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Tour of Mont-Blanc ​((it)Giro del Monte Bianco)
One of the rare views of Mont-Blanc during the TMB
Information
Departure	The Houches
Arrival	The Houches
Positive elevation	8 917 m
Negative elevation	9 119 m
Duration	1 to 2 weeks
Country	France ​Italy ​Swiss
Location
45 ° 55 ′ 22 ″ N 6 ° 52 ′ 36 ″ E : JSON content is not GeoJSON simplestyle compatible
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the tour of Mont-Blanc (TMB) is a hiking trail that allows you to go around the Mont-Blanc massif.

Understand

The trail crosses the France, the'Italy and the Swiss before returning to France. It's a glamorous hike but also very popular, so expect to see a lot of people in season. In addition, a large number of organizations offer various formulas (with or without porterage, night at the hotel, rental of mules, etc.) which allows all types of walkers to embark on these trails.

Signage and markup

Steps

With a roaming of one week to two weeks depending on the variants chosen

Stage	Departure	Destination	Mileage	Duration	Elevation
					cumulative positive	cumulative negative
1	45.896.79821 The Houches	Contaminants	16 km	5 h 00 min	646 m	633 m
2	45.816896.724912 Contaminants	The Chapieux	18 km	7 h 30 min	1316 m	929 m
3	45.696626.733813 The Chapieux	Rifugio Elisabetta	15 km	4 h 30 min	1,004 m	258 m
4	45.76696.83754 Rifugio Elisabetta	Courmayeur	18 km	5 h 00 min	460 m	1,560 m
5	45.79096.97085 Courmayeur	Rifugio Bonatti	12 km	4 h 30 min	860 m	101 m
6	45.84697.03376 Rifugio Bonatti	La Fouly	20 km	6 h 30 min	895 m	1,410 m
7	45.93327.09867 La Fouly	Champex-Lac	15 km	4 h 00 min	420 m	565 m
8	46.03047.11588 Champex-Lac	Col de la Forclaz	16 km	4 h 30 min	742 m	682 m
9	46.057887.001329 Col de la Forclaz	Tré-le-Champ	13 km	5 h 30 min	1,069 m	1,178 m
10	45.994926.9276810 Tré-le-Champ	Refuge de la Flégère	8 km	3 h 30 min	733 m	257 m
11	45.959996.8873211 Refuge de la Flégère	The Houches	17 km	6 h 30 min	772 m	1,546 m
Total			168 km	57 h 00 min	8,917 m	9,119 m

To go

Circulate

To see

To the surprise of many people, it should be noted that you will rarely see the mont blanc himself.

Do

To buy

Eat

Housing

The shelters are relatively expensive but are kept, clean with generally hot water and the possibility of taking a meal.

• 45.792226.969721 Bouton d'or hotel Strada Statale 26, n^o 10, 11013 Courmayeur, Italy,   39 165 84 67 29, fax : 39 165 84 21 52, e-mail : [email protected] room available from 15 h, to be released before 11 h. 75 to 95 € (~ 104.99 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 142.24 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 114.69 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 62,282.57 F CFA - price on 04/27/2021) single room, 150 to 250 € (~ 276.29 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 374.31 - price of 04/27/2021) (~ $ 301.82 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 163,901.51 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021) room 3 pers.. –  (last update Feb. 2018)

Eat

Have a drink / Go out

Security

Around

Hiking