On foot · Vaud Alps · August 2026
Around the Miroir d'Argentine
Some hikes we return to every year without wondering whether we'll ever tire of them. The loop around the Miroir d'Argentine is one of them.
- Date
- August 2026
- Distance
- 15.1 km
- Elevation gain
- 965 m
- Walking time
- 4 h 54 min
The route · indicative
The logical direction
Chains first
2 August, the last guaranteed fine day for a while: a sure thing, sold. On a Sunday there are people, and many walk the loop clockwise. Why? Chains at the start, the descent via Anzeindaz at the end: the logic seems obvious to us.
From Solalex the path climbs beneath the great smooth slabs of the Argentine, that limestone mirror throwing back the light.
The way back
La Vare, edelweiss and a cream cone
The break at La Vare is as gentle as ever, four edelweiss are blooming just before the Col des Essets, and the Anzeindaz valley opens out below the Diablerets.
The descent to Solalex is endless, year after year. But a cream-filled cone, a childhood memory of Christian's, waits at the finish.
