Tour du Mont Blanc in 9 days
Sample counter-clockwise itinerary from Les Houches. When transport is accepted we only deduct named legs (Bellevue cable car, Chapieux → Ville des Glaciers shuttle, La Fouly → Champex bus, Flégère / Brévent gondolas) — never fabricated day lengths.
Still a very long day
Even with those transports, day 4 stays above about 25 km / 1,600 m ascent / 9 h. For a more sustainable pace, prefer 8 days or more.
- Day 1: Les Houches → Les Contamines-Montjoie · 11.8 km · +422 m · ~4.8 hTransport: Les Houches – Bellevue cable car
- Day 2: Les Contamines-Montjoie → Les Chapieux · 17 km · +1432 m · ~8.9 h
- Day 3: Les Chapieux → Refuge Elisabetta Soldini · 8.2 km · +877 m · ~5 hTransport: Shuttle Les Chapieux → Ville des Glaciers
- Day 4: Refuge Elisabetta Soldini → Refuge Walter Bonatti · 25.6 km · +1752 m · ~12.9 h
- Day 5: Refuge Walter Bonatti → La Fouly · 18.1 km · +1104 m · ~8.8 h
- Day 6: La Fouly → Champex-Lac · 0 km · +0 m · ~0 hTransport: Bus La Fouly → Champex
- Day 7: Champex-Lac → Trient · 15 km · +924 m · ~7.2 h
- Day 8: Trient → Argentière · 12.9 km · +1452 m · ~8.6 h
- Day 9: Argentière → Les Houches · 9.4 km · +1338 m · ~7 hTransport: Flégère / Brévent gondola + valley link
Walking times use a standard hiking formula — how we calculate.
Adapt to my datesDistances and elevation are calculated from OpenStreetMap maps of the Tour du Mont Blanc and public elevation data. Walking times use a standard hiking formula (see /en/method). The GPX file is that map track plus listed variants and stage/lodging waypoints — verify on the ground; do not navigate blindly. © OpenStreetMap contributors.