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

Nothing open yet

No fully bookable departure in the next 12 weeks

No date in the window has every tracked stage bookable with 1 bed per stage on consecutive nights. Lower the bed threshold, move the start date, or set an alert and we will email you the moment a full window opens.

Set a consecutive-nights alert

How far ahead you can book

The whole traverse is bookable through 11 September 2027. Beyond that, Cabane des Vignettes CAS has not opened its calendar yet — one hut caps the entire chain.

The most forward-published hut on the route reaches 19 November 2028.

One email, once, when the calendar moves past this date. Nothing else.

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 × {'until': datetime.date(2027, 9, 11), 'hut_name': 'Cabane des Vignettes CAS', 'hut_slug': 'cabane-des-vignettes', 'widest': datetime.date(2028, 11, 19), 'stages': 5} departure days — each column is one staggered itinerary

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

Depart on →	Fri 11 Sep	Sat 12 Sep	Sun 13 Sep	Mon 14 Sep	Tue 15 Sep	Wed 16 Sep	Thu 17 Sep	Fri 18 Sep	Sat 19 Sep	Sun 20 Sep	Mon 21 Sep	Tue 22 Sep	Wed 23 Sep	Thu 24 Sep	Fri 25 Sep	Sat 26 Sep	Sun 27 Sep	Mon 28 Sep	Tue 29 Sep	Wed 30 Sep	Thu 1 Oct	Fri 2 Oct	Sat 3 Oct	Sun 4 Oct	Mon 5 Oct	Tue 6 Oct	Wed 7 Oct	Thu 8 Oct	Fri 9 Oct	Sat 10 Oct
N1 Cabane du Trient CAS 3,170 m, SAC	70 Available	55 Available	87 Available	82 Available	80 Available	83 Available	79 Available	88 Available	36 Available	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
N2 Cabane du Mont Fort 2,457 m, private — book directly	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
N3 Cabane de Prafleuri 2,624 m	9 Nearly full	Fully booked	Fully booked	38 Available	33 Available	45 Available	Fully booked	45 Available	Closed	Fully booked	Closed	Closed	54 Available	1 Nearly full	47 Available	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
N4 Cabane des Dix CAS 2,928 m, SAC	78 Available	85 Available	82 Available	85 Available	85 Available	24 Available	60 Available	86 Available	90 Available	90 Available	86 Available	Fully booked	39 Available	82 Available	90 Available	90 Available	90 Available	90 Available	90 Available	88 Available	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
N5 Cabane des Vignettes CAS 3,160 m, SAC	9 Closed	Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	9 Closed	9 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed	12 Closed
N6 Cabane Bertol CAS 3,311 m, SAC	80 Available	64 Available	70 Available	65 Available	80 Available	80 Available	80 Available	77 Available	77 Available	77 Available	77 Available	77 Available	75 Available	80 Available	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked	Fully booked
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.