The Cabane des Vignettes is located at the crossroads of two haute routes to Zermatt. One leads from Chamonix and the other from Verbier. All ski tours to the Vignettes hut follow the glaciers. The easiest approach is from Arolla. In addition to going from hut to hut, you can ski from Vignettes to the peaks of L'Eveque, Mont Brulé and Pigne Arolla. Reservations have to be made on time.
Tours starting from hut
Ski tours around Hut Cabane des Vignettes
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Col Valpelline, Day 6 H.R. Chamonix-Zermatt 3551 m
Cabane des Vignettes Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent9 km
- ascent1485 m
- duration8-10 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
The last stage of the Haute Route Chamonix - Zermatt is an ode to skiing. After an easy ascent to three saddles - Col de Eveque, Col du Mont Brulé and Col Valpelline. Every ski mountaineer will be amazed by the panorama of the impressive 4000m peaks - Dent Blanche, Matterhorn and Dent d´Hérens. This is followed by a 10 km descent to Zermatt.
- Country
- Switzerland
- Montains
- Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes
- Open (winter)
- mid March - end May
- Beds
- 120
- Winterraum
- yes, 12 beds
- Shortening of access (cableway, lift, taxi, snowcat...)
- no
- Luggage transport
- no
- Card Pay
- yes
- Shower
- no
- Wifi
- no
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 602870
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 93140
- GPX access to hut (waipoints, track)
- VignettesH_access_Arolla.gpx
- GPX access to hut (track only)
- Vignettes-Hut_all_access_TRK.gpx
- Map
- Arolla 283 S, Swisstopo 1:50000 Matterhorn 1347, 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)
- +41 27 283 13 22
- Phone (valley)
- -
- Cell phone
- -
- Mobile Signal
- yes
- Web
- cabanedesvignettes.ch
- info@cabanedesvignettes.ch
- Owner of hut
- SAC Monte Rosa
- Cabane des Vignettes
- Reservation
- online former
- Online reservation
- alpsonline.org
- Avalanche danger
- www.slf.ch
- Weather
- SRF Meteo Meteoschweiz Cabane Vignettes. meteoblue.com Mont Collon, mountain-forecast.com Pigne Arolla, mountain-forecast.com L´Eveque, mountain-forecast.com Arolla, yr.no Arolla, snow-forecast.com
- Snow report
- Arolla, snow-forecast.com Arolla, bergfex.ch Arolla, onthesnow.com skiresort.info snow.myswitzerland.com/
- Webcams
- Evolene Arolla
- Region
- Val d´Hérens Wallis.ch
- Public traffic
- train SBB bus - Postauto.ch
- Skiresort nearby
- Arolla Verbier
- Other links
- Swiss Tourism
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- duration6-8 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
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- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
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