(Please note): this general description of the Tour du Mont Blanc dates from 2012, so we strongly advise you to check the rates charged by the various lodges and refuges used during your trip in advance.
Tour du Mont Blanc
Tour du Mont Blanc in 9 days.
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 131.49 km -
Average duration: 9 days -
Difficulty: Difficult -
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Back to start: No -
Ascent: + 8,687 m -
Descent: - 9,512 m -
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Highest point: 2,671 m -
Lowest point: 1,026 m
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Country:
France
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Areas: Alps, Mont-Blanc (Massif) -
District:
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (74190|74170) -
Start: N 45.873193° / E 6.778308° -
End: N 45.917211° / E 6.862186° -
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Stages of the route
This route needs several days, find the details below:
Notes
This route passes through multiple protected areas, which may be subject to special regulations:
Reviews and comments
Nicole Guil
Hello,
The "autour du Mont Blanc" website is very well done and can answer your questions.
We set off from Les Houches for practical reasons, as we left the car in the car park.
I enjoyed doing it in a clockwise direction to finish on the French side and end up at the Lac Blanc refuge with its magnificent view of Mont Blanc.
The Tour du Mont Blanc is legendary. The refuges are often full, so it's best to book before you go...
There aren't really any advantages or disadvantages...
Sincerely
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+944 m
-1,311 m
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+735 m
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TMB 2011
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116.80 km
+7,530 m
-7,958 m
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Departure from Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (Haute-Savoie)
Completed from 27 June to 4 July 2011, with 4 hikers, 2 tents, in almost complete autonomy (food provided for 7 days, only bread and a few items were purchased along the route).
The cable car and bus were used to shorten some stages and we needed about a day more to complete the Brévent balcony opposite the Mont Blanc massif.
The return to the starting point will be by public transport, bus or train...
Loop at Mont Lachat starting from Bellevue
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4.41 km
+344 m
-344 m
2h 15
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Departure from Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (Haute-Savoie)
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Bionnassay Glacier footbridge - Col de Voza
Visorando member 
7.31 km
+424 m
-424 m
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Departure from Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (Haute-Savoie)
This hike is not particularly difficult, despite one slightly steep section, and will take you to the foot of the terminal tongue of the Bionnassay Glacier, then to the Col de Voza. All along the way, you will enjoy magnificent views of the Bionnassay Glacier, then the Chamonix Valley and the Mont Blanc Massif.
Les Houches - Refuge de Tête Rousse
Visorando member 6.71 km
+1,124 m
-1,124 m
5h 10
Difficult
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Tour Mont Blanc in 11 stages
Association / Club / Walk leader 164.02 km
+11,043 m
-10,931 m
11 days
Difficult
Departure from Les Houches (Haute-Savoie)
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!
⚠️ This route passes through nature reserves. Please respect the regulations in force. See practical information.
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Association / Club / Walk leader 19.20 km
+979 m
-813 m
8h 15
Difficult
Departure from Les Houches (Haute-Savoie)
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!
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