The Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt between the Chanrion and Vignetts huts offers two options. The clear number one is the line between the ridges above the Col Portons saddle. The only complication may be a few climb steps in the saddle, but it's all about a fantastic ski tour. A great highlight of this skitour is a bonus in the form of the Pigne Arolla summit. Then only the descent to Cabane Vignettes remains.
Peak
- Country
- Switzerland
- Montains
- Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes
- Tags
- Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt Mauvoisin Schweiz Switzerland Val de Bagnes Valais Wallis
- Hut
- Cabane Chanrion
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 601251
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 93302
Start point
- Start Point
- Cabane Chanrion
- Altitude
- 2462 m
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 595520
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 87510
Conditions
- Avalanche danger
- www.slf.ch
- Weather
- SRF Meteo Meteoschweiz snow-forecast.com Pointe d'Otemma, mountain-forecast.com Mont Avril, mountain-forecast.com La Ruinette, mountain-forecast.com Lac Mauvoisin - meteoblue.com Mont Oulié, mountain-forecast.com Grand Teve, Meteoblue.com Lac Mauvoisin - yr.no
- Snow report
- snow-forecast.com - Verbier bergfex.ch - Verbier onthesnow.com skiresort.info snow.myswitzerland.com/
- Webcams
- Mont Fort 3300 m (Verbier) Lourtier - Val Bagnes
Ski tour map on Pigne Arolla, Day 5 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°
Planning of ski tour
- Fitness difficulty
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- ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty
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- best time for this tour
- mid March-April
- Glacier
- Yes
- Map
- Arolla 283 S, Swisstopo 1:50000 Chanrion 1346, Swisstopo 1:25000 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)
About Ski tour
- Time difficulty
- Ascent (height difference)
- 1690 m
- Lenght of ascent
- 9 km
- Descent (height difference)
- 1000 m
- Total Lenght of tour
- 12,5 km
- Total time of the tour
- 7,5-9 h
- Elevation Range
- 2465 - 3790 m
- Principal Aspect
- SW, S, SE, S-south, N-north, W-west, E-east
Download
- GPX (track only)
- HR ChanrionHut-Portons-VignettesHutTRK.gpx best for display on a detailed topographical map (mapy.cz) or in apps for smartphones (Locus, Garmin Connect, etc.)
- GPX (waipoints, track)
- HR5d_ChanrionH-Portons-VignettesH_skitour.gpx great for uploading in GPS device
- KML (with POI)
- HRC ChanrionHut-VignettesHut_Portons_HauteRouteChamxZer_5day.kml for viewing in the Google Earth 3D map application, which you can install on your PC
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