📍 Trek Overview

• Location: Switzerland (Mont Blanc to Matterhorn)

• Duration: 5 days per week (choose one or both weeks)

• Season: August

• Group Ratio: 1 guide per 4 participants

• Price: £750 per person per week (plus expenses)

• Accommodation: Guest houses, hotels, and mountain huts

• Difficulty: Tough but non-technical — approx. 15km/day with 1500m ascent

👥 Who Is This Trek For?

This trek is ideal for:

• Keen hillwalkers looking for a guided Alpine adventure

• Anyone fit enough for 5 consecutive days of trekking

• Those seeking non-technical routes with world-class scenery

• Walkers who want flexibility — choose one week or both

You’ll journey through Alpine meadows, beneath towering 4000m peaks, and stay in cozy mountain refuges and guest houses.

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Trek Itinerary

Week One

• Day 1: Verbier → Cabanne Louvie

• Day 2: Cabanne Louvie → Hotel du Barrage

• Day 3: Hotel du Barrage → Arolla

• Day 4: Arolla → La Sage

• Day 5: La Sage → Grimentz

Week Two

• Day 6: Barrage Moiry → Zinal

• Day 7: Zinal → Cabane Bella-Tola

• Day 8: Cabane Bella-Tola → Gruben

• Day 9: Gruben → St Niklaus

• Day 10: St Niklaus → Zermatt

You can read the detailed program and kit list on the full course notes here. 

Why Choose ExpeditionGuide?

• Small group sizes (1:4 ratio) for safety, fun, and low environmental impact

• Led by International Mountain Leaders with decades of Alpine experience

• Run by myself and Sandy Patterson — both qualified instructors and trainers of future leaders

• Focused on quality, flexibility, and personal connection

🚆 Getting There

• Travel from London to Geneva via train, flight, or car

• From Geneva, take a train to Verbier — efficient and scenic

• Return from Zermatt to Geneva is equally simple Swiss Travel Info & Timetables

💰 What’s Included

• Leadership and logistical organization

• Pre-arranged trekking accommodation (we organise the accommodation and then you pay to providers each day)

• Flexibility to choose your own accommodation before/after the trek

Not included: Flights, accommodation, transfers, food, insurance, and daily expenses

• Typical hut/hotel cost: ~140 CHF per night

• Approximate total cost (2024): ~£1500 per person per week including our course fee and all expenses

We don’t offer an “all inclusive” package because we are not set up as Tour Operators, hence we organise the trek and then you pay directly to the places that we stay each night. 

🎥 Watch the Trek in Action

Experience the beauty of the Walkers Haute Route in our video. Watch the Video

BOOK THIS TREK

To book this course please click on the button below.

Week One – Booking Calendar

Week Two – Booking Calendar