{"id":13607,"date":"2025-05-14T06:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T04:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/2025\/05\/14\/haute-route-beginning-of-april-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T07:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T05:16:34","slug":"haute-route-beginning-of-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/2025\/05\/14\/haute-route-beginning-of-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Haute Route beginning of April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first Haute Route of the year starts exactly on the day the time changes to daylight saving time. Accordingly, a bit of &#8220;spring fatigue&#8221; is starting to set in. But the wonderful weather and almost perfect conditions spur us on. Only the key passage over the Plateau de Couloir and the Chanrion Hut, due to a brief change in the weather, requires us to bypass the easier Verbier route. Finally, after countless turns in the powder snow, we arrive in Zermatt in glorious sunshine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rgg-container\" data-rgg-id=\"1\">    <div class=\"rgg-imagegrid captions-title captions-effect-none \" data-rgg-id=\"1\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_092057.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Start in the skiresort of Argentiere\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_092057-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_095414.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"In front of the Seracs of the Argentiere Glacier\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_095414-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_101238.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"We approach the Argentiere Glacier\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_101238-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_115633.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Ascent to the Col du Passon. In the background the Aiguille Vert.\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_115633-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_131711.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"The last steps to the Col.\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_131711-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_133727.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On the Col du Passon.\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_133727-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_200318.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"View out of the window of the Albert 1er hut in the evening.\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250330_200318-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_080734.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Start morgens von der Albert 1er zur Aiguille du Tour\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_080734-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_094125.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Plateau du Trient from Col sup. du Tour\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_094125-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_110726.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On the Aiguille du Tour\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_110726-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_115739.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Grand Combin\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_115739-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_115745.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"View to the Valais with Weisshorn (left) and Matterhorn\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_115745-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_122459.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Aiguille du Tour\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_122459-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_122502.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"View to Trient\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_122502-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_132932.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"In the Val d' Arpette\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250331_132932-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250401_095409.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Ascent to Cabane de Valsorey\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250401_095409-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250401_105437.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Break at the half way\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250401_105437-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250401_111710.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"&quot;Firnmirror&quot;\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250401_111710-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250401_114323.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Le Glacier du Valsorey\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250401_114323-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250401_174323.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"&quot;Stoneman&quot; at Cabane de Valsorey\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250401_174323-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402_132321.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On Col de Momin\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402_132321-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402_121249.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Ascent on Rosablanche\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402_121249-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402_150205.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On the summit of Rosablanche\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402_150205-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402_152935.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Downhill to Cabane de Prafleuri\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402_152935-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250403_073054.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On the next day we ascent the Pigne d' Arolla; the Mont Blanc de Cheilon gets first light\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250403_073054-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250403_093817.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Mont Blanc de Cheilon\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250403_093817-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250403_104946.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Break on the glacier\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250403_104946-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250403_115729.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Ascent to the &quot;Serpentine&quot;\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250403_115729-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250403_125643.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Approach to the Pigne\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250403_125643-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250403_144332.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On the summit of Pigne; Dent Blanche in the background\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250403_144332-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250404_074933.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On the next day we hike to Zermatt and look back to the Grand Combin\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250404_074933-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250404_081223.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On Col de l' Eveque\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250404_081223-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250404_083328.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Col du Mont Brul&eacute;\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250404_083328-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250404_094517.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Steep ascent to the Col du Mont Brul&eacute;\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250404_094517-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250404_125635.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On the Tete Blanche\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250404_125635-450x208.jpg\" data-ratio=\"2.1634615384615\" data-height=\"208\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The first Haute Route of the year starts exactly on the day the time changes to daylight saving time. Accordingly, a bit of &#8220;spring fatigue&#8221; is starting to set in. But the wonderful weather and almost perfect conditions spur us on. Only the key passage over the Plateau de Couloir and the Chanrion Hut, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-skidurchquerungen-en","category-valais-alps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13607"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13613,"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13607\/revisions\/13613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}