Les Houches Shakeout

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.09 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 350 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 351 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 1,327 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 998 m
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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 999 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 999 m - Turn sharp right
  3. 3 : km 0.04 - alt. 1,001 m - Turn right onto Chemin des Doux
  4. 4 : km 0.17 - alt. 1,000 m - Turn right onto Chemin des Épinettes
  5. 5 : km 0.32 - alt. 1,001 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 0.41 - alt. 1,005 m - Keep right
  7. 7 : km 2.05 - alt. 1,326 m - Turn sharp right onto Petit Balcon Sud
  8. 8 : km 2.79 - alt. 1,186 m - Turn left onto sentier
  9. 9 : km 3.11 - alt. 1,184 m - Keep left onto Petit Balcon Sud
  10. 10 : km 3.54 - alt. 1,162 m - Turn sharp left onto Petit Balcon Sud
  11. 11 : km 3.84 - alt. 1,172 m - Keep right
  12. 12 : km 4.29 - alt. 1,102 m - Turn sharp right
  13. 13 : km 4.52 - alt. 1,041 m - Turn sharp right onto Chemin du Nant Favre
  14. 14 : km 4.62 - alt. 1,030 m - Turn right onto Route des Pècles
  15. 15 : km 4.84 - alt. 1,019 m - Turn right onto Route des Gaillands
  16. 16 : km 4.93 - alt. 1,019 m - Keep right
  17. 17 : km 5.04 - alt. 1,019 m - Turn slight right
  18. 18 : km 5.51 - alt. 1,017 m - Keep left
  19. 19 : km 6.29 - alt. 1,006 m - Turn slight right
  20. 20 : km 6.77 - alt. 1,001 m - Turn left onto Chemin des Épinettes
  21. 21 : km 6.92 - alt. 1,000 m - Turn left onto Chemin des Doux
  22. 22 : km 7.04 - alt. 1,001 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 7.08 - alt. 999 m - Turn right
  24. S/E : km 7.09 - alt. 1,000 m

Other walks in the area

Walking Les Houches to Les Contamines - Tour Mont Blanc

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This 1st stage of the Tour Mont Blanc (TMB) is possibly the toughest but the adrenaline is pumping and short-cuts are not on the agenda. Let's do it! The TMB is a classic long-distance footpath that goes around Mont Blanc, passing from France into Italy and through Switzerland before returning to France.

Walking Tour Mont Blanc in 11 stages

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The Tour Mont Blanc (TMB) is a classic long-distance footpath that goes around Mont Blanc, passing from France into Italy and through Switzerland before returning to France. These 11 stages are one way of doing it but you can make your own version of the TMB. The classic route begins and ends in Les Houches and takes an anticlockwise direction around Mont Blanc and the adjacent peaks. There is a total of 164 km (102 miles) walking these 11 routes and a positive height gain of over 10,000m. Certainly a challenging adventure but well worth the effort. Let's do it!

Walking Grand Balcon Nord - Montenvers to Plan de l'Aiguille and to Les Houches

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↔18.49 km ↗+675 m ↘-1,476 m ◔7h 15 ▲Difficult
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Walking Lac Blanc to Les Houches - Tour Mont Blanc

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↔18.74 km ↗+885 m ↘-2,118 m ◔7h 55 ▲Difficult
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This 11th stage of the Tour Mont Blanc (TMB) is practically all downhill (with obvious exceptions at La Flégère, up to the Col du Brévent and Le Brévent and the Tête de Bellachat). The Refuge Lac Blanc is at 2,352m and the Chalet Les Méandres is at 1,100m. Let's do it! The TMB is a classic long-distance footpath that goes around Mont Blanc, passing from France into Italy and through Switzerland before returning to France.

Walking Tré-le-Champ to Lac Blanc - Tour Mont Blanc

Association or club
↔4.40 km ↗+984 m ↘-19 m ◔4h 05 ▲Difficult
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Walker
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