Cabane Valsorey is a traditional mountain hut on the classic haute route Chamonix - Zermatt. The hut can be reached from Bourg St-Pierre or Cabane Vélan via a ski tour over Mont Vélan. The climb to the Grand Combin is very challenging. The famous ski tour is the haute route over the Plateau Couloir to the hut Cabane Chanrion.
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Ski tours around Hut Cabane Valsorey
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Plateau Couloir, Day4 H.R.Chamonix-Zermatt 3640 m
Cabane Valsorey Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent3,5 km
- ascent1085 m
- duration6-8 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
The fourth stage of the Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt is one of the most beautiful mountain experiences. First ascent from Cabane Valsorey to the Plateau Couloir Sattel, for the most part an ascent with crampons is necessary. This is followed by a long descent over the Col Sonadon saddle along the Glacier du Mont Durand and at the end an easy ascent to the hut Cabane Chanrion.
- Country
- Switzerland
- Montains
- Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes
- Open (winter)
- mid March - mid May
- Beds
- 60
- Winterraum
- yes, 30 beds
- Shortening of access (cableway, lift, taxi, snowcat...)
- no
- Luggage transport
- no
- Shower
- no
- Wifi
- no
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 587060
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 86544
- GPX access to hut (waipoints, track)
- Valsorey-Hut_access_BourgStPierre_skitour.gpx
- GPX access to hut (track only)
- Valsorey-Hut_access_Bourg-St-Pierre_TRK.gpx
- Map
- Arolla 283 S, Swisstopo 1:50000 Chanrion 1346, Swisstopo 1:25000 Mont Vélan 1366, Swisstopo 1:25000 Orsiéres 1345, Swisstopo 1:25000
- Guides
- Ski de randonnée Bas-Valais Die klassischen Skitouren (SAC, deutsch) Les classiques de randonnée à ski (SAC, francais) Walliser Alpen (Rother, deutsch)
- Phone (hut)
- 0041(0)27 7871122
- Phone (valley)
- 0041(0) 78 625 52 42
- Cell phone
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- Web
- valsorey.ch
- info@valsorey.ch
- Owner of hut
- SAC Sektion La Chaux-de-Fonds
- Cabane Valsorey
- Reservation
- phone, e-mail
- Start Point
- Bourg St. Pierre
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 582257
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 88683
- Altitude
- 1655 m
- Ascent (height difference)
- 1400 m
- Time of Access
- 5-6,5 h
- Shortening lift
- no
- Avalanche danger
- www.slf.ch
- Weather
- SRF Meteo Meteoschweiz Combin Meitin, mountain-forecast.com Cab. Valsorey, Meteoblue.com Plateau Couloir, Meteoblue.com Gr. Combin Valsorey, mountain-forecast.com Gr. Tete de By, mountain-forecast.com Bourg St.-Pierre, yr.no Bourg St.-Pierre, meteoblue.com
- Snow report
- bergfex.ch, Liddes - Vichères
- Webcams
- Grand St. Bernard Tunnel
- Region
- Bourg-Saint-Pierre Wallis.ch Pays du Saint-Bernard
- Public traffic
- train SBB Bus - Postauto.ch
- Skiresort nearby
- Liddes - Vichères
- Other links
- Swiss Tourism
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Fenetre Ferret - H.R. Grande Lui, Day 3 2698 m
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- Length of ascent11 km
- ascent1330 m
- duration5-7 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
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- Length of ascent5,5 km
- ascent1110 m
- duration5-7 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
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- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
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- duration9-11 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
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- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦♦
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- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
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