Table of Contents

Mountain safety

Overview map

Map key

Route summary table

Preface

Introduction

The Walker's Haute Route

Getting there and back again

Accommodation

When to go

Notes for walkers

Not enough time?

Equipment

Languages

Paths and waymarks

Safety in the mountains

Wildlife and plants

Maps

Recommended apps

Using this guide

Chamonix to Zermatt

Stage 1 Chamonix - Argenti&##xe8;re

Stage 2 Argenti&##xe8;re - Col de Balme - Trient

Stage 3 Trient - Fen&##xea;tre d'Arpette - Champex

Stage 3A Trient - Col de la Forclaz - Alp Bovine - Champex

Stage 4 Champex - Sembrancher - Le Ch&##xe2;ble

Stage 5 Le Ch&##xe2;ble - Clambin - Cabane du Mont Fort

Stage 5A Le Ch&##xe2;ble (Les Ruinettes) - Col Termin - Cabane de Louvie

Stage 6 Cabane du Mont Fort - Col Termin - Col de Louvie - Col de Prafleuri - Cabane de Prafleuri

Stage 7 Cabane de Prafleuri - Col des Roux - Pas de Ch&##xe8;vres - Arolla

Stage 8 Arolla - Lac Bleu - Les Haud&##xe8;res - La Sage

Stage 9 La Sage - Col du Tsat&##xe9; - Cabane de Moiry

Stage 9A La Sage - Col de Torrent - Barrage de Moiry/Grimentz

Stage 10 Cabane de Moiry - Col de Sorebois - Zinal

Stage 10A Barrage de Moiry - Col de Sorebois - Zinal

Stage 11 Zinal - Forcletta - Gruben

Stage 11A Zinal - Hôtel Weisshorn/Cabane Bella Tola

Stage 11B Hôtel Weisshorn/Cabane Bella Tola - Meidpass - Gruben

Stage 12 Gruben - Augstbordpass - St Niklaus

Stage 12A St Niklaus - Gasenried

Stage 13 Gasenried - Europa Hut

Stage 14 Europa Hut - Täschalp - Zermatt

Stage 13A/14A St Niklaus - Täsch - Zermatt

Appendix A Walks from Zermatt

Appendix B Climbing from Zermatt

Appendix C Useful contacts

Appendix D Bibliography

Appendix E Glossary

About the Author

Kev Reynolds was a freelance writer, photojournalist and lecturer. A prolific compiler of guidebooks, his first title for Cicerone Press (Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees) appeared in 1978; he later produced many more titles for the same publisher. A member of the Outdoor Writers' Guild, the Alpine Club and Austrian Alpine Club, his passion for mountains and the countryside inspired a lifetime's activity, and he regularly travelled throughout Britain to share that enthusiasm through his lectures. Sadly, Kev passed away in 2021. He will be remembered fondly by all who knew him and by many more he inspired through his writing and talks.