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)
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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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Tough hike today
Very steep up and down. Legs and knees starting to feel it. Today will be longer so hoping yesterday was just an anomaly. Ate a great meal to compensate lol. Wanted to do fenetre d’arpette but was advised against it due to weather, snow and ice. At dinner we met some...
Today we’re in Champex lac Switzerland
Only 5 hours of hiking that started downhill but ended with a very steep walk up. So steep that our faces were confronted by the ground. Champex lac is a beautiful little lake town and we will watch the euro cup final here in a pub. Not too many pics today as we were...
Made it into Switzerland today
Have some pictures but internet is poor so cannot upload. Over 9 hours of hiking today and very steep up and down. Tired today. There is 1 picture of me walking on a 6 inch ledge with a 500 foot drop on one side. I quickly realized I was a little off trail. Alot of...
My kingdom for bigger lungs lol
Big rain and thunder morning that cleared for a bit but basically rained all day. Today we r staying at the refuge bonatti. Tough and extremely steep first 2 hours that leveled off. We r supposed to have the best views of Mont Blanc but the weather did not cooperate....
