Au Club Alpin
- Rooms
- Meals
- Restaurant
Small hotel with 6 rooms, 2 suites, a restaurant and a spa on the lake shore in Champex-Lac.
Walker's Haute Route · Stage 2 of 12
Trient to Champex
Stage 2 of the Walker's Haute Route covers 14.7 km from Trient to Champex, with 1,414 m of ascent and 1,233 m of descent. The highest point is 2,629 m. Allow about 7 hours of walking, plus breaks.
14.7 kmdistance
1,414 mascent
1,233 mdescent
~7 hwalking time
harddifficulty
2,629 mhighest point
≈ 3.75 L
≈ 2,350 kcal
Distance, climb and elevation come from the Outest route data. Difficulty and time are estimates from distance and climb; your pace will vary with heat, pack weight and photo stops.
Where to sleep and eat on this stage
Champex
Gîte Bon-Abri
- Rooms
- Meals
Mountain gîte in the lower Val d'Arpette, about 1.5 km before Champex-Lac: one double room, five rooms of six beds and an 18-bed dormitory. Dinner and breakfast on request.
Pension En Plein Air
- Rooms
- Listed by the tourist office — call first
Guesthouse in Champex-Lac with 68 beds in rooms of 2 or 3 and 6-bed dormitories.
Col de la Forclaz
Hôtel du Col de la Forclaz
- Rooms
- Camping
- Meals
- Restaurant
Hotel and restaurant at the Col de la Forclaz (1,527 m), on the road above Trient, with the Arpille campsite next to it. Call ahead in bad weather to check it is open.
Checked online in October 2026. Places marked "listed by the tourist office" are on an official tourism or directory listing but could not be confirmed on their own website. Most huts are staffed from mid or late June to mid or late September and fill up in July and August: book ahead, some only online. Prices in Switzerland are in Swiss francs (CHF).
Help and services on this stage
Emergency: call 112 (France and Switzerland) or 144 in Valais. Emergency & health guide
Nearest hospital
- Sion Hospital · Sion · 24/7 emergency
+41 27 603 46 00 · Map
On or near the trail
Pharmacies, ATMs, shops and stops: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Hospitals and health centres checked online.
Walk Trient to Champex with Outest
The full stage works offline in Outest, with the route, elevation, water and village points, and a trail guide you can ask about conditions and the next place to sleep.