HAUTE ROUTE, FINAL DAY

The ladies on the Europaweg Bridge 

About to begin

Brunneghorn & Weisshorn under a full moon, am

Quiet on the Europaweg 

Roller coaster 

Zermatt and Mattertal 

Ropes overkill? 

Tunnels too

Weisshorn the star today

First view of the Matterhorn 

Early evening Matterhorn 

Final day of this highlights version of the Walkers Haute Route. It's a spectacular finish from Grachan to Zermatt which is usually walked over two days.  We have just the one day on this Tour so we fitted in the Europaweg Bridge from Randa. A fun way to finish for the ladies.  It gets quite busy on this feature which was completed late year. The Europaweg is an amazing roller coaster of a walk, mostly above the treeline and traverses the Mattertal.  Over the years there has been many rockfall and landslide damage to the trail and its many bridges. This new bridge replaces all the previous smaller ones that were taken out by rocks. It measures nearly 500m across a wide boulder, scree and avalanche area. The continuation from the bridge to Zermatt is still another 6 hours of never ending fun. Eventually dropping down to Zermatt,  or for a shorter day you can cut down to Tasch.
A fun  7 days with Monica,  Joanie,  Katie & Anna from the USA. A tough trek they commented from day 1. They had initially booked a self guided trip with Mont Blanc Treks. They realised later on that snow could be an issue so I was drifts in to guide them for the 4 toughest days. After day 1 with them they wanted me guiding them for the entire trek!
This week I have been guiding for Mont Blanc Treks,  experts on The Walkers Haute Route and TMB.
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