minute vehicle transfer to the village of Tour, at the head of the Chamonix Valley. We’ll hike up through the alpine pastures to the Col de Balme (...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel de Verbier
Today’s hike is up to the challenging Fenêtre d’Arpette, or “Arpette’s window” (8,760'), and is among the most classic alpine mountain passes. Today’s views of the Trient Glacier are spec...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Cabane de Louvie
Today’s hike begins with a short, 10 minute transfer to our trailhead just above Verbier (4,950'), and then continues on foot up above the town to the Val de Bagne. We’ll then traverse al...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Le Ritz
Today is a long and beautiful day of hiking, with two passes, the Louvie (9,640') and Prafleuri (9,785'). From the hut, we’ll climb 2,500 feet on steep trails that bring us to lunar landscap...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel du Glacier
From the hotel, we’ll hike to the top of the dam and then continue around the lake (4 miles), before our start up toward the Pas du Chat (7,800'). The terrain is rocky and we’ll cross a g...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Alpina
We’ll start with a 30-minute transfer to Cotter (5,790') where we begin what some consider the easiest day of the route as we ascend the Col de Torrent (9,630'). We’ll encounter picture postc...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Schwarzhorn
We are now is the bilingual canton of Valais, where we’ll move from the French-speaking to the German-speaking Switzerland. After a short transfer to Zinal (5,500'), our hiking begins wi...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Butterfly
Our first challenge of the day is the Augstbordpass (9,550'), the last major pass on our trek, which leads into the valley of the Mattervispa. From the top, we’ll make a long, 5,900-feet d...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel Butterfly
We have an half-day of light hiking in store today with a walk up above the town for great views of the Matterhorn. Lunch in a charming village at the foot of the Matterhorn, then returning to Zer...
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, we’ll transfer 3½ hours to the Geneva Airport (GVA), or you can take the train from Zermatt to other destinations in Europe on your own. (Please do not schedule your outgoing flight to depart until after 2:00 p.m.)
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Logistics
What's excluded
- International airfare
- Meals not noted on itinerary
- Airport transfers other than scheduled group transfers on days 1 and 12
- Insurance other than basic medical and evacuation insurance
- Optional tipping to leader, guides and local staff
- Excess baggage charges
- Airport taxes (international—varies by location)
- Cost of medical immunizations; and items of a personal nature (sodas, alcoholic beverages, laundry, etc.).
Accommodation
Transportation & flights
If written cancellation is received cancellation fee will be:
- 90 days prior to departure $150
- 89 to 61 days prior to departure $400
- 60 to 46 days prior to departure 50% of Land/Cruise Cost
- 45 to 0 days prior to departure 100% of Land/Cruise Cost
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