Chamonix to Zermatt, France / Switzerland
Haute Route Glacier Trek
Route detail
About this route
A seven-day guided alpine traverse across the Tour, Trient, Otemma and Stocki glaciers, sleeping in high huts above the valleys.
Daily activity
5–8 hr/day; long glacier days up to 9 hr.
Terrain
Roped glaciers, snow passes, high huts, crevasse zones and rocky hut approaches.
Best season
June to September
Your guide office
Chamonix Experience
Based in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
What's included
IFMGA guide, hut half board, glacier equipment, planning and route briefings.
Not included
Travel, lifts, lunches, personal insurance, rental boots.
Itinerary
- 1
Glacier training
Time: 4–5 hrDistance: 6 km
Meet in Chamonix, refresh crampon and rope skills near the Tour glacier.
- 2
Col Supérieur du Tour
Time: 6–8 hrDistance: 12 km
Cross into Switzerland on glacier terrain and descend to the Trient side.
- 3
Verbier link
Time: 5–6 hrDistance: 10 km
Traverse high alpine ground and use valley transfers where conditions require.
- 4
Chanrion hut
Time: 6–7 hrDistance: 14 km
Long approach to the remote hut above the Otemma glacier basin.
- 5
Otemma glacier
Time: 7–8 hrDistance: 16 km
A big glacier crossing below Mont Collon to the Vignettes hut.
- 6
Tête Blanche
Time: 7–9 hrDistance: 15 km
Climb to the 3,710 m viewpoint, then descend toward the Bertol side.
- 7
Zermatt finish
Time: 5–6 hrDistance: 10 km
Final glacier descent with Matterhorn views and a train down to Zermatt.
Questions about this route?
Talk to the guides who run it — gear, fitness, weather windows, private dates. We answer within one working day.
€2,680
per person
IFMGA guide, hut half board, glacier equipment, planning and route briefings.
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