Trekking the Tour du Mont Blanc

Contents
Overview map
Overview profile
Map key
Mountain safety
Route summary table
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
Preparation and equipment
Safety in the mountains
Using this guide
The Tour of Mont Blanc – anti-clockwise
Stage 1    Les Houches – Bionnassay – Les Contamines
Stage 1A    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 – Trient
Stage 8A    Champex – Fenêtre d’Arpette – Trient
Stage 9    Trient – Col de Balme – Tré-le-Champ
Stage 10    Tré-le-Champ – Refuge La Flégère
Stage 11    Refuge 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
Stage 7A    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
Stage 10A    Trient – Fenêtre d’Arpette – Champex
Appendix A    Route facilities table (anti-clockwise)
Appendix B    Accommodation
Appendix C    Campsites on the TMB
Appendix D    Useful contacts
Appendix E    Further reading
Appendix F    French–English glossary

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