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14 years 11 months ago #198950 by Mike
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I'm heading to Chamonix in a couple of weeks to ski the Haute Route via the Verbier variation....we're psyched for the trip and have been closely studying the topos to increase our chances of successful route-finding and have additionally mapped out GPS coordinates for key landmarks. However in the event of a mid-route white-out it might be really useful from a safety standpoint to have more detailed GPS info on hand.

I imagine that a number of people on this forum have skied this route, is there anyone who has done it with their GPS running in "tracking" mode who would be willing to send me their coordinate file??

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14 years 11 months ago #198955 by jcocci
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I have a gps track of the route you are doing with coordinates as well. Did it last April. I am in Europe at the moment and won't be back in Seattle until 4/3. Will you have left by then?

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14 years 11 months ago #198958 by hyak_erik
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Found this track from Verbier to Zermatt online. This looks like it starts below the Mon Fort hut, but everything else matches what I did in my 2010 trip.
www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=cbiqgoocwjvnjcvz

Also, we had amazing vis on our trip last year and got a ton of pictures. As well as pictures of mountains, there are photos of our maps. Note that these photos have GPS data encoded in them, so you might be able to get some key waypoints from these as well
gallery.gipfelhaus.com/index.php/skitrips/hauteroute2010

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14 years 11 months ago #198981 by Mike
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I have a gps track of the route you are doing with coordinates as well. Did it last April. I am in Europe at the moment and won't be back in Seattle until 4/3. Will you have left by then?

We will (hopefully) be mid-way through the route on April 3, but thanks for the reply.

Found this track from Verbier to Zermatt online.  This looks like it starts below the Mon Fort hut, but everything else matches what I did in my 2010 trip.
www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=cbiqgoocwjvnjcvz

Also, we had amazing vis on our trip last year and got a ton of pictures.  As well as pictures of mountains, there are photos of our maps.  Note that these photos have GPS data encoded in them, so you might be able to get some key waypoints from these as well
gallery.gipfelhaus.com/index.php/skitrips/hauteroute2010

Thanks for the links, your annotated maps are amazing!! How did you generate them?

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14 years 11 months ago #198987 by hyak_erik
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Not sure exactly which maps set you are talking about since there are two possibilities:

1) The pictures of the maps.  These were the maps that our guide from Pro Guide Service (Margaret Wheeler) had on the trip.  I think a friend made those for her.  No ideas on how they were produced

2) The maps in my picture stream.  I have a Panasonic Lumix ZS7 P&S camera that I bought for the trip since it has GPS built in.  My picture server software (Gallery) has a cool option to map the pictures on a google map in the sidebar.  Most of the data in those is correct, but the times might be off.

One other suggestion/idea.  Since we were on a guided trip, I didn't bring my own GPS.  After the trip, I googled around until I found some free Garmin compatible maps online.  Don't remember where exactly, but they are out there and ready to go I believe.  This might save you a few Euros or Francs that can be better spent on Cardinal beer and rosti at the huts.

Have a great tour.  It really is an awesome experience.

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14 years 11 months ago - 14 years 11 months ago #198993 by jcocci
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The photos of the maps that hyak_erik posted on his second link are the same exact maps I have. They are great. I might have the tour plans with me or access to them that have the swiss grid utm coordinates and descriptions that go with those.

Also here are links to my photos on case you're interested.

gallery.me.com/jcocci/101512
gallery.me.com/jcocci/101522
gallery.me.com/jcocci/101526
gallery.me.com/jcocci/101528
gallery.me.com/jcocci/101544
gallery.me.com/jcocci/101555
gallery.me.com/jcocci/101568
gallery.me.com/jcocci/101578

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