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Jimmy Vegas went for a hike
June 7, 2026
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Jimmy Vegas went for a bike ride
September 27, 2024
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Jimmy Vegas went for a hike
September 15, 2024
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Fittest likes this.
Jimmy Vegas went for a hike
August 13, 2024
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August 16, 2024
This stage exceeded my expectations. It was quite the adventure with bridges and stairs underneath some cliff faces. The walk up and above the tree line took a little while at first, but was worth it.
Cabane Europahutte is rad and so are the staff. It was my favourite hut experience of the trip!
Jimmy Vegas went for a hike
August 12, 2024
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August 16, 2024
This was a great day. I recovered nicely from my food poisoning the day before.
We had our first views of the Zermatt mountains rounding a corner on the way down.
There was an interesting rock scramble from a recent slide just before the corner.
We later ate delicious rosti's from a cute restaurant on
Jimmy Vegas went for a hike
August 11, 2024
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August 16, 2024
This was one of the hardest days of my life. It was literal hell.
I got served a severely undercooked hamburger the night before at Restaurant Le Besso in Zinal. I foolishly ate half of it before complaining.
Needless to say I got food poisoning and had a very rough sleep, if any at all.
The show had to
Jimmy Vegas went for a hike
August 10, 2024
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August 16, 2024
This stage gave us neat views of a huge hydroelectric dam walking down the valley in the morning. I found the uphill afterwards up the pass to be quite challenging in the late morning heat and sun.
Just after summiting you enter a ski field with lifts. There's a rooftop terrace on top of the lift to
Jimmy Vegas went for a hike
August 9, 2024
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August 16, 2024
We loved this stage. It was basically straight uphill from our wonderful La Sage Boutique Hotel. We had a much needed rest day there. The staff and food are amazing. I highly recommend doing the same.
Approaching the glacier and cabane up top were very memorable. The last push up was quite the grunt!
Jimmy Vegas went for a hike
August 7, 2024
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August 16, 2024
Today was a nice casual walk down the valley and a slight uphill at the end to La Sage.
We were in need of some chill time after the previous three intense stages.
Our highlight was stopping at the Pension de
lac Bleu for coffee. The Italian guy running it was quite entertaining and made us some wonderful
Jimmy Vegas went for a hike
August 6, 2024
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August 16, 2024
We experienced the scariest moment of our entire Haute Route adventure this day. We had a standoff with an incredibly aggressive black bull beside Lake Dix, on the road between rock walls. It was hyper focused on us and threatening charges with its hoof. (I posted a photo of the bull just as we realized
Jimmy Vegas went for a hike
August 5, 2024
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August 16, 2024
Of the entire trip, this stage was the most legendary, walking hut to hut over the "Grand Desert".
The views were unbelievable.
The hike was a challenge and required us to use our shoe spikes (edit: the only time needed on the entire Haute Route, beginning to end) and poles to navigate the snow.
Cold
Jimmy Vegas went for a hike
August 4, 2024
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August 16, 2024
This was a neat day with quite varied terrain. We enjoyed walking 13km up the valley to Fionnay. The waterfall is spectacular! The walk through the tunnel was also memorable.
There we had coffee and a snack at a wonderful restaurant named Le Mazot.
Then it was the walk straight up to the cabane. Incredible views.
Jimmy Vegas went for a hike
August 3, 2024
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August 16, 2024
Today was a nice chill walk down the mountain and around the valley. It was more of a commute than a hike. The views were nice. None of us minded.
Jimmy Vegas went for a hike
August 1, 2024
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August 16, 2024
We liked it today. There were three different places to stop for coffee and later, beer.
The restaurant on top of the pass had the best peach pies I've ever eaten!!
There was quite the extended downhill walk into Champex. Great views all around, again.
(We've now completed The Haute Route. The Alpage de
August 16, 2024
The grand finale. The traditional Europaweg high mountain route was closed this season due to a landslide. We walked down to around Randa and walked up the valley to Zermatt. Still a wonderfully beautiful end to our journey!
The suspension bridge is an engineering marvel. My knees shook a bit walking