The Vignettes Hut () is an alpine hut, located south of

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in the Swiss canton of

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. It lies at a height of 3,160 metres above sea level, at the foot of the

Pigne d'Arolla Pigne d'Arolla (3,787 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. The first ascent was made by A. W. Moore and Horace Walker with the guide Jakob Anderegg on 9 July 1865. It is commonly climbed as part of the Haute Route The Haute ...

and near the Col de Chermotane in the

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. All accesses to the hut involve glacier crossing.

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topographic maps The Cabane de Vignettes is a famous stop for those that walk or ski the

Haute Route The Haute Route (or the High Route or Mountaineers' Route) is the name given to a route (with several variations) undertaken on foot or by ski touring between Chamonix, France, and the Matterhorn, in Zermatt, Switzerland. First charted as a sum ...

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. This Haute Route was first established on foot in 1861 by English mountaineers.

History

A bivouac was built at the site in 1924 on the initiative of the English alpinist Stuart Jenkins, and the current building was built at the same location in 1946.

References

External links

Official Website (French)
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History

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