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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Looks like I figured out how to fix the comments section.
Click on the comment title or picture and comments should appear. If not re fresh the screen. Hoping that does it. Cheers
Total rest day and we needed it
Washed and dried some clothes. Everything was damp and tent was packed wet. All dry now Ate in courmayeur and had fantastic pasta and wine Well rested Tomorrow we set out again for another long hike… in rain all day. Have to, to make the schedule. But it’s a game day...
I’ll try a few more pictures.
Sunrise while wild camping We should be able to see Mont Blanc but too many clouds today. Me perched at 2710 meters. So steep the snow doesn’t stay Hiking in a valley
Some highlight pictures
I’ll try sending 5 at a time and hope this works. Just about to start the Col des Fours. Putting on crampons. Ok just 2
