This guidebook to the Tour du Mont Blanc circuit features in-depth route description and mapping for walking this classic route in either direction. A well-signed but demanding 105-mile (170km) trek, the Tour of Mont Blanc is a spectacular introduction to high-level mountain walking for walkers with good levels of fitness.
- Classic anti-clockwise route starts from Les Houches and is typically walked in 11 days. The clockwise route starts in Champex and takes 10 days to complete
- Stages range from 5-14 miles (8-22km) in length, but plentiful accommodation allows each day's walking to be shortened or extended
- Comes with separate map booklet containing official 1:25,000 IGN mapping
- Each stage includes a 1:100,000 route map, with urban maps for the major centres of Chamonix, Courmayeur, Les Contamines, Les Houches and Champex
- Includes higher level variant routes for walkers looking for a more challenging trek
- Route summary table and accommodation and facilities listings help you plan your itinerary, while comprehensive notes on transport and a French-English glossary are included
- GPX files available for download
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Höhe: 17.2 cm
Breite: 11.6 cm
Dicke: 14 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-78631-062-0 (9781786310620)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Kev Reynolds is a freelance writer, photojournalist and lecturer. A prolific compiler of guidebooks, his first title for Cicerone Press (Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees) appeared in 1978; he has since produced many more titles for the same publisher, with others in the pipeline. A member of the Outdoor Writers' Guild, the Alpine Club and Austrian Alpine Club, his passion for mountains and the countryside remains undiminished after a lifetime's activity, and he regularly travels throughout Britain to share that enthusiasm through his lectures.
Contents
Overview map
Overview profile
Map key
Mountain safety
Route summary table
Introduction
The Tour of Mont Blanc
The route
Clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Suggested itineraries
How to get there
When to go
Accommodation
Languages
Maps and waymarks
Preparation and equipment
Safety in the mountains
Using this guide
The Tour of Mont Blanc - anti-clockwise
Stage 1 Les Houches - Bionnassay - Les Contamines
Stage 1A Les Houches - Refuge de Miage - Les Contamines
Stage 2 Les Contamines - Croix du Bonhomme - Les Chapieux
Stage 3 Les Chapieux - Col de la Seigne - Rifugio Elisabetta
Stage 4 Rifugio Elisabetta - Courmayeur
Stage 5 Courmayeur - Rifugio Bonatti
Stage 6 Rifugio Bonatti - Grand Col Ferret - La Fouly
Stage 7 La Fouly - Champex
Stage 8 Champex - Alp Bovine - Trient
Stage 8A Champex - Fen&##xea;tre d'Arpette - Trient
Stage 9 Trient - Col de Balme - Tr&##xe9;-le-Champ
Stage 10 Tr&##xe9;-le-Champ - Refuge La Fl&##xe9;g&##xe8;re
Stage 11 Refuge La Fl&##xe9;g&##xe8;re - Le Br&##xe9;vent - Les Houches
Places and items of interest on the TMB
The story of Mont Blanc
The Tour of Mont Blanc - clockwise
Stage 1 Champex - Ferret
Stage 2 Ferret - Grand Col Ferret - Rifugio Bonatti
Stage 3 Rifugio Bonatti - Courmayeur
Stage 4 Courmayeur - Rifugio Elisabetta
Stage 5 Rifugio Elisabetta - Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme
Stage 6 Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme - Les Contamines
Stage 7 Les Contamines - Bionnassay - Les Houches
Stage 7A Les Contamines - Refuge de Miage - Les Houches
Stage 8 Les Houches - Le Br&##xe9;vent - La Fl&##xe9;g&##xe8;re
Stage 9 La Fl&##xe9;g&##xe8;re - Col de Balme - Trient
Stage 10 Trient - Alp Bovine - Champex
Stage 10A Trient - Fen&##xea;tre d'Arpette - Champex
Appendix A Route facilities table (anti-clockwise)
Appendix B Accommodation
Appendix C Campsites on the TMB
Appendix D Useful contacts
Appendix E Further reading
Appendix F French-English glossary
