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Via Valais Stage 2: CAB. D’ESSERTZE TO CAB. AIGUILLE ROUGE
Verbier
CABANE D’ESSERTZE TO CABANE AIGUILLE ROUGE
Trail Running Difficult
- Distance
- 31 km
- Ascent
- 1.7 km
- Descent
- 1.1 km
- Duration
- 6-7 hrs
- Low Point
- 2.1 km
- High Point
- 2.9 km
- Gradient
- 14˚

Stage two continues from hut to hut, the Cabane d’Essertze to Cabane Aiguille Rouge, without dropping into the valleys. A high traverse lined with blueberry bushes above the Val d’Hérémence leads to the Grande Dixence, the world’s highest gravity dam. From there, a flat run on the gravel road alongside the Lac de des Dix leads to a steep climb over the Pas de Chèvre. Head into the Val d'Arolla and the Cabane Aiguille Rouge for the night.
Description
Bonus Peak: Mont de l’Etoile (3370m) 5km, 600m+/-
Download the GPX file here: http://bit.ly/ViaValaisStage2
Difficulty
Difficult