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The week itinerary evolves at the heart of the Mont Blanc Massif between the imposing Bionassay glaciers, the Mer de Glace and the most beautiful peaks in Chamonix such as Les Drus, the Aiguille Verte, the Aiguille de Chamonix and the Buet "Mont Blanc des Dâmes ". We will beautifully end the week with its ascent.
The Tour du Mont Blanc, or TMB, is the most famous Trek in the Alps: we will do a half Tour of Mont Blanc on the French side.
The TMB on Chamonix is a variant with base point in a ** hotel La Chaumière Mountain Lodge, to discover the most beautiful trails in the Chamonix valley.
The week itinerary evolves within exceptional panoramas at the heart of the Mont Blanc Massif between the imposing Bionassay glaciers and the Mer de Glace and the most beautiful peaks in Chamonix such as Les Drus, l'Aiguille Verte, Aiguilles de Chamonix, Mont Blanc des Dames etc ...
Every day we will leave from our Hotel, located in Les Gaillands, next to its lake and its cliff well known to mountaineers around the world, a quiet corner 5 minutes walk from the Chamonix center . We will take shuttles and the city train to reach the daily path departure …
Arrival at La Chaumière Mountain Lodge which is 5 min walk from the Chamonix center. The hotel is accessible by bus, the details of the Hotel will be given to you at the time of booking.
At 5.30 pm small briefing with your trekking guide in order to explain you the week and check your equipment; for those who need to buy a little equipment you will find everything you need in Chamonix. Dinner at the Hotel and then free evening.
Welcome to Chamonix.
Meeting in the morning at your Chamonix Hotel at 8:00 a.m. You will discover the Argentière Glacier and its Glacial Basin. Direction Argentière with the Chamonix Valley bus.
Depending on the weather and on the group's fitness, you might head up to the Aiguilles des Posettes: from up there the view on the Chamonix Valley is magnificent, walking through the woods at first and then arriving in the beautiful Alpine pastures.
Night: Hotel La Chaumière Chamonix
Elevation: +900 m and - 900 m
Walking time: 6 to 7 hours
Night: Hotel Chamonix
Elevation: + 1150 and - 1150 m
Walking time: 6 to 7 hours
We start from the valley where the Mer de Glace glacier was in 1825, when the inhabitants of the valley called the bishop to stop the glacier which was going to destroy the houses of the villagers during the Little Ice Age.
We will then go in search of the Mer de Glace by a moraine path which will take us to the Mottet Hut, where a small pancake will be welcome!?We will begin to see the Mer de Glace at the feet of the Drus West Face and of the Aiguille Verte. Once at the Mer de Glace and thereafter at the Signal Forbes, the view opens up on the magnificent Grandes Jorasses North Face and on the Aiguilles de Chamonix.
We will continue our walk under the Aiguilles de Chamonix and walk back down to Chamonix again.
Night: Hotel Chamonix
Elevation: + 1150 m and - 1150 m
Walking time: 6 to 7 hours
We will walk up into the forest on a good path to reach the legendary Aiguillette d'Argentière and its magnificent view of Mont Blanc. Here there is a dizzying path section to climb on steal stairs, well known as the Passage des Echelles, where your guide will help you on. You will therefore reach the Chéserys Lakes and the White Lake. You will eat your picnic a little higher up in order to admire the magnificent view on Mont Blanc and some of the most beautiful and well known peaks in the Alps.
If you are in good shape and if the weather is good, you will be walking back down on off trails to reach the Col des Montets, Tré le Champs and then Montroc.
Night: Hotel Chamonix
Elevation: + 1400m and - 1400m
Walking time: About 7 hours
We start in the morning direction of the Mont Blanc Glaciers. La Jonction is where the Bossons and the Taconnaz Glaciers get separated, we will be walking on a rocky outcrop with the glacier on each side. It is a magical place, we will walk on a good path, sometimes equipped with ladders and cables, hidden in the shade of the forest and just aside the glaciers. Even if the altitude drop seems important the ascent is done quite quickly, it's a vertical kilometer ... Depending on the group’s shape and the weather, we may shorten the day at Bec des Trois Corbeaux.
We will then return to the hotel for our last evening.
Free day, you can still have a walk around now that you know better the Chamonix Valley!
END OF TRIP, see you soon for new adventures!
We have chosen to include in the price the night before the trek beginning and the night after the end of the trek, in order to allow you to better organize your transports and to avoid to rush, as well as making your trip easier without having to worry about additional nights.
You will be given specific information about the hotel and how to reach it at the time of booking.
If possible take a light backpack with good carrying, the backpack should not exceed 1.5 kg.
Your backpack must have 10 to 15 liters of space for picnics that you will carry for lunch.
Count 2 liters of water and 1 kg of food for the day
Your guide will have a more complete pharmacy in the event of a larger accident.
For realx time: A small book or Card game (less than 150 grams)…
The hiker's enemy is weight, but a frozen or soaked hiker is a hiker without pleasure, so take the time to properly pack your bag.
Cancellation and repatriation insurance is advised as well as other insurance guaranteeing search and mountain rescue
We have chosen to include in the price the night before the trek beginning and the night after the end of the trek, in order to allow you to better organize your transports and to avoid to rush, as well as making your trip easier without having to worry about additional nights.
You will be given specific information about the hotel and how to reach it at the time of booking.
