Tour of Mont Blanc - A trekking guide

 
Guidebook to the Tour of Mont Blanc (170km, 105 miles) is a classic walk, circumnavigating the Mont Blanc massif in about eleven days. The guide follows an established route around the massif, taking the walker into France, Switzerland and Italy. The tour is described in both anti-clockwise and clockwise directions.
 

Tour of Mont Blanc

Complete two-way trekking guide
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Paperback - PVC
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Second
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9781852845322
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Published

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Seasons
Views of the Mont Blanc range and its glaciers; mountain huts; views from Le Brévent; Mont Blanc tramway; Chamonix
Centres
Chamonix, Courmayeur, Champex, Les Contamines, Les Houches, La Fouly
Difficulty
Suitable for fit hillwalkers; no technical mountaineering skills needed. Waymarkings. 170km (105 miles); total height gain 10,000m.
Must See
Views of the Mont Blanc range and its glaciers; mountain huts; views from Le Brévent; Mont Blanc tramway; Chamonix
 
 
Introduction   
The Tour of Mont Blanc   
The Route   
Clockwise or Anti-Clockwise?   
Suggested Itineraries   
How to Get There   
When to Go   
Accommodation   
Languages   
Maps and Waymarks   
Notes for Walkers   
Safety in the Mountains   
Using the Guide   
Information at a Glance 
 
The Tour of Mont Blanc – Anti-Clockwise   
Stage 1:    Les Houches – Bionnassay – Les Contamines   
Alt Stage 1:    Les Houches – Refuge de Miage – Les Contamines   
Stage 2:    Les Contamines –  Croix du Bonhomme – Les Chapieux   
Stage 3:    Les Chapieux – Col de la Seigne – Rifugio Elisabetta   
Stage 4:    Rifugio Elisabetta – Courmayeur   
Stage 5:    Courmayeur – Rifugio Bonatti   
Stage 6:    Rifugio Bonatti – Grand Col Ferret – La Fouly   
Stage 7:    La Fouly – Champex   
Stage 8:    Champex – Alp Bovine – Col de la Forclaz  
Alt Stage 8:    Champex – Fenêtre d’Arpette – Col de la Forclaz   
Stage 9:    Col de la Forclaz – Col de Balme – Tré-le-Champ   
Alt Stage 9:    Col de la Forclaz – Refuge Les Grands – Tré-le-Champ   
Stage 10:    Tré-le-Champ – La Flégère   
Stage 11:    La Flégère – Le Brévent – Les Houches   

Places and Items of Interest on the TMB   

The Story of Mont Blanc   

The Tour of Mont Blanc – Clockwise   
Stage 1:    Champex – Ferret   
Stage 2:    Ferret – Grand Col Ferret – Rifugio Bonatti   
Stage 3:    Rifugio Bonatti – Courmayeur   
Stage 4:    Courmayeur – Rifugio Elisabetta   
Stage 5:    Rifugio Elisabetta – Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme   
Stage 6:    Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme – Les Contamines   
Stage 7:    Les Contamines – Bionnassay – Les Houches   
Alt Stage 7:    Les Contamines – Refuge de Miage – Les Houches   
Stage 8:    Les Houches – Le Brévent – La Flégère   
Stage 9:    La Flégère – Col de Balme – Trient   
Stage 10:    Trient – Alp Bovine – Champex   
Alt Stage 10:    Refuge Les Grands – Fenêtre d’Arpette – Champex   

Appendix A:  Accommodation   

Appendix B:  Useful Addresses   

Appendix C:  Bibliography 
 
Appendix D:  French–English Glossary
 
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