Come ski the famous Haute Route with us! A "must-do' for any serious backcountry skier, this route spans from Chamonix, France to Zermatt, Switzerland in 8 days you'll never forget. The classic Haute Route is one of the best backcountry skiing experiences in the world for skiers with some expertise and physical fitness. Staying in beautiful mountain huts perched high in the Alps along the way, each day offers great skiing over astonishingly beautiful glaciers. With the luxury of mountain huts skiers are able to travel relatively light with a only a typical backcountry day pack.

Starting in Chamonix, a ski mountaineer's Mecca, our trip will cross through terrain housing some of the great mountains (Mt Blanc, the Matterhorn) into Switzerland finishing in Zermatt. Spring conditions often create a thick layer of clouds that linger in the valleys as the skiers traverse high above, creating the illusion that you are traveling through another world. The huts offer an amazing array of European food, most notably their delicious cheeses, artisan breads and of course, the chocolate. The hardest part of the trip for most is descending down into the valley at the end; life is just too good in the high mountains. Undeniably, it's a week you'll remember always.

Click here for a gallery of pictures from our 2008 Haute Route Trip.

Your guides will assure you the finest technical and cultural experiences. Their familiarity with the area and its people will provide you with a safe and complete experience.

The team: Crested Butte Mountain Guides Senior Guide, and IFMGA/UIAGM Certified Guide Steve Banks & Crested Butte Mountain Guides Owner / Lead Guide, and AMGA Certified Ski Mountaineering Guide Jayson Simons-Jones. Both of our guides have extensive ski guiding experience in technical glaciated mountains, and have each successfully guided the Haute Route over the past few years. Our guides have an intimate knowledge of the Haute Route and are dedicated to sharing this incredible experience with you. You will enjoy their expertise, companionship and professionalism.

We are looking forward to having you join us.

Difficulty:
This is a strenuous tour and requires a high level of fitness. Participants must be strong skiers able to perform strong stem christies while carrying a pack in variable conditions: Powder, hard spring snow, crud and everything in between. Basic mountaineering skills are helpful, we may use a rope, ice axe, and crampons. Your guide will be happy to teach you these skills during the tour.

Tour dates: April 11 - 19, 2011
9 days / 9 nights. Not including travel time from and to your location.


Plan your own tour at your own dates. Contact us for details

2010 price:
6 people $ 2,450.00 per person
5 people $ 2,700.00 per person
4 people $ 3,000.00 per person
3 people $ 3,500.00 per person
2 people $ 4,000.00 per person

Services include:

Professional guide & expenses
Transportation during the tour,
Lifts, Aiguille Du Midi, Argentiere, Verbier, Furi-Zermatt
Train and buses, Champex to Verbier.
Hotel in Chamonix 2 nights, with breakfast
Zermatt 1 night with breakfast
Mountain Huts 6 nights, with breakfast and dinners.
Group technical equipment. First aid kit, ropes, radio, rescue sled, repair kit.
Satellite phone (per minute charge)
Transfer luggage’s to Zermatt.

Services do not include:

Transfer to Chamonix and from Zermatt
Meals in town, picnic lunches
Personal gear
Rescue insurance
Incidentals

Deposit & Payment schedule:
In order to secure your place in a program, tour, expedition, a deposit of 50% of the total fees is due at the time of
registration. We cannot hold your place without this deposit. The balance is due 60 days prior to the starting day of the tour,
program or expedition. For registration after the balance due date, full payment is due at the time of registration. If
payment is not received by the due date and other arrangements are not made with us, we reserve the right to consider
your registration canceled.


Cancellation & refund policy:
If you cancel your enrollment for any reason, the following policy applies:

Cancellation occurring after the balance due date will result in a complete forfeiture of all payment and deposit. The only exception to this occurs when we have somebody waiting to take your place, in which case we will refund all payment and deposit less a cancellation fee of $ 200.

If you cancel your enrollment before the balance due date you will receive a refund of all payment and deposit less a cancellation fee of $ 200.

If we cancel a trip due to inadequate registration you will receive a full refund of all payment and your deposit. With the exception of our trip fees, we are not responsible for other expenses you might incur (such as nonrefundable airline tickets or other travel and work arrangements) in the event that we cancel a trip.


Trip cancellation, interruption & Emergency Evacuation Insurance:
In order to protect yourself from the loss of nonrefundable fees we strongly recommend you purchase trip cancellation insurance. This type of insurance will allow you to recover fees resulting from cancellation due to personal or family illness occurring before or during the tour, program or expedition. Most type of trip insurance also allows recovering nonrefundable travel expenses in the event that we are to cancel due to inadequate registration. Emergency evacuation insurance, often included with trip cancellation, covers the normally very high cost of evacuation from remote mountainous areas. We strongly recommend that participants contact such insurance; they are available through your insurance or travel agent or check our website links: www.Worldtravelcenter.com // www.medjetassistance.com