Walkers Haute Route

When it comes to the Walker's Haute Route hiking, is there anything better, more beautiful, and more intense? When it comes to adventure and challenge, the Walker's Haute Route can be ranked alongside Kilimanjaro, the Everest Base Camp Trek, the Alta Via 2, and the Tour du Mont Blanc. More so, the latter is more of a preparation for the Walker's Haute Route than an equal. From Chamonix near Mont Blanc in France all the way to the Matterhorn near Swiss Zermatt, this is the pinnacle of hiking in the Alps. While showcasing amazing mountain passes, glaciers, charming pastoral towns, and magnificent valleys Walker's Haute Route is also known for its fantastic food and wine - promising a thrilling hut-to-hut trekking adventure. Allez, let's do the Haute Route! There are 200 kilometers (125 miles) and 15,200 vertical meters (50,000 ft) between Chamonix and Zermatt. The highest point reached is 2,987 meters or almost 10,000 ft. It doesn't matter whether you use the metric or the imperial system, the numbers for the Walker's Haute Route blow you away. As one of the most iconic examples of hut to hut hiking in France and Switzerland, this tremendous route stands out for its dramatic alpine scenery and rewarding challenge. What makes it so special? How do you hike it self-guided? Where do hikers spend the night? Why choose the Walker's Haute Route over the Tour du Mont Blanc? Let us answer all your questions!

The GR20 Corsica is a 180 km trail that runs along the mountain spine of the island from Calenzana in the north to Conca in the south, crossing 12,000 metres of total elevation change along the way. It is widely regarded as the hardest waymarked long-distance trail in Europe: expect granite slabs, iron chains, exposed ridges and a mountain refuge every night. At Bookatrekking we reserve those refuges for you including half board, and you hike with our app, which gives you offline navigation, a GPX track and the live weather forecast for each refuge on your itinerary. Everything else, including the granite, is on you.

The Tour du Mont Blanc is the classic hut-to-hut trek of the Alps: approximately 170 km (105 miles) through France, Italy and Switzerland, with around 10,000 m of total ascent and a typical duration of 7 to 11 days. Starting and finishing in Les Houches or Chamonix, the circuit crosses ten mountain passes, skirts glaciers, and takes you through three distinct alpine cultures. At Bookatrekking, we book your refuges and hotels, arrange luggage transfer where the route allows, and give you the hut-to-hut hiking app with offline GPX tracks and per-stage weather forecasts based on exact hut coordinates. This guide covers everything: stages, map, difficulty, cost, accommodation, itinerary options from 3 to 12 days, and how to get there.