Haute Route Ski Tour - An Epic Journey

Our small documentary on the Haute Route Ski Tour trip that our group took from April 1-7th, 2017 - From Argentière to Zermatt. There is also a blog that describes the trip in detail here:
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A full GPS track of the trip in video form is at the link below
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My Complete Gear Guide - equipment you need for ski tours:
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A version without music was added in 2021, that link is
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[@richardparker4703]

Well done on documenting your trip!! We did the reverse direction in March of 2005. One of the best weeks of my life!! A very special journey that every skier should make at least once.

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

It is such a great trip, glad it was a good one for you also !

[@simonminnis6192]

The best video on KZbin by far. Fantastic, authentic experience. Awesome!

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Thanks Simon, glad you enjoyed it!

[@baffledspaniel]

Fantastic trip and great photography. We trekked the Haute Route last summer and recognised many of the huts - Cabane des vignettes was my personal favourite.

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Would also love to do this in the summer time! Cabane des Vignettes is spectacular, the setting on the cliff is amazing. I will say that when we were there it was very crowded, and you had to be very careful walking out as it was icy and a slip in the wrong direction might not have been pretty ;)

[@kahbeb2974]

What a cool adventure! Loved following your every step! Great effort, what a group!

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Kathrin Thanks for the comment, we had a great time - such an awesome adventure!

[@rickasher207]

Thanks a bunch for posting this; its a very polished production giving me a great insight into our forthcoming trip in Mar 18

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Thanks Rick, enjoy your trip!

[@Morrison.mp3]

where can you sign up for 2018?

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

This is something you need to organize with a professional ski guiding service. If you google Haute Route ski guides, quite a few will pop up. We happened to use one out of Zermatt, but there are many out of Chamonix also. Good Luck!

[@richardbrighton3381]

Awesome adventure! Mix of weather and some sketchy routes but an epic experience :-)

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Sure was, thanks

[@ritid69]

brought back some memories from my journey on the Haute Route, was very tough considering I had only skied for 1 and a half seasons .

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Congrats on doing the Haute Route! - it is quite the adventure - amazing if you had only skied for 1.5 seasons 😳

[@ritid69]

I’ve done a fair bit of mountaineering/climbing, and moved to Norway a couple of years back, so it was a pretty intense season and a half, but I definitely fudged my way around this route and struggled with the altitude for a couple of days 😩

[@hazayad]

Inspiring! Thanks for posting!

[@juliomonasteriobacarizo3629]

MARAVILLOSO REPORTAJE DE LA HAUTE ROUTE - PRECIOSO. PARA VERLO TRANQUILAMENTE.

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

JULIO MONASTERIO BACARIZO thanks !

[@lylecarlsonsurfboard]

Amazing film! Thank you 🙏🏽

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Thanks Lyle!

[@6marco5]

Great ! What a cool Adventure !

[@dp758]

Very powerful story. Wow

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Thanks David!

[@PipinhoSnow]

3 years later nothing, but i still dream :)

[@khrumkashan6954]

Thank you for sharing, awesome 👏

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Glad you enjoyed !

[@leireortega7000]

Impresionante uno de mis proximos objetivos

[@LeDante06]

Congrats for what you have done. You can be proud of this achievement. Very nice filming and professional development. Come visit us again in Switzerland :).

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Thanks LeDante06! Appreciate your comments, and am ready to come back for more!! Love Switzerland ;)

[@LeDante06]

@@jefffilmproductions8327 I m reading on your blog which ways you took. It s very interesting to see that you took some different ways than we did. That s the beautiful part about this Route, you can always adapt to what you want and what you 're ready to do. And I just realized that we missed us. We did the route only 2 weeks after you.

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

so many ways to do this - and in the other direction also ;) that was a good year to do it - not too much snow for dangerous conditions like this past season!

[@danfranjic3511]

Nice video, great journey

[@FaithandActiondotnet]

WOW!!!! What an EPIC journey! Excellent video! Way to get all the steps & elements of the trip! Can you charge batteries at the huts? How amazing! I'm from Alaska & would so love to go there one day, Lord willing.

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Hi Faith & Action! It is an amazing trip, and to be able to do it with my daughter was very special. At most of them you can’t charge , we were able to at our last hut, but there were hardly any other guests there. Weight is a big deal on this trip, I did bring a big battery with me knowing I wanted to keep the phone charging to film. I lost some weight getting ready for the trip so that helped me justify carrying it 😁. I hope you are able to do it one day, good luck!

[@FaithandActiondotnet]

@@jefffilmproductions8327 No offense, but God created men to be masculine & women to be feminine, I don't encourage women to do manly things. It is a fault that modern culture that doesn't follow Yehovah doesn't understand.

[@RyanParle81]

Great film, I'm about to start my adventures in Ski Touring in a couple of weeks, just a few half day trips to start. I'd love to be doing something like this in a few years... I had better start getting fit I guess!!

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Ryan Parle have fun on your journey!! Ski touring is a blast ;)

[@3vimages471]

Great adventure …. would love to hear the sounds and comments rather than silly, pointless music

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

3Vimages noted

[@fyivid]

I would rather say, sounds and comments, mixed with music when you film the scenery. Great stuff!

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

More deaths on the Haute route between the cabanne des Dix and Vignettes on what for us was the hardest stage - the approach to the Pigne D’Arolla via the Serpentine. Apparently the guide fell to his death from early reports and three in the group died of hypothermia. Prayers for their families. www.outsideonline.com/2302926/most-deadly-day-alps-decades us.pressfrom.com/news/world/-140765-swiss-alps-4-climbers-die-after-bad-weather-hits-pigne-darolla-mountain-route/ www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43955340 pistehors.com/4-deaths-on-chamonix-zermatt-haute-route-25418532.htm

[@jeffmurray6219]

Great video. Thank you for posting. Looks like the snow was a bit light. Tricky.

[@jackfoster6979]

This video pushed me over the edge from preparation to total adrenaline for our trip in April 18.

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Have a great time! Snow should be amazing this year ;). I put together a detailed blog for more details on the experience hauteroute2017.weebly.com/

[@Andre-ep9yh]

Very nice but why the helicopter ?@@jefffilmproductions8327

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

@@Andre-ep9yh best explained in our blog at hauteroute2017.weebly.com/ at the beginning of the day 3 itinerary reviews this last minute change in the plan

[@TheCreditShifu]

Great video. I have climbed La Luette and Pinge De Arolla on foot, I would love to go back and do the whole route on skis, which is why I am watching this haha. How much per day do the guides cost?

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Guides were not on a per day basis, but the trip. We were a group of 8, and had 1 guide, and an guide in training. 600 francs per person for the week. That doesn't include any rentals of beacons, or other gear, that's extra if needed, but does cover the cabin stays.

[@mariusengelsen7194]

Great trip. But why the helicopter transport around 8 minutes in the video? What happened?

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Are bookings at cabanne de plafeuri got screwed up, so option one was skiing into town (I think it was champex) from cabane du trient, bus to le chable, and long trek to our next cabanne. It was gonna be too long. Option 2 bus to Arolla, then off to cabanne des dix. Option 3, heli ride to top of Rosa Blanche, and skin to cabanne des dix. Cost of heli ride was about the same as bus and hotel, so our choice was made😁. It worked out well!

[@TheStephenRibero]

Saw one skier with the Volkl Vwerks bmt 94? I just got a steal of a deal on the same ski. Its looking like an amazing snowpack in the alps this year. I also saw the Atomic Hawx which I might get. Any chance you used either of that equipment?

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

I was one of two on the bmt 94’s - I love them, great ski in crud, powder, great. Had the kingpins, my buddy (yellow helmet) did also but he had the lever that shifts from walk to ski mode break, but we’ were able to fix with duct tape. I also had the salomon mtn lab boots which I really like, although they are a bit narrow. The hawk gets good reviews. Dynafit just released a new hoji free ski boot that looks interesting to me also. Snow conditions are great there right now.

[@TheStephenRibero]

@@jefffilmproductions8327 ya that hoji free is very interesting. It doesn't come on the market until the fall. Im using a pair of Dynafit tlt6 boots and have Dynafit ST12's on my BMT94's id love to get out to do the haute route. I bet there will still be snow in that first week of may. The alps got buried so far this winter. I have a feeling it will be a long spring season

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

I agree Long spring indeed

[@JungBokLee]

great ~~~~

[@felixschouten2413]

Great video! I hiked the Haute Route in a summer and I made a video about it as well. I am wondering, how did you make the Google Earth part?

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Felix Schouten I tracked our trip on my iPhone using an app called gaia gps, then exported files out .kmz files into google earth. Earth has options for creating tours and movies. Hope that helps some - there are lots of tutorials online that you might be able to find that explain in detail. If you didn’t record the data, you can create paths in the desktop version of google earth as an alternative.

[@ClaudiuFabianMilea]

Very nice adventure, something you will never forget, thanks for sharing. Great video and editing. You carried a drone? I hope it was small... ;)

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Claudiu Fabian Milea thanks for your comments! We did cary a drone- the guides were not excited due to the weight , but it was relatively small - a DJI Mavic pro. It was a great trip and I would highly recommend it!

[@ClaudiuFabianMilea]

What was the fitness level and experience of your group? What other journeys you've done before as a training for this one?

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Claudiu Fabian Milea - fitness level was slightly different for all of us, but our guides expected us to be in shape. You want to go with people you know have similar fitness and skiing abilities. For me, this was my 2nd time doing the trip - first time being the spring of 1985. I knew it was tiring from that trip, and I was young and fit then ;). My regimen was focused on getting to a fit weight first - dropped from 190 lbs to 165 lbs - through diet. Then running 3 miles a day every 2 to 3 days for maybe a 6 month period. On a trek like this where there is more up time than down - weight is the number 1 factor ( that you have some control over ) to make it a pleasant experience. Use the lightest equipment you can afford to buy or rent, and do not carry too much with you! Be a minimalist on this sort of trip. Do not carry a drone ;)

[@ClaudiuFabianMilea]

thanks a lot for your answers. I will use the next year to get in shape for this...

[@ClaudiuFabianMilea]

@Jeff, can you list on your blog, some of the bigger expenses you had on this trip.

[@WildWestTrail]

nice videos, anything new coming out?

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Winter is coming - there's always a new video coming soon!!

[@soaringibex]

Who was your guide? Some credit might be appropriate.

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Martin Kimmig www.kimmig.ch/en/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ

[@gavinhaines9921]

Great video, thank you. What time of year did you do this?

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Hi Gavin, Thanks for the positive comment!, April 1-7th, 2017 there's a website with a detailed blog also at hauteroute2017.weebly.com

[@gavinhaines9921]

Jeff Filmproductions Awesome, thank you. This is something that I would love to do. Loved your film and thought the music was especially epic. Could you tell me what company / how you acquired the guide? Many thanks

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Thanks on the music, it was Epic ;) Our main guide was Martin Kimmig, (www.kimmig.ch/en/) it's a family business where everyone is a well known mountain guide! Martin hired an assistant guide since our group was a bit larger. [e-mail] is one way to reach him. there is more info on the site also. If you reach out to him, tell him you saw the video, I'm not sure he's actually seen it...

[@gavinhaines9921]

Jeff Filmproductions Thank you so much for the info, really appreciate it!

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Here’s the most detailed article on the tragedy that happened on the cabanne des dix to vignettes hut portion of the trip this past April. www.outsideonline.com/2329041/chamonix-zermatt-alps-haute-route-disaster

[@Andrzej2499]

Super film thank you.I especially liked the teeth of your star. I love you.

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

Thanks for watching !

[@jefffilmproductions8327]

I've had a bunch of questions on what gear I take on my multiday ski tours, here's my Complete Gear Guide - www.voyageandventure.com/bc-gear-youneed/

[@PTZOUTZ]

When I see large expeditions I smell death lurking around

[@PipinhoSnow]

1 day :)