Day-by-day trail itinerary
Tour du Mont Blanc: 11-day itinerary
The Tour du Mont Blanc is a 166 km long-distance path, climbing about 10306 m in total across 1 official sections. This summary is auto-generated. Expand it and the topics below with well-sourced detail.
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A practical starting point
11 days from Les Houches to Les Houches
Use these daily distances and overnight stops as a starting point, then customise the trip in the planner.
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Day 1: Les Houches → Les Contamines-Montjoie
17.1 km · 942 m ascent · 5h58–8h25 (about 7h01, incl. ~1h10 of stops)
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Day 2: Les Contamines-Montjoie → Les Chapieux
18.9 km · 1,333 m ascent · 6h53–9h43 (about 8h05, incl. ~1h21 of stops)
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Day 3: Les Chapieux → Alpe Chavanne superiore
15.7 km · 969 m ascent · 5h33–7h50 (about 6h32, incl. ~1h05 of stops)
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Day 4: Alpe Chavanne superiore → Courmayeur
14.2 km · 475 m ascent · 4h39–6h34 (about 5h28, incl. ~55m of stops)
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Day 5: Courmayeur → Arnuova Desot
17.2 km · 1,124 m ascent · 6h08–8h40 (about 7h14, incl. ~1h12 of stops)
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Day 6: Arnuova Desot → La Fouly
14.4 km · 764 m ascent · 4h59–7h03 (about 5h52, incl. ~59m of stops)
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Day 7: La Fouly → Champex-Lac
14.9 km · 486 m ascent · 4h38–6h32 (about 5h27, incl. ~55m of stops)
Via Praz-de-Fort, Les Arlaches, Issert, Som-la-Proz, Chez-les-Reuses, Le Biolley, Orsières -
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Day 8: Champex-Lac → Trient
16.0 km · 776 m ascent · 5h28–7h44 (about 6h26, incl. ~1h04 of stops)
Via Le Brocard, La Fontaine, Pied du Château, Le Fays -
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Day 9: Trient → Vallorcine
8.8 km · 971 m ascent · 3h28–4h53 (about 4h04, incl. ~41m of stops)
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Day 10: Vallorcine → Les Grassonnets
8.6 km · 780 m ascent · 3h18–4h40 (about 3h53, incl. ~39m of stops)
Via Argentière -
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Day 11: Les Grassonnets → Les Houches
20.2 km · 717 m ascent · 6h40–9h24 (about 7h50, incl. ~1h19 of stops)
Via Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Les Bossons