Walk the Tour du Mont Blanc
With
Ralph Dobbertin
July 2024
What
I will be walking 170 km from July 3 to july 21 2024. The path starts in France and goes around Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, through Italy and Switzerland.
The first two days will be spent acclimating to the elevation. We will be camping most of the time though we anticipate a day or two in a Refuge etc. Packs will be slightly heavier because we will be carrying our tents etc.
The Camino Frances had an elevation gain of about 13 km over 31 days and 800 km distance. This tour will have an elevation gain of about 10km over 10 days and 170 km distance…so the hike is shorter but much steeper… with a heavier pack.
Luckily we will only be carrying a little bit of food as there are places to eat and re stock.
My biggest concern this time are my knees on constant steep terrain.
Take a look at my blog posts (below) as they get made, hopefully, daily.
Interesting video to Help you Understand the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB)
Stay tuned for this one
I was plotting my route on a mapping app and was a little humbled by the vastness of the Mont Blanc Massive when I turned on the 3D feature!!
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Met up with some old Camino friends in Chamonix
Was great to see Leon and Frauke again. Thanks so much for taking the time to visit us.
Did it.
So tired. was hard, fantastic and dangerous. Will post more tomorrow…
Argentierre to lac blanc
Another long and hard hike of about 8 hours. Total distance travelled 8 km. Normally I hike 9 km in just under 2 hours. Steep. That said today was probably the most spectacularly scenic day of the trip. We hit the famous ladders, saw ibex, and the mountains were...
Trient to tres le champs
About a 9 hour hike day. Very steep ascent and the descent was about as much as I could take. While I feel strong my knees are just saying “stop now, it’s enough”. The trails on YouTube videos are all nice and smooth and clean. In reality that’s maybe 20%. Most of the...
