Haute Route Chamonix – Zermatt

FR · CH · 6 typical nights · Ski: mid-March – early May · Glacier trek: July – mid-September · 6/7 stages tracked live · partial coverage

The most requested glacier haute route in the world, Verbier variant. The heart of the demand: Dix + Vignettes + Bertol on three consecutive nights. The classic Valsorey variant swaps Mont Fort and Prafleuri for Cabane de Valsorey and Cabane de Chanrion.

Stage by stage

1 Cabane du Trient CAS 3,170 m, SAC tracked live
2 Cabane du Mont Fort 2,457 m, private — book directly book directly
3 Cabane de Prafleuri 2,624 m tracked live
4 Cabane des Dix CAS 2,928 m, SAC tracked live
5 Cabane des Vignettes CAS 3,160 m, SAC tracked live
6 Cabane Bertol CAS 3,311 m, SAC tracked live
7 Schönbielhütte SAC optional 2,694 m, SAC — optional 8-day variant, then Zermatt tracked live

When can the whole traverse actually be booked?

whole traverse bookable that day not feasible

Valley bases

Most hikers sleep in the valley the night before and after the traverse — these are the usual bases for this route.

Chamonix hotels & stays → Zermatt hotels & stays →

Feasibility matrix

Stages × 30 departure days — each column is one staggered itinerary

Available
Nearly full
Fully booked
Closed
Unknown
— = book directly · shaded column = whole trip bookable

Depart on →	All open Tue 28 Jul	Wed 29 Jul	Thu 30 Jul	All open Fri 31 Jul	All open Sat 1 Aug	All open Sun 2 Aug	Mon 3 Aug	Tue 4 Aug	Wed 5 Aug	Thu 6 Aug	Fri 7 Aug	All open Sat 8 Aug	Sun 9 Aug	All open Mon 10 Aug	All open Tue 11 Aug	All open Wed 12 Aug	Thu 13 Aug	All open Fri 14 Aug	Sat 15 Aug	All open Sun 16 Aug	Mon 17 Aug	All open Tue 18 Aug	Wed 19 Aug	Thu 20 Aug	Fri 21 Aug	All open Sat 22 Aug	Sun 23 Aug	All open Mon 24 Aug	Tue 25 Aug	All open Wed 26 Aug
N1 Cabane du Trient CAS 3,170 m, SAC	31 Available	64 Available	64 Available	31 Available	3 Nearly full	71 Available	70 Available	45 Available	56 Available	59 Available	41 Available	1 Nearly full	77 Available	54 Available	22 Available	49 Available	53 Available	48 Available	Fully booked	79 Available	70 Available	73 Available	76 Available	78 Available	64 Available	24 Available	75 Available	68 Available	59 Available	82 Available
N2 Cabane du Mont Fort 2,457 m, private — book directly	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
N3 Cabane de Prafleuri 2,624 m	1 Nearly full	Fully booked	Fully booked	1 Nearly full	1 Nearly full	30 Available	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	8 Nearly full	Fully booked	2 Nearly full	1 Nearly full	1 Nearly full	Fully booked	1 Nearly full	3 Nearly full	3 Nearly full	Fully booked	4 Nearly full	10 Nearly full	Fully booked	Fully booked	10 Nearly full	Fully booked	29 Available	Fully booked	11 Nearly full
N4 Cabane des Dix CAS 2,928 m, SAC	39 Available	3 Nearly full	54 Available	48 Available	61 Available	50 Available	51 Available	13 Nearly full	11 Nearly full	74 Available	66 Available	70 Available	68 Available	84 Available	78 Available	1 Nearly full	75 Available	51 Available	66 Available	62 Available	63 Available	33 Available	Fully booked	62 Available	75 Available	76 Available	63 Available	64 Available	46 Available	1 Nearly full
N5 Cabane des Vignettes CAS 3,160 m, SAC	36 Available	66 Available	58 Available	40 Available	49 Available	49 Available	65 Available	39 Available	70 Available	70 Available	70 Available	55 Available	68 Available	46 Available	64 Available	70 Available	70 Available	59 Available	63 Available	66 Available	60 Available	64 Available	61 Available	70 Available	70 Available	70 Available	61 Available	58 Available	49 Available	70 Available
N6 Cabane Bertol CAS 3,311 m, SAC	78 Available	74 Available	69 Available	80 Available	48 Available	64 Available	53 Available	75 Available	76 Available	78 Available	76 Available	71 Available	68 Available	56 Available	80 Available	64 Available	62 Available	57 Available	63 Available	78 Available	47 Available	80 Available	76 Available	80 Available	80 Available	65 Available	71 Available	56 Available	72 Available	80 Available
N7 Schönbielhütte SAC 2,694 m, SAC — optional 8-day variant, then Zermatt	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed

Read a column top to bottom: it is one trip leaving that day, night by night. Untracked and optional stages stay neutral in the feasibility check — the alert email reminds you to book them directly.

Alert me on consecutive nights

Pick a date window and how many consecutive nights you need. We email you when the first window opens where every tracked stage has enough beds on its night — the one thing the official portals cannot do.