A booklet of all the mapping needed to complete the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB), a spectacular circuit around Mont Blanc. Covering 170km (105 miles), the TMB takes around 11 days to walk from its official start at Les Houches (France), passing through Courmayeur (Italy) and Champex (Switzerland) before returning to France via the Chamonix Valley. A well-serviced introduction to high-level mountain trekking for walkers with good levels of fitness, it can also be run, fastpacked or hiked in 5–9 days.

• The full route line is shown on 1:25,000 IGN maps
• The map booklet can be used to walk the TMB in either direction
• Handy facilities planner, route summary tables and accommodation listings help you plan your itinerary
• Includes urban maps of Les Houches, Les Contamines, Courmayeur, Champex and Chamonix
• Alternative stages via Col de Tricot (Stage 1A) and Fenêtre d'Arpette (Stage 8A) are also provided
• An accompanying Cicerone guidebook – Trekking the Tour du Mont Blanc – is also available
• GPX files available to download

Route summary tables
Overview profile/staging options – anti-clockwise TMB
Overview profile/staging options – clockwise TMB
Stage facilities planner
 
THE TOUR DU MONT BLANC
Stage 1 Les Houches to Les Contamines via Bionnassay
Stage 1A Les Houches to Les Contamines via Miage
Stage 2 Les Contamines to Les Chapieux via Croix du Bonhomme
Stage 3 Les Chapieux to Rifugio Elisabetta via Col de la Seigne
Stage 4 Rifugio Elisabetta to Courmayeur
Stage 5 Courmayeur to Rifugio Bonatti
Stage 6 Rifugio Bonatti to La Fouly via Grand Col Ferret
Stage 7 La Fouly to Champex
Stage 8 Champex to Trient via Alp Bovine
Stage 8A Champex to Trient via Fenêtre d’Arpette
Stage 9 Trient to Tré-le-Champ via Col de Balme
Stage 10 Tré-le-Champ to Refuge de la Flégère
Stage 11 Refuge de la Flégère to Les Houches via Le Brévent
 
Town maps
Accommodation listings
Camping on the TMB

Seasons

With high passes to negotiate, this is a summer-only route, best tackled between early July and end of September.

Centres

Chamonix (just off the route), Les Houches and Les Contamines (France); Courmayeur (Italy); La Fouly, Champex and Trient (Switzerland) are all on the route of the TMB.

Difficulty

Much of the TMB follows clear, well-graded paths suitable for fit walkers. But there are some very steep climbs (and descents), and two stages on which near-vertical ladders are used to scale cliffs (though alternative options are included). A demanding route for first-time trekkers and old hands alike.

Must See

Some of the world's finest mountain scenery; Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe; the Chamonix Aiguilles; the Mer de Glacier, second longest glacier in the Alps, a choice of seven or eight passes to cross, each with its own heart-stopping views.

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