Cicerone Chamonix To Zermatt

This guide is the perfect companion to the Chamonix-Zermatt route and contains all the information needed to make a successful trek. Typically taking about two weeks to complete, it's packed with practical information on accommodation, facilities, transport to and from the region and safety in high mountains. Not to mention the guide includes maps to each stage, route profiles, information on places and mountains of interest and breathtaking photography along the way.* Everything you need to plan your trek, and then walk it. From accommodation and access, currency and language to clear descriptions of the route.* The route is covered in 14 stages, including 10 variants and additions. There is also information on walking and climbing activities to do after your arrival in Zermatt.* Details and history on the Alpine towns, villages, huts and mountains along the way enrich the entire trek.* Alpine summer walking mid-June to mid-September. Snow could remain on higher passes well into July.* Chamonix, Argenti+¿re, Trient, Champex, Sembrancher, Le Chable, Verbier, Arolla, Les Haud+¿res, Zinal, Gruben, St Niklaus, Zermatt.* 180km, 11 passes, 12,000m of ascent over 2 weeks make this a fairly tough trek as well as a beautiful one. High alpine mountain walking.* One big highlight ... from Mont Blanc and Chamonix's Aiguilles, the Combin stages, the fabulous vals d'Herens and Moiry, the Matterhorn view as you walk into Zermatt, the huts, the company ... shall I go on?