{"id":13695,"date":"2025-05-14T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/2025\/05\/14\/haute-route-may-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T13:26:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:26:57","slug":"haute-route-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/2025\/05\/14\/haute-route-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Haute Route, May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third and final Ski Haute Route of the season. Late in the year, just before the huts close for the ski touring season, the walk from Chamonix to Zermatt is a very special experience.<\/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\/05\/20250430_130043.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On the Grands Montets, Mont Blanc in the background\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250430_130043-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250430_132328.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Ice formations on Glacier des Rognons\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250430_132328-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_063554.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Les Droites\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_063554-450x285.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.5789473684211\" data-height=\"285\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_063556.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Aiguille Verte\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_063556-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_084653.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Glacier de Saleinaz and Grand Combin the background\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_084653-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_104838.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"The Ferrata on Col des Ecandies\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_104838-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_110609.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On Col des Ecandies\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_110609-450x323.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.3931888544892\" data-height=\"323\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_114234.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"The lower part of Val d' Arpette\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_114234-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_114507.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Krokus in Val d' Arpette\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_114507-450x344.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.3081395348837\" data-height=\"344\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_120821.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Grand Combin from Champex\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250501_120821-450x295.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.5254237288136\" data-height=\"295\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250502_091734.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"River traversing in Valsorey\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250502_091734-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250502_133404.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"At Cabane de Valsorey\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250502_133404-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250502_161013.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Reflecting cornsnow on Montorge\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250502_161013-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250503_082510.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"After a cold front it's clear again on Col du Sonadon\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250503_082510-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250503_083122.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On Glacier du Mont Durand, just before Cabane de Chanrion\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250503_083122-450x327.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.3761467889908\" data-height=\"327\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250503_160013.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Afternoon break on Cabane de Chanrion\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250503_160013-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250503_172839.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Mont Gele\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250503_172839-450x300.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.5\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250503_172846.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Morains of the Glacier de Fen&ecirc;tre\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250503_172846-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250504_081557.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"&quot;Brockengespenst&quot; (the shade of the mountain lies on the clouds)\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250504_081557-450x384.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.171875\" data-height=\"384\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250504_113503.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Flat light on Pigne d' Arolla\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250504_113503-450x342.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.3157894736842\" data-height=\"342\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250505_112821.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Ladders lead to the exposed Cabane de Bertol\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250505_112821-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_055207.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Clearing on the next day: Pigne d' Arolla\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_055207-450x274.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.6423357664234\" data-height=\"274\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_060545.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Dent Blanche\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_060545-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_060700.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Cabane de Bertol\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_060700-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_075259.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Col de la T&ecirc;te Blanche\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_075259-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_080201.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Matterhorn from Col de la T&ecirc;te Blanche\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_080201-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_080208.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Dent d' Herens\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_080208-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_080633.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On Col de la T&ecirc;te Blanche, Dent Blanche in the background\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_080633-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_081853.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Stoneman on T&ecirc;te Blanche\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_081853-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_082702.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"On T&ecirc;te Blanche\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_082702-450x400.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.125\" data-height=\"400\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_082735.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Dent d' Herens\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_082735-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_091523.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Run over the Stockjigletscher\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250506_091523-450x253.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.7786561264822\" data-height=\"253\" data-width=\"450\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third and final Ski Haute Route of the season. Late in the year, just before the huts close for the ski touring season, the walk from Chamonix to Zermatt is a very special experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,116,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hautes-alpes-en","category-skidurchquerungen-en","category-valais-alps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13695","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=13695"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13697,"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13695\/revisions\/13697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firngrat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}