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Haute Route links

Haute Route Tour ski Related Sites

Name: Richard Kirby's Haute Route Trip
URL: http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/Climbing/Net-stories/C-Z_hauteroute/
Info: Trip report of the classic route
Language: English
Rating: very nice

Name: Haute Route Ski Tour (Chamonix-Saas Fee)
URL: http://www-immuno.path.cam.ac.uk/~mrc7/cccc/hauteroute/index.html
Info: Trip report of the Haute Route via Verbier, Arolla, Zermatt to Saas Fee
Language: English
Rating: very nice

Name: Tourskiën op de Haute Route & Mont Blanc
URL: http://www.geocities.com/happy_toerski/
Info: Aborted trip
Language: Dutch
Rating: slow, slow site

Name: Tom Bennet
URL: http://www.du.edu/~lcarlsen/HR.html
Info: Short trip report of the Haute Route 'Verbier Route'
Language: English
Rating: not so much info

Name: Chamonix - Zermatt
URL: http://www.crans.org/clubs/montagne/cham-zrt/cham.html
Info: Trip report of the classic route
Language: French
Rating: Some really nice pictures

Name: Haute Route (Skitour von Chamonix nach Saas Fee
URL: http://www.joachim-reuter.de/route.htm
Info: Classic route from Chamonix to Saas Fee
Language: German
Rating: Nice story, but not too much pictures

Haute Route Walking Related Sites

Name: Haute Route on Foot (Glaciertour from Chamonix to Zermatt)
URL: http://home.hetnet.nl/~ron_bloksma/index_e.html
Info: Very nice site with lots of information on the Haute Route
Language: English, Dutch
Rating: Best newcomer in 2001, tour skiers don't miss this site

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Other Tour Ski Sites

Name: Skirando
URL: http://www.skirando.ch
Info: Here you find all the inspiration you need, skirando is an interactive site about tour ski routes, snow conditions and other related stuff.
Language: French, German, Italian, English
Rating: the Swiss did it again

Tour Ski Races

Name: la Patrouille des Glaciers
URL: http://www.pdg.ch
Info: a race from Zermatt to Verbier organized by the Swiss army every 2 years.
Language: French, German, Italian, English
Rating: I like it a lot

Name: Pierra Menta
URL: http://www.pierramenta.com
Info: a 4 day race in Areched Beaufort France, seems to be a tough one.
Language: French
Rating: can be improved! (no pictures!)

Books

Name: Peter Cliff
URL: http://www.ds.dial.pipex.com/petercliff
Info: The author of "THE HAUTE ROUTE CHAMONIX ZERMATT"
Language: English
Rating: not to be missed

Other stuff

Fritschi bindings
Scarpa boots
Avalung cool avalanche safety vests
Snow Forecast.com worldwide snow reports
Ortovox / Backcountry Acces your life insurances