With this 11-night excursion, from Zermatt you hike beneath the iconic Matterhorn and from Chamonix beneath Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, (4,808.7 meters) (15,777 feet).
Base Villages: Zermatt, Switzerland and Chamonix, France
Hotels:
– Chalet Hotel Le Prieure, France: Chalet Hotel Le Prieure
– Zermatt, Switzerland: Hotel Silvana
Highlights – Chamonix: Aiguilles des Grands Montets, Mer de Glace, and of course Mont Blanc (4808 meters (15,777 feet) the highest peak in the Alps are must sees when visiting the French Alps. The entire Monte-Blanc-Chamonix area is a highlight with over 300km (186 miles) of hiking trails. The mountains around Chamonix, a fabulous and fun town, are perfectly shaped to offer high altitude hikes from one end of the valley to the other. The views from the Grand Balcon South trail of the Monte Blanc massif and surrounding peaks truly give perspective of how incredible the Frnch Alps are.
Highlights – Zermatt: The Matterhorn and the Matter valley, surrounded by 30 peaks topping 4,000 m (13,000 ft.); the Monte Rosa massif and Dufourspitze, the highest point in Switzerland; Gornergrat, a cog railway that travels 3,089 m (10,134 ft.) to an impressive overlook, and the Klein Matterhorn, the end point of Switzerlands’s highest cable car at 3,820 m (12,533 ft.) terrific. Having such impressive gondolas and cable cars and cog trains to our trail heads helps us keep above tree line affording incredible views of an area that holds 3/4 of all 4000-meter peaks in the Alps
Guides: Shannon Harris, Navita Shyam and John Wigington
