Highlights of the Tour du Mont Blanc in Comfort
Since The Tour du Mont Blanc was inaugurated as a GR in 1952 it has gained a reputation as one of the world’s classic treks. This route around Mont Blanc through France, Switzerland and Italy explores takes in the very best sections of the Tour du Mont Blanc. Walking in the standard anti-clockwise direction you will cover 6 days of the best walking of the Tour du Mont Blanc, using ski lifts and public transport to skip some sections so that you can spend your time on the very best sections of the Tour du Mont Blanc.
If you are a purist, embark on the optional hike up to the top station of the Bellevie gondola.
Your epic Tour du Mont Blanc adventure is finally underway! Follow the traditional TMB trail along this lower route, which takes you to Les ...
Your epic Tour du Mont Blanc adventure is finally underway! This is the high route option which goes to Les Contamines via Chalets de Miage, ...
A gentle start from Les Contamines to the chapel at Notre Dame de la Gorge, where the path turns upwards and climbs to the Col du Bonhomme ...
This path is the high route alternative between Les Contamines and Refuge des Mottets crossing over three cols, each slightly higher than the one ...
The Col de la Seigne (2516m) lies a steep 750m above the Refuge des Mottets and is where you leave France for Italy. Just wait until you see the ...
Just across the Col de la Seigne lies Italy. Today is an easy day compared to the last two; a short climb to the Col is followed by a gentle ...
Your day begins with a bus (25 minutes) from the centre of Courmayeur to Arnuva, in the heart of the beautiful Val Ferret, in the Grandes Jorasses.
This is the easier of the two options from Champex to Trient with a moderate climb to Alp Bovine via Col de la Forclaz and onto Trient.
This is the physically demanding but spectacular high route option from Champex to Trient , crossing over the Fenêtre d’Arpette (2,665 metres), ...
A final col-top border crossing brings you back into France with majestic views along the entire western sweep of the Mont Blanc massif, dropping ...
This alternative route goes to the French border at Col de Balme, before descending to the valley floor and the village of Le Tour where it ...