Tour du Mont Blanc
Tour du Mont Blanc 7 Days Hiking
Technical lev. : 2.5 / 5
Difficult trekking, there are several vertiginous, physical and technical passages, the path is sometimes equipped with cables and ladders to help the progression, it is not a Via Ferrata but we are obliged to use them. You must master the activity, you are independent in the mountains in easy passages, the guide will help you in difficult passages.
Weather forecast learning and learning of walking progression techniques with a mountain rope.
Maximum 10 people per Guide.
Physical lev. : 3 / 5
For sporty people, we will have some good walking days and make some beautiful summits, you are confirmed in the activity or welcome in Trail initiation! Effort corresponding to approximately 900 - 1200 m of elevation gain in trekking.
A hiking Tour around Mont Blanc in 7 days to cross the mountains over Italy, Switzerland and France. We have chosen some of the most beautiful trails and alternative routes to gain a few days on the full Trekking Tour. We have shortened some parts because Esprit Montagne wants to take you off the classical hiking route, your Trekking Guide will make you discover beautiful trails and off trails that you would not dare do alone, he will also give you some tips to improve in Mountain terrain and gain autonomy on easy routes.
7 hiking days around the Mont Blanc Massif, discovering the most beautiful variants of the TMB apart from the classical Trekking Route. Esprit Montagne will guide you between France, Italy and Switzerland. The Italian part with its Mont Blanc Southern Side is for us the most beautiful part of the Tour. We will therefore follow the ridge lines to admire the South Face of Mont Blanc, which is worthy of the Himalayas with its gigantic walls of more than 3000 meters of vertical drop. In Switzerland we will discover the Trient Glaciers at the Fenêtre d'Arpette, then in the Chamonix valley we will head in direction of the wonderful Lac Blanc, to end this Trek in beauty.
Vertical Drop: + 1000 m and - 900 m
Walking time: 7 hours
Meeting point: in front of the Saint Gervais Le Fayet SNCF station at 7:30 am, to get to know each other and have a coffee together near the start of the Tramway du Mont Blanc. You can park your car in the Parking de la Gare which is free or for those who take the train you will be directly there.
Several hotels are located around the station for those arriving the day before: Hôtel du Terminus - Hôtel des 2 Gares - Hôtel de la Chaumière
We kindly ask you to prepare your bags well before leaving, your guide will do a quick check list before leaving.
We will be taking take the path of Saint Gervais Thermal Baths, to then catch the Mont d'Arbois cable car. The path will then take us to the ridge that leads to Mont Joly and the Aiguilles Croches, the view on Mont Blanc is great: we will see very well the track going up Mont Blanc normal route, which goes up to the Dôme du Goûter and on the ridge of Bosses: we may see mountaineers from afar. This first Variant of the Tour du Mont Blanc, on a great ridge line with an easy path is perfect for starting the Trek.
Vertical Drop: +1000 m and - 1200m
Walking time: approximately 7 hours
Vertical Drop: + 1000 m and - 1100 m
Walking time: about 8 hours
We will be walking at the feet of the Aiguille des Glaciers: we will be at the southern end of the Mont Blanc Massif, the path to reach the Col de la Seigne is fast. From up there we will get a beautiful viewpoint on the Italian side of Mont Blanc. Once at the Pass, we will go off for one of the most beautiful Variants of the Tour.
Direction Col des Chavannes (2603m) then Mont Fortin (2750m), the Mythical South Face of Mont-Blanc is in front of us! The Miage Glacier and its Lake are at our feet, all we have to do is make a nice descent to reach them and pick up a shuttle which will take us to Courmayeur, where we will sleep in a Hotel. We will enjoy the Italian gastronomy, its ice creams and all other Italian wonders ... Free evening, you dine wherever you want.
Vertical Drop: +1250 m and - 600 m
Walking time: about 7 hours
We will leave Courmayeur, to reach the Bertone Refuge, then the Mont de la Saxe where the view of the Grandes Jorasses and the Dent du Géant is magnificent. We will eat at the top of Testa Bernarda and a little nap in the grass will be very pleasant after the great climb we made in the morning. We will then head in direction of the Col Sapin and Combe d´Arminaz to find the bottom of the Val Ferret and reach the Bonatti refuge. It is a beautiful Italian refuge, where the welcome is always warm and the view of Val Ferret and Val Veny is impressive (40 km of valley at the feet of Mont Blanc with so many peaks and summits standing in front of us).
Vertical Drop: +850 m and - 900m
Walking time: approximately 7 hours of walking
We will leave quite early to follow the balcony path and enjoy the sunrise over the Mont Blanc Massif. We will be arriving at the Elena Refuge, where the path then becomes steeper to reach the Grand Col Ferret. We will cross the Italian Border at the Petit Col Ferret and enjoy its wild valley, which goes down until the Ferret village. We will be here in Switzerland in the magnificent Val Ferret. We will then take a shuttle to reach Champex Lac, where you can have a nice swim if you wish and temperatures allow it, the village of the resorts is made up of many typical chalets. We will sleep in a small chalet above Champex.
Vertical Drop: +1250 m and 1150 m
Walking time: approximately 7 hours of walking
Today we will be walking from Switzerland to Chamonix, along a great variant if the weather allows it. We will be leaving for the Fenêtre d'Arpette, which is the northern end of the Mont Blanc Massif with the Trient Glaciers and the Aiguilles Dorées. We are close by the famous Chamonix Zermatt Hauteroute, in winter there are many cross-country skiers on this glacial route, which is worldwide known for its magnificent beauty. We enjoy the view after a fairly steep climb and the descent will also be quite fast to reach the Col de Forclaz. If the group is in great shape, we will reach Argentière by feet via a beautiful balcony path, but it might be possible that we will take a few shortcuts to reach Argentière more easily, where we will sleep with Mont Blanc on our background. The Chamonix valley with its beautiful glaciers is in front of us, the sunset is often magnificent.
We will be leaving our Hut early enough to surprise the ibex in the cliffs of the Aiguillette d'Argentière. We will climb by the ladder path to access the Lacs des Chéserys and the Lac Blanc. The walk will be beautiful with all the summits of the Chamonix Valley in front of us: the Aiguille Verte with the Drus overlooking the Mer de Glace, more to the right the Aiguilles de Chamonix and a great line of summits which leads our gaze towards the Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc du Tacul, Mont Maudit and finally Mont Blanc. The North side of Mont Blanc is magnificent with its many glaciers, the walls are less vertiginous than the Italian side but the atmosphere is more glacial. Your Trekking Guide will take you to some beautiful lakes towards the Col de la Glière, then to the Col du Lac Cornu, before descending to the Plampraz gondola and to Chamonix. We will be enjoying the city of Chamonix together to have a last drink together and end our hiking week.
END of the trekking, everyone can resume their journey from 5.30 p.m.
See you soon for new adventures!
Those who want to return to Saint Gervais, the starting point of the Trek, can easily take a Train to Saint Gervais. Departures are regular every hour or so at a cost of around 15 euros. For those who wish to stay in Chamonix for an extra night, here are some addresses:
La Chaumière which is located 3 minutes from the center, La Pointe Isabelle a stone's throw from the train station and Plan B a stone's throw from the Aiguille du Midi cable car and the Bus station.
Arrival
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Price *
Status
Du 10/07/2022 au 16/07/2022
au 16/07/2022
890 €
FULL
Du 07/08/2022 au 13/08/2022
au 13/08/2022
910 €
FULL
Du 04/09/2022 au 10/09/2022
au 10/09/2022
890 €
FULL
* Price per person (without insurance)
If possible take a light backpack with good carrying, the backpack itself should not exceed 1,5 kilos.
Backpack for 7 days:
Your backpack must have 10 to 15 liters of space for the food that you will carry for lunch and sometimes for the day after.
Kilos to carry - it is better to wash than to carry:
Count 2 liters of water and 1 kilo of food for the day.
Covid 19 Special:
Head to toe material for your hiking trip:
Do not forget:
Toiletries:
Pharmacy & others:
Your guide will have a more complete pharmacy in the event of a more serious accident.
A small book or card game (less than 150 grams) ... if you want !
Necessary for meals:
The hiker's enemy is weight, but a frozen or wet hiker is a hiker without pleasure! So take the time to properly prepare your backpack.
Difficult trekking, there are several vertiginous, physical and technical passages, the path is sometimes equipped with cables and ladders to help the progression, it is not a Via Ferrata but we are obliged to use them. You must master the activity, you are independent in the mountains in easy passages, the guide will help you in difficult passages.
Weather forecast learning and learning of walking progression techniques with a mountain rope.
Maximum 10 people per Guide.
For sporty people, we will have some good walking days and make some beautiful summits, you are confirmed in the activity or welcome in Trail initiation! Effort corresponding to approximately 900 - 1200 m of elevation gain in trekking.
Cancellation and repatriation insurance is advised as well as other insurance guaranteeing search and mountain rescue (10,000 Euros guarantee approximately).
In front of the Saint Gervais Le Fayet SNCF Train station at 8:00 am, to get to know each other and have a coffee together by the Mont Blanc Tramway.
For those arriving by car, there is a free parking where you can leave your car for the week right next to the train station.
For those arriving by train, you will find your Trekking Guide waiting for you in front of the SNCF Train Station.
For those who would like to arrive one day earlier or leave one day later in order to enjoy the Thermal baths, here below some links to some Hotels in Saint Gervais to organise your trip as you prefer:
. Guiding of a certified UIMLA Trekking Guide of our Team;
. Half board accommodation as described in the program;
. Picnics, every day;
. Mandatory transports along the program.
. Cancellation / interruption of stay / luggage loss and accident insurance;
. Free evenings where you can choose the restaurant of your choice on DAY 3 (look at the program detail);
. Drinks and personal expenses;
. Additional nights outside the program;
. Out-of-program visits and transfers;
. Tips;
. All what is not indicated in the section "The price includes".
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