Tour du Mont Blanc Express, Private guided

TRIP ITINERARY:

Day 1: Meeting in Chamonix Mont Blanc, France

Meet with your guide and tour leader in our hotel for welcome, equipment check and a briefing on the Tour du Mont Blanc ahead. Your evening is free to explore the many bars and restaurants in Chamonix.

Day 2: Above Chamonix to Les Houches

Our trip starts with a cable car ride that takes us up to nearly 2000 meters. Here, above the tree line, we begin a stunning high-level walk above the Chamonix valley with exceptional views of Mont Blanc. We descend to the village Les Houches and a traditional Savoyard hotel for the night.

Day 3: Les Houches to Les Contamines

We take a cable car to the top of the ski area in Les Houches. From here, we traverse below the towering Aiguille de Bionnasay and cross the snout of it's glacier on a suspension bridge, before arriving at the Col de Tricot. It's now steeply downhill to the Miage mountain pasture, where a charming mountain hut offer refreshments, before we continue on the last stretch down to the charming village Les Contamines.

Day 4: Les Contamines to Vallée des Glaciers

From Les Contamines we climb steadily up an old roman way towards the top of the Contamines valley. A stunning and wild walk takes us over a succession of mountain passes before our descent to the Vallée des Glaciers (the Glaciers Valley) and the final short stretch to a traditional mountain hut.

Day 5: Vallée des Glaciers to Courmayeur, Italy

We leave our charming hut behind and ascend to the Seigne mountain pass, where we cross the border into Italy and get the first views of the dramatic Italian side of Mont Blanc. A gentle descend into the beautiful Val Veny where we transfer the final, short distance into the Italian town Courmayeur. Your evening is free to explore the many bars and restaurants in Courmayeur.

DAY 6: Val Ferret to La Fouly, Switzerland

From Courmayeur, a short transfer takes us to the top of the Ferret valley where our hike begins. The trail goes steadily upwards through scenic mountain pastures. A last Italian coffee stop is possible before we reach the Grand Col Ferret mountain pass. We now enter Switzerland and descend through the idyllic Swiss Ferret valley to the village of La Fouly, where we jump on our transfer to the charming lake side village Champex.

Day 7: Champex-Lac to Trient

Leaving Champex, we have a choice of two routes depending on how the group feels. We can cross the notorious Fenêtre d’Arpette - a tiny mountain pass cut into a rugged alpine ridge, or we can opt for the gentler Bovine route, which takes us by an old farm in a high mountain pasture, which serves as a mountain hut and offers superb views of the Rhone valley. Either way, we end the day at a bustling auberge in the small village of Trient.

Day 8: Trient to Chamonix Mont Blanc, France

We leave our Auberge in Trient for the last leg of the Tour du Mont Blanc. Today’s walk goes up to the Balme pass, where we cross the border back into France. We descend into the familiar surroundings of the Chamonix valley with Mont Blanc and the jagged peaks of the Chamonix valley above us. We jump on our transfer for the last stretch along the valley floor to our hotel in Chamonix. Night in hotel.

Day 9: Departure day

Breakfast in the hotel and the official end to our Tour du Mont Blanc trek.