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    the term haute route has become somewhat genericized for any of the many multi-day, hut-to-hut alpine tours, the "Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route" remains...
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    Olympics Communes of the Haute-Savoie department Mer de Glace Mont Blanc Massif Montroc The Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt English pronunciation:...
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    the Matterhorn Museum. Zermatt is a starting point for hikes into the mountains, including the Haute Route that leads to Chamonix in France and the Patrouille...
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    Mediterranean Sea. A link can also be made with the walkers' Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt in the Swiss Alps. The highest points on any variant of the...
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    Vignettes is a famous stop for those that walk or ski the Haute Route, ChamonixZermatt. This Haute Route was first established on foot in 1861 by English mountaineers...
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    sometimes known as Albert 1er, is located on the Haute Route between Chamonix, France and Zermatt, Switzerland. It is at 2,702 metres (8,865 ft) above...
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    areas. Tête Blanche is generally the high point of the Haute route between Chamonix and Zermatt and the annually race Patrouille des Glaciers. Tête Blanche...
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    the Mont Miné Glacier. The Bertol Hut is situated on the Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt. Nearby peaks include the Dent Blanche, Aiguille de la Tsa...
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    expeditions. Routes such as the Patrouillle des Glaciers and the Haute Route, a classic high-altitude mountain trek between Chamonix and Zermatt, pass through...
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  • instructor. Bonnel, member of the Club Alpin Français, holds the Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route record with Stéphane Brosse, in 21h11' He is married with three...
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  • downhill race. Since 2003 he and Lionel Bonnel had also held the Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route record with 21h 11'. Stéphane Brosse died on 17 June 2012 while...
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    Verbier is a stop on the most commonly taken route by skiers of the Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt. Various ski and snowboard schools offer private...
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    first flat route through the Alps. Some high mountain villages are car-free either because of inaccessibility or by choice. Wengen, and Zermatt (in Switzerland)...
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    Gendarmerie de Haute Montagne, Mountain Gendarmerie) on the Frendo spur of the North Face of Aiguille du Midi in the Mont Blanc massif close to Chamonix, France...
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    (1877) Anderegg was also a professional wood carver and owned a shop in Zermatt that sold his carvings (of bears, groups of chamois, and eagles, amongst...
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