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This guidebook contains in-depth route description and mapping for both the classic 11 day anti-clockwise circuit and an alternative 10 day clockwise TMB circuit. This well-signed but demanding 170km route, starting from Les Houches or Champex, is suitable for fit walkers.

The guidebook comes with a map booklet containing official 1:25,000 IGN mapping for the TMB route, and urban maps for the major centres of Chamonix, Courmayeur, Les Contamines, Les Houches and Champex.

Complete with a French-English glossary, comprehensive notes about accommodation, facilities and transport, this guide provides all the information needed for planning and completing your trek. The Tour of Mont Blanc is one of the world's classic treks. Visiting France, Italy and Switzerland, the TMB passes through some of Europe's most spectacular mountain scenery, with views of the peaks and glaciers of the magnificent Mont Blanc massif.

Trekking the Tour of Mont Blanc: Complete two-way hiking guidebook and map booklet

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 - Fenetre d'Arpette - Trient

Stage 9 Trient - Col de Balme - Tre-le-Champ

Stage 10 Tre-le-Champ - Refuge La Flegere

Stage 11 Refuge La Flegere - Le Brevent - 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 Brevent - La Flegere

Stage 9 La Flegere - Col de Balme - Trient

Stage 10 Trient - Alp Bovine - Champex

Stage 10A Trient - Fenetre 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