The Haute Route is the name given to a route undertaken on foot or by ski touring between the Mont Blanc in Chamonix, France, and the Matterhorn, in Zermatt, Switzerland.
Two alpinists on the Otemma Glacier on the Haute Route
View of Matterhorn and Dent d'Hérens from the summit of Tête Blanche, high point of the Haut Route (3,710 m (12,172 ft))
Vignettes Hut, near Arolla, Switzerland
Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, and the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus mountains, rising 4,805.59 m (15,766 ft) above sea level, located on the French-Italian border. It is the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, after Mount Elbrus, and the 11th most prominent mountain in the world.
Mont Blanc from the Aosta Valley (Italy)
Mont Blanc as seen from Valdigne in Aosta Valley, Italy
Mont Blanc from the TMB
The original Vallot refuge (now rebuilt) near Mont Blanc summit, at an altitude of 4,362 m