[Anonymous]

5 December 2019 at 20:37:05 #824606

Can anyone recommend a 1:25000 hiking map to include Cabane de Prafleuri thru to Zinal? Thanks.

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[Anna]

Reply 1 of 7 • 6 December 2019 at 6:40:40 #926129

Hi msurosey,

Welcome to MySwissAlps!

There are numerous map links provided on this page:
http://www.myswissalps.com/hiking/maps

Also, you might want to check out this report about hiking on the Haute Route: http://www.myswissalps.com/forum/topic/haute-route-chamonix-zermatt

You can find many hikes and hiking tips in our hiking section. More online maps can be found on wanderland.ch.

Hope that helps!

Regards,

Anna

[Snowman]

Reply 2 of 7 • 6 December 2019 at 7:53:23 #926130

Hello Msurosey,

Congratulations for your interest for Haute Route!

If you want 1:25000, you need 4 maps: 1326 Rosablanche, 1327 Evolène, 1346 Chanrion, and 1347 Matterhorn.

You could also consider the snow sports map 1:50000, you would need only one sheet, 283S Arolla: http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/content/swisstopo-internet/fr/home/products/maps/leisure/ski_tour_maps/_jcr_content/contentPar/tabs_copy_copy_copy/items/links/tabPar/downloadlist/downloadItems/747_1466427518047.download/bluebS50.pdf

[User]

Reply 3 of 7 • 7 December 2019 at 23:03:50 #926131

Thank you to both Anna and Snowman. I think I will procure 1:25000 maps as the 1:50000 maps are too much for my old eyes. msurosey

[User]

Reply 4 of 7 • 8 December 2019 at 1:04:20 #926132

Although most Wanderkarte with marked trails are 1:50,000, thee are some newer ones at 1:3,300.

shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/products/maps/leisure_maps/hiking_maps/hiking_maps33

Slowpoke

[Snowman]

Reply 5 of 7 • 8 December 2019 at 9:53:18 #926133

Hi Slowpoke,

You mean 1:33,333, i.e. somewhere between 1:25,000 and 1:50,000.

As msurosey, I prefer 1:25,000, and for the same reason. The advantage of the Snow Sports Map is that trails are highlighted, a larger area is on one map, and it is printed on syntosil, a paper that is unsensitive to water.

[User]

Reply 6 of 7 • 8 December 2019 at 9:56:06 #926134

Himsurosey

This is the main page of the hiking section of Switzerland Mobility::

http://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/wanderland/wanderland.html

Select National Routes.

and, under National Routes, select Alpine Passes Trail (#6):

http://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/wanderland/routes/national-routes.html

thus:

http://www.schweizmobil.ch/en/wanderland/routes/national-routes/route-06.html.

Scroll down and check stages 19 through 21.

Slowpoke

[User]

Reply 7 of 7 • 8 December 2019 at 10:04:58 #926135

Hi Snowman-

Thanks for catching my mistake. ;-(

I also prefer the 1:25,000 for hiking in difficult terrain.

I am not sure, but I believe that the maps shown on Switzerland Mobility ( see my recent post) may be even more detailed. I can’t find a scale marker, but I recall that they may go to 1:10,000. Perhaps you know if I am correct?

However, there may be some benefit in having a “Wanderkarte” with the hiking trails marked in red, so I merely wanted to point out that they are not confined to 1:50,000 as they were for many years. I find the Wanderkarten useful for planning, if not for hiking, except in easy terrain.

I agree that a map on weatherproof “paper” is a useful advantage.

Slowpoke