day 11 back home

* Zermat to Cambridge

* It was rain in Zermat and valleys. But it is OK because I just went home.

* Picked up my clothes which I forgot to take at the hotel in
St Nikaluus

* Zermat YH
* Train to Geneva
* 1550 Geneva airport
* 1635 London/LHR
* Train to Cambridge
an accident at a bridge made train stopped for about 1h.

* Safely backed to home.
End of a long trip.

day 10 Hörnli hut

* 2nd day at
Zermat YH

* hike up to
Hörnli hut
http://www.zermatt.ch/jp/Media/Attractions/Hoernli-hut-Base-Camp-Matterhorn

730 from Zermat YH
1230 Honrnli hut
1330 Honrnli hut
a long down back.

http://www.zermatt.ch/en/Media/Planning-hikes-tours/Matterhorn-Trail

Stafel

Zmutt,
an old villege

day 9 Zermat

* stay at
Zermat YH
https://www.hihostels.com/ja/hostels/zermatt-youth-hostel
a good hostel.
The Matterhorn over the window.

* walk around, up and down.

* Started fron Chamonix in 2001,
Now I have reached at Zermat and
completed the walker's Haute route in Sep 2016.

* A long, up and down, winding way.
I passed Many passes,
I heared winds from valleys to valleys,
I walked on rocks and rocks,
sometimes closed to lost the path.

* The 15 years was long. Many things happened. Time flies.

* Now the Matterhorn, edelweiss, apple juice, and some photos in my smartphone.

* But still the peak of the horn is away and above me.
* How many steps do I need to climb on the top of the horn ?

* The sky becomes perfect blue now.

* Chez Vrony.
http://www.chezvrony.ch/de/restaurant/index.php

One of the best places to eat.

day 8 Arrived at Zermat

* stage 14
Europa hut, Zermat

* Randa

* Täsch
a beautiful village

* stay at
le Mozart
70 CHF

day 7 Europeweg

* stage 13 alternative
Gasenried, Gruben, Europa hut

* 630 start from a bakery at Gasenried
before dawn

In the morning I saw Orion coming up from east.

* Walk in Europeweg to south

* a challenging trail
Almost as planned time.
I losted paths to go
but after some trials, I found right paths.

One young man from Israel went to Zermat.

After a long walk, I found a nice hut.

* Eurupa hut
https://www.randa.ch/tourismus/berghuetten/europahuette/

day 6 Gasenried

* stage 13 alternative
St Nikaluus to Gasenried

* walk up to Gasenried
about 2-3 h

* stay at
a hotel in Gasenried

* a rest day

Walker's Haute Route 2016 Aug-Sep

Backed to the Valleys.

I started this trail 15 years ago.
http://caferedsky.blogspot.co.uk/2006/06/alps-2001.html

the #wind cooled down the #sun heated up us. but we completed stage 12 #hauteroute #swissalps

taka_tamuさん(@taka.tamu)が投稿した写真 - 2016 8月 30 9:45午前 PDT

day-5

* stage 12
Gruben to St Nikaluus

* stay at
hotel la Reserve
http://www.la-reserve.ch/

good pizza

* Another long trail
I tried to finished the stage by the shortest time,
but it turned out that by the longest time.

* After finishing the stage,
we had beer and pizza at
St Nikaluus.
Thanks to Orjan and Hans.

day-4 Zinal to Gruben

* stage 11
Zinal to Gruben

730 started at Zinal
1530 arrived at Gruben
almost on time as the guide book

a long trail.

* met with some people walking on the Haute route
Todd and others

* Hotel Schwarzhorn
http://www.hotelschwarzhorn.ch/
63 CHF

* good dinner with friends from Japan, US, Thailand, Sweden.

day-3

* stay at Zinal
walk around Zinal
930-1600

* Hotel la Poste
http://www.lapostezinal.ch/
(booking.com)

* dinner:
a local cheese food
Raclette
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raclette
27 CHF

day-2

Zion
Bus to
Grimentz
5h walk to
Zinal

* stay at
Auberge Alpina
good guest house
http://www.auberge-alpina.ch/

* dinner with two spain and one swiss

Haute Route 2016 day-1

* 730 taxi to IoA
* 945 Cambridge station
* 1030 Train to King's cross
* 1200 London,
Paddinton, Hammersmith, Picadely line

* LHR
* 1500 depart to Geneva

(1 hour difference)
* 1750 Geneva Airport

Zion YH