Chris Case Photography

The Walker's Haute Route is the name given to one of the world's most beautiful treeking routes, traversing through the Alps, from Chamonix, France, at the foot of Mont Blanc, to Zermatt, Switzerland, and the Matterhorn. Over 13+ days, trekkers will tackle over 110 miles of mountain trail, farmer's track, and village path, and 40,000 vertical feet of climbing through the Valais Alps.

Our itinerary included:

Day 1: Chamonix to Trient (via Col du Balme, 2204m)
Day 2: Trient to Champex Lac (via Fenêtre d'Arpette)
Day 3: Champex Lac to Le Châble
Day 4: Le Châble to Cabane du Mont Fort
Day 5: Cabane du Mont Fort to Cabane de Prafleuri (via Col Termin, 2648m; Col de Louvie, 2921m; Col de Prafleuri, 2965m)
Day 6: Cabane de Prafleuri to Arolla (via Col des Roux, 2804m; Col de Riedmatten, 2919m)
Day 7: Arolla to La Sage
Day 8: La Sage to Cabane de Moiry (via Col du Tsaté, 2868m)
Day 9: Cabane de Moiry to Zinal (via Col de Sorebois, 2847m)
Day 10: Zinal to Gruben (via Forcletta, 2874m)
Day 11: Gruben to Sankt Niklaus (via Augstbordpass, 2894m)
Day 12: Sankt Niklaus to Europa Hut (via the Europaweg)
Day 13: Europa Hut to Zermatt (via the Europaweg)