The Cabane des Dix is mountain hut located above the Dix dam under the walls and glaciers of the Valais Alps. Very popular hut, accessible from Arolla. Cabane Dix is located on the Haute Route Verbiér-Zermatt. The ski tours lead to La Luette and Mont Blanc Cheilon. The highlight is the ascent to the Pigne Arolla and the descent to the Cabane Vignettes. Reservations are required on time.
Tours starting from hut
Ski tours around Hut Cabane des Dix
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La Luette 3547 m
Cabane des Dix Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent3 km
- ascent710 m
- duration1,5-3 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
La Luette je vděčná túra z chaty Cabane Dix. Po mírném svahu na ledovec Glacier de la Luette a v závěru po hřebenu na vrchol. Pouhých 500 výškových metrů od chaty může být lákadlem pro odpolední túru poté, když dorazíte brzo na chatu Dix.
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Pigne d´Arolla 3790 m
Cabane des Dix Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent6 km
- ascent1000 m
- duration5-7,5 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦◊◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
Pigne d´Arolla is a very popular and easily accessible viewpoint. The ski tour to the summit leads from the three mountain huts - Cabane Dix, Cabane Vignettes and Cabane Chanrion. The route from Dix goes around the glacial seracs to the saddle Col de la Serpentine and the summit can be reached on skis. A worthwhile summit on the Haute Routes to Zermatt.
- Country
- Switzerland
- Montains
- Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes
- Open (winter)
- mid March - mid May
- Beds
- 115
- Winterraum
- yes, 15 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)
- 598380
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 95500
- GPX access to hut (waipoints, track)
- DixCabane_access_Arolla.gpx
- GPX access to hut (track only)
- Dix-Hut_all_access_TRK.gpx
- Map
- Arolla 283 S, Swisstopo 1:50000 Chanrion 1346, 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 27 281 15 23
- Phone (valley)
- +41 79 197 31 14
- Cell phone
- -
- Mobile Signal
- no
- Web
- cabanedesdix.com
- info@cabanedesdix.ch
- Owner of hut
- SAC Monte Rosa
- Cabane des Dix
- Reservation
- online former
- Online reservation
- alpsonline.org
- Start Point
- Arolla
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 603324
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 96838
- Altitude
- 2008 m
- Ascent (height difference)
- 1180 m
- Time of Access
- 4-5 h
- Shortening lift
- no
- Avalanche danger
- www.slf.ch
- Weather
- SRF Meteo Meteoschweiz Arolla, snow-forecast.com La Luette, mountain-forecast.com Pigne Arolla, mountain-forecast.com La Ruinette, mountain-forecast.com Fenétre Cassorte, mountain-forecast.com Arolla, yr.no
- Snow report
- Arolla, snow-forecast.com Arolla, bergfex.ch Arolla, onthesnow.com skiresort.info snow.myswitzerland.com/
- Webcams
- Mont Fort 3300 m (Verbier) 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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