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One of the two variants of the 2nd day stage of the classic Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt. From the hut Cabane Trient, descend briefly northwards, then a short climb to the saddle Col Escandies (2793 m). Complicated terrain from the saddle down, often with crampons and skis on a backpack. Then a long descent along the north-east slope through the Val d´Árpette to Champex. From there by bus to Orsiéres, it is good to take the bus at 12:58, in Orsieres change to the connection to Bourg St-Pierre (2:00 p.m.).
Peak
- Country
- Switzerland
- Montains
- Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes
- Tags
- Argentiére Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt Le Tour Massif Mont Blanc Schweiz Switzerland Valais Wallis Walliser Alpen
- Hut
- Cabane Trient
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 568679
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 95341
Start point
- Start Point
- Cabane Trient
- Altitude
- 3170 m
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 569402
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 94304
Conditions
- Avalanche danger
- www.slf.ch
- Weather
- Cabane Trient, meteoblue.com Petite Pointe d´Orny 3187m / mountain-forecast.com Aig. du Pissoir 3440m / mountain-forecast.com Pointe des Grandes 3101m / mountain-forecast.com Tete de Balme 2321m / mountain-forecast.com La Breya 2194m / mountain-forecast.com Le Tour, meteoblue Grands Montets, meteoblue.com Lac Champex, meteoblue Meteoschweiz Vallorcine-Le Tour
- Snow report
- Champex-Lac, bergfex.ch Verbier,skiresort.info Le Tour, snow-forecast.com Chamonix, onthesnow.com
- Webcams
- Lognan - Grands Montets Les Autannes Trient Glacier Chamonix, all webcams Champex - Val Arpette
Ski tour map on Val Arpette (Day2, H.R. Chamonix-Zermatt)
bivakovací nouzová chata 
cepín a mačky potřeba
exponovaný, obtížný terén
horská chata
hôtel, penzion
lanovka, vlek
lavinové nebezpečí, svah > 30°
ledovcové trhliny
lehká túra
mimořádně obtížná túra
mírně obtížná túra
obtížná túra
parkoviště
přístup k chatě
restaurace
sedlo
sjezd
skidepo
vrchol
výstup
začátek ledovce
- bivouac, winter room
- crampons & ice axe necessary
- exposed, difficulty terrain
- mountain hut, refuge
- hotel, pension
- cableway, skilift
- avalanche danger, slope > 30°
- glacier cracks
- little difficult tour
- extremely difficult tour
- rather difficult tour
- difficult tour
- parking
- hut acces
- restaurant
- col, pass, saddle
- descent
- skidepot
- peak, summit
- ascent
- glacier beginning
- biwak, winterraum
- steigeisen & pickel erforderlich
- ausgesetzt, schwierige gelände
- berghütte
- hotel, pension
- seilbahn, skilift
- lawinengefahr, hangneigung > 30°
- gletscherspalten
- wenig schwierige tour
- äusserst schwierige tour
- ziemlich schwierige tour
- schwierige tour
- parkplatz
- zugang zur hütte
- restaurant
- sattel, joch, pass
- abfahrt
- skidepot
- gipfel
- aufsieg
- gletscher anfang
- bivacco, locale invernale
- ramponi & piccozza necessari
- esposto, terreno difficolt?
- rifugio, capanna
- alberghi, pensione
- funivia, seggiovia
- pericolo di valanghe, pendenza > 30°
- crepe glacier
- tour piccolo difficile
- tour estremamente difficile
- tour piuttosto difficile
- escursioni difficili
- parcheggio
- accesso capanna
- ristorante
- col, sella, passo, forcella
- discesa
- sci deposito
- picco, vertice, piz
- salita
- inizio ghiacciaio
- bivouac, local d'hiver
- crampons & piolet nécessaire
- exposée, difficulté du terrain
- cabane de montagne, refuge
- hôtel, pension
- téléphérique, téléski
- danger d'avalanche, pente > 30°
- crevasse du glacier
- peu difficile tour
- extr?mement difficile tournée
- assez difficile tour
- difficile tournée
- parking
- acces cabane
- restaurant
- col, selle
- descente
- skis dépôt
- pic, sommet
- ascension
- début glacier
- < 20°
- 20° - 25°
- 25° - 30°
- 30° - 35°
- 35° - 40°
- > 40°
Current weather conditions in the tour area
Planning of ski tour
- Fitness difficulty
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- Technical difficulty
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- best time for this tour
- April
- Glacier
- Yes
- Map
- Martigny 282 S, Swisstopo 1:50000 Barberine 1324, Swisstopo 1:25000 Col de Balme 1344, Swisstopo 1:25000 Orsières 1345, Swisstopo 1:25000 Chamonix 3630, IGN 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) Haute Route (Rother, deutsch) Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt (JM editions, french)
About Ski tour
- Time difficulty
- Ascent (height difference)
- 160 m
- Lenght of ascent
- 0,2 km
- Descent (height difference)
- 1870 m
- Total Lenght of tour
- 10 km
- Total time of the tour
- 3-5 h
- Elevation Range
- 1467 - 2793 m
- Principal Aspect
- SW, SE, NE S-south, N-north, W-west, E-east
Download
- GPX (track only)
- HRC-Day2-Trient-ValArpette-Champex_TRK.gpx best for display on a detailed topographical map (mapy.cz) or in apps for smartphones (Locus, Garmin Connect, etc.)
- GPX (waipoints, track)
- HR_Trient-Hut_Arpette_Lac-Champex_skitour.gpx great for uploading in GPS device
- KML (with POI)
- HRC TrientHut-LacChampex_viaArpette_HauteRouteChamx-Zermatt 2day.kml for viewing in the Google Earth 3D map application, which you can install on your PC
Video of tour on Val Arpette (Day2, H.R. Chamonix-Zermatt)
Current avalanche potential on tour - Val Arpette (Day2, H.R. Chamonix-Zermatt)
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