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Walker's Haute Route
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 14–22 °C (57–72 °F)
- J1°-8°170
- F3°-7°148
- M6°-4°153
- A9°0°135
- M14°4°161
- J19°9°163
- J22°11°160
- A21°11°160
- S18°8°140
- O14°3°164
- N6°-3°158
- D1°-7°192
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
WHR classic route
OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 209 km · 130 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Mont Blanc Massif (Graian Alps › Northwestern Alps; GMBA)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- Switzerland
- Region
- Valais
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- WHR
- From / to
- Chamonix → Zermatt
- Route centre
- 46.0737, 7.3411
- Route start
- 45.9236, 6.8692
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 3020521
- Wikidata
- Q18670873
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.