Tour du Cervin - Etape 4 : Grüben - Zinal par St-Luc

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Cette 4ème étape est raccourcie par rapport à l'étape classique : On pousse jusque St-Luc et on prend ensuite un car pour rejoindre Zinal.
Ceci permet d'éviter la dernière moitié de l'étape, qui n'est pas jugée très intéressante dans la majorité des commentaires.
variante : au lieu de descendre à St-Luc, il est possible de faire une étape à l'hôtel Weisshorn en tournant au Sud au point , puis en prenant vers l'Ouest après 100m vers l'hôtel de descendre à Zinal lors d'une autre étape par le sentier classique (10km).

This walk is part of a multi-day hike: Tour du Cervin

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    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 8.25 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 6h 35 
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    Difficulty: Moderate
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    Back to start: No
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    Ascent: + 3,215 ft
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    Descent: - 3,707 ft
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    Highest point: 9,117 ft
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    Lowest point: 5,482 ft
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Description of the walk

(S) Départ vers le Nord, montée par la forêt jusqu'au hameau d'alpage de Meide(1) .
Traverser O-NO vers le lac de Meidsee(2) ; poursuivre direction O jusqu'au col de Meide(3) .
On descend ensuite dans un vallon. Au point (4) , il est possible de prendre à gauche pour rejoindre le lac de Combavert à 500m.
Au point (5) , quitter le sentier du Cervin pour rejoindre St-Luc Direction NO.

(E) A St-Luc, prendre le bus postal vers Zinal.

Waypoints

  1. S : mi 0 - alt. 6,014 ft - Grüben
  2. 1 : mi 2.16 - alt. 7,621 ft - Hameau d'alpage de Meide
  3. 2 : mi 3.51 - alt. 8,760 ft - Lac de Meidsee
  4. 3 : mi 4.18 - alt. 9,114 ft - Col de Meide
  5. 4 : mi 5.51 - alt. 7,986 ft - Sur la gauche, on rejoint le lac de Combavert
  6. 5 : mi 6.51 - alt. 7,201 ft - Quitter le sentier du Tour du Cervin
  7. E : mi 8.25 - alt. 5,512 ft - St-Luc

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