For this year’s trek, we decided to do our own variant of the classic glacier Haute Route, but missing out both the Chamonix and Zermatt ends. Day 1: Champex to Cabane d’Orny (2811m) We took the Champex chair lift to La Breya, and did the short walk up to Cabane d’Orny (2811m). Distance: 4km – » read more »
The Petersgrat Glacier is a huge plateau of ice a few hundred meters higher than the Mutthorn Hut (and around a mile or so to the south of it). It forms the end of the south west ridge of the Tschingelhorn. We hired crampons and harnesses in Wengen. We’d brought our own ropes, ice axes, slings, prussics and » read more »
Holiday in the Swiss Alps, at La Fouly Champex to Cabane d’Orney (2831m) via glacier crossing to Cabane du Trient Hut (3170m) via glacier and assent of a little Peak Sacked the walk due to electrical storm & blizzard and rapidly returned to Champex Pleasant walk to Lacs de Fenetre from la Fouly from la Fouly up to » read more »
In advance of our IML assessment we spent a week in the Swiss Valais getting acclimatised and checking out the local terrain. We to flights to Geneva and a train to Martigny then on to Sierre. Up to Cret du Midi then on the ridge to Cabane des Becs de Bosson (2985m) down to Zinal via Sorbois and the Barrage de Moiry dam Cabane de » read more »
DAY1: Saas Grund to Borca, Macugnaga (stayed at Hotel Alpi Borca) DAY2: Macugnaga to Alagna Valsesia (stayed at Indren Hus) DAY3: Alagna to Staffa Gressoney (stayed at Hotel Nordend) DAY4: Staffa to Resy St Jaques (stayed at Rifugio Ferraro) DAY5: Resy to Theodulpass (stayed at Rifugio Teodulo / Theodul Hut) DAY6: Descended to Zermatt on the Theodul Glacier (stayed at Zermatt YHA) DAY7: a rest day » read more »
Author: Phil Newby
