Walk the Tour of Mont Blanc with a Cicerone guidebook
Download (PDF)
Tour of Mont Blanc
Complete two-way trekking guide by Kev Reynolds
An essential guidebook for anyone walking the Tour of Mont Blanc. The 170km circuit typically takes 11 days to walk around the Mont Blanc massif. The TMB is recognised as one of the world’s classic trek. The book describes both anti-clockwise and clockwise directions, with variants and information about huts, refuges and facilities en route. More...
Buy from Cicerone
Other eBook formats (more information)
Seasons
early July to mid-September is best for weather and facilities; busiest mid-July to end AugustCentres
Chamonix, Courmayeur, Champex, Les Contamines, Les Houches, La FoulyDifficulty
Suitable for fit hikers; no technical mountaineering skills needed; waymarkings; 170km (105 Read More... miles); total height gain 10,000mMust See
views of the Mont Blanc range and its glaciers; mountain huts; views from Le Brévent; Mont Blanc Read More... tramway; ChamonixIntroduction
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 contacts
Appendix C Further reading
Appendix D French–English glossary














