Trekking the Tour du Mont Blanc: Classic 170km hut-to-hut hike with two-way route description

The Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) is a 170km (105 miles) circuit around Mont Blanc, taking 11 days to walk from Les Houches (France) to Chamonix (France). It can be run, fastpacked, or hiked in 5–9 days, with step-by-step descriptions, maps, facilities planner, route summary tables, and accommodation listings. A map booklet and GPX files are available separately.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 28 May 2024
Publisher: Cicerone Press

The Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) is a breathtaking circuit around Mont Blanc, covering 170km (105 miles) and taking around 11 days to walk from its official start at Les Houches in France, passing through Courmayeur in Italy and Champex in Switzerland before returning to France via the Chamonix valley. It is a well-serviced introduction to high-level mountain trekking for walkers with good levels of fitness, and can also be run, fastpacked or hiked in 5-9 days. The route is described in both directions in 11 daily stages between 7 and 21km (5-13 miles) in length, with variant routes and alternative stages providing the option of visiting cols, refuges and viewpoints not included on the official TMB route. The guidebook contains step-by-step descriptions of the route alongside 1:100,000 maps, a handy facilities planner, route summary tables and accommodation listings to help you plan your itinerary. It also includes transport info, a French-English glossary, notes on local history and sites of interest, and a map booklet containing 1:25,000 IGN mapping and route line, available separately from Cicerone. GPX files are available to download.

Weight: 350g
Dimension: 172 x 116 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786312280
Edition number: 6 Revised edition