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Tour du Mont Blanc - Classic 10 Days
The complete circuit, without the heavy pack. Three countries, 164 km, and your bag meets you every evening.
- Duration
- 10 days
- Distance
- 157.9 km
- Total ascent
- 9,068 m
- Total descent
- 8,872 m
- Countries
- 3
- Start
- Les Houches
- Finish
- Les Houches
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Endurance demand
- Very high
About this trip
The Tour du Mont Blanc is the long-distance hike that every other long-distance hike gets compared to. It circles the Mont Blanc massif through France, Italy and Switzerland, covering roughly 164 kilometres and more than 10,000 metres of ascent and descent over ten days.
Nothing on the route is technical. A few short sections have ladders or fixed chains to help you over steeper rock, but they are easy to manage with care and no climbing experience is needed. What the trail asks for instead is endurance: most days involve a climb of 700 to 1,300 metres, and you do it again the next morning.
This is our full-circuit trip, and it is the one we recommend if you want the whole thing. You start and finish in Les Houches, you cross every border on foot, and you walk into the same village you left eleven days earlier having gone all the way around the mountain.
Every one of our trips has demanding mountain days. Choose based on how many hard days in a row you are ready for.
Itinerary
- Day1
Les Houches to Les Contamines
The classic opening. A lift-assisted start to Col de Voza, then a long, forgiving descent through pasture and forest into the Montjoie valley.
- Day2
Les Contamines to Les Chapieux
Up the old Roman road to Col du Bonhomme and Col de la Croix du Bonhomme, the first taste of high, open ground above 2,400 m.
- Day3
Les Chapieux to Courmayeur
A balcony traverse high above the valley, finishing with a steep drop into Courmayeur's espresso bars and cobbled streets.
- Day4
Courmayeur to Val Ferret
A steady climb to Rifugio Bertone, then the celebrated Mont de la Saxe ridge with the Grandes Jorasses filling the sky.
- Day5
Val Ferret to La Fouly
The longest day. Grand Col Ferret at 2,537 m marks the border into Switzerland and a complete change of landscape.
- Day6
La Fouly to Champex
A gentle valley day through Swiss hamlets and hay meadows, ending at the lake in Champex. The legs get a rest.
- Day7
Champex to Trient
Over the Bovine route through cow pasture and forest, with a long view down the Rhône valley before dropping to Trient.
- Day8
Trient to Tré-le-Champ
Back into France over Col de Balme, where the whole massif lines up ahead of you in one view.
- Day9
Tré-le-Champ to Chamonix
The short, spectacular day: ladders bolted to the rock, then the Grand Balcon Sud traverse above Chamonix.
- Day10
Chamonix to Les Houches
The closing loop over Le Brévent, with the biggest descent of the tour and a last full-frontal view of Mont Blanc.
Trip info
What's included
- Luggage transfer between accommodations
- 7 nights in mountain refuges and guesthouses (dormitory rooms) plus 2 nights in a 2-3 star hotel
- 8 breakfasts and 8 dinners
- Public transport guidance and lunch-stop recommendations for every stage
- Full training programme: three online sessions plus one in-person meet-up for participants in Denmark
- GPS route files and offline maps for the whole trail
- 24/7 phone support from Denmark for the duration of your trip
- Certificate and completion recognition at the finish
What's not included
- Lunch, snacks and drinks
- Travel to the start point and home from the finish
- Cable cars, ski lifts and local transport tickets
- Travel insurance - mandatory, and you must show it before departure
- Personal hiking equipment and clothing
- Tourist tax at accommodations (roughly €5 per night)
- Flights and any visas you may need
Optional extras
- Airport transfers at either end
- Extra nights in Les Houches before and/or after the trip
Quoted on request - tell us what you need in your enquiry.
Dates and prices
Calendar
August 2027
September 2027
- Places left
- Few left
- Sold out
- Your dates
- Free day
All departures
| Departure | Places left | Price | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Aug - 11 Aug 202710 days, from Les Houches | 4 of 8 | DKK 12,000 | Available | Enquire now |
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