Chamonix to Zermatt - Alps

2nd - 10th August 2003



Day 1 - Glacier du Tour		Day 1 - Albert Premier

Day 1 - Jono, Nancy and Chris		Day 1 - Towards Aiguilles d'Argentiere

Day 1 - Sunset from RefugeAlbert Premier		Day 1 - CAF (Club Alpin Francais) and ice axes

Day 2 - Glacier gear		Day 3 - In front of the Grand Combin

Day 3 - Clouds by la Ruinette		Day 3 - Desent towards Cabane de Dix

Day 4 - Rest on the ascent of Pigne d'Arolla		Day 4 - Pigne d'Arolla and the Dent Blanche and Matterhorn behind

Day 4 - Ascent of Pigne d'Arolla		Day 4 - Cabane des Vignettes

Day 4 - At Cabane des Vignettes		Day 4 - Glacier du Mont Collon (right) and l'Eveque (left)

Day 5 - On the glacier du Mont Collon		Day 5 - Climbing out of crevasses

Day 5 - Crevasses		Day 5 - Glacier descent before ascending to Cabane de Berthol

Day 5 - A 'moulin' on the glacier		Day 5 - View from Cabane de Berthol (climbers ascending) towards Pigne d'Arolla

Day 5 - La Dent Blanche from Cabane de Berthol		Day 5 - The Matterhorn, behind, and la Tete Blanche

Day 6 - Looking back on the ascent to la Tete Blanche		Day 6 - Jono at the summit of la Tete Blanche

Day 6 - Matterhorn, left, and la Dent d'Herens, right, on the descent towards the Schonbiel hutte		Day 6 - The Matterhorn

Day 7 - The Matterhorn from the Schonbiel Hutte - last hut before Zermatt		Day 8 - Jet d'Eau, Geneva, Switzerland

A 7day mountaineering trip from mountain hut to mountain hut across the glaciers of the French and Swiss Alps from Chamonix, France to Zermatt, Switzerland. Our superb guide was Christophe Bornet.
Mountain Huts:	Refuge Albert Premier, a night in a village, Cabane des Dix, Cabane des Vignettes, Cabane de Berthol, Schonbiel Hutte