Day-by-day trail itinerary
Tour du Mont Blanc: 9-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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9 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 → Issert
24.5 km · 811 m ascent · 7h56–11h13 (about 9h21, incl. ~1h34 of stops)
Via La Fouly, Praz-de-Fort, Les Arlaches -
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Day 7: Issert → Trient
20.8 km · 1,214 m ascent · 7h19–10h20 (about 8h37, incl. ~1h26 of stops)
Via Som-la-Proz, Chez-les-Reuses, Le Biolley, Orsières, Champex-Lac, Le Brocard, La Fontaine, Pied du Château, Le Fays -
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Day 8: Trient → Argentière
14.9 km · 1,314 m ascent · 5h41–8h01 (about 6h41, incl. ~1h07 of stops)
Via Vallorcine -
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Day 9: Argentière → Les Houches
22.7 km · 1,154 m ascent · 7h49–11h02 (about 9h12, incl. ~1h32 of stops)
Via Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Les Bossons