Walking the Haute Route

29 Jun, 2007
On the TMB 2005  

So, a couple of months to go until we set off walking the Haute Route. “We” being my girlfriend LB, and three friends.

It’s less “technical” (marginally!) than what we usually get up to given a chance to get to the mountains. I think of it as “luxury mountaineering”. In that you get to walk through mountains carrying very little gear and having meals and a bed at the end of the day. Hardly mountaineering at all!

We (that’s LB and one of the three) have done the part of the route where it shares a couple of days with the Tour of Mont Blanc. Breathtaking scenery.

I’ll be putting a few posts up about what I think is worth carrying (and what I don’t!). These posts are really meant for the people that are coming but I’ll write them in a way I hope might be interesting to others stumbling in here!

In the mean time – check out Wikipedia’s article on the Haute Route. It was a bit of a muddle so I spent a while editing it with a bit of help from our guide (writer!) on the route, Kev Reynolds.

 

Category :

Big Walk, Haute Route, Ramblings, Walking

Posted by RedYeti

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4 Responses to “Walking the Haute Route”

  1. Lighthiker Says:
    July 2nd, 2007 at 13:50

    Hi Dave,

    welcome to the world of blogging and thanks for adding me to your blogroll! I hope you’ll enjoy it.

    Bonne chance,
    Roman

  2. RedYeti Says:
    July 2nd, 2007 at 17:11

    Cheers Roman – your site was really what made me think it was worth me doing it to be honest! :)

  3. Maz Says:
    September 14th, 2010 at 08:16

    Just finished the TMB – not really mountaineering at all – hillwalking to be honest but still a great introduction to the Alps. Not sure about the HR – I’m thinking of getting a high route together of my own walking between high level huts rather than following the HR – particularly as some of the early stages follow the TMB (admittedly some of the best parts of the TMB). Anyway – thanks for the post.

  4. RedYeti Says:
    October 3rd, 2010 at 15:59

    Glad you enjoyed the post Maz :)

    Yes the TMB is a great intro to the Alps. Some very-hard-to-beat views! Just looking through your write up it seems you have a very similiar set of photos to us in fact. No surprise there really and it doesn’t detract from the route.

    In fact I really do want to go and do the whole thing again – there are just so many other routes to do!

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