Friday, July 27, 2018 Overnight accommodations: Le Vert Hôtel, Chamonix Places visited: Absolute Chamonix Paragliding; Poco Loco (lunch); Mont Blanc Natural Resort cablecar to Plan Praz; Spar (grocery store); Aiguille du Midi; Le Vert Hôtel (dinner) We woke up around 6:30am, packed up, and had breakfast at 7am. The very friendly lady who runs … Continue reading Day 12: post-TMB adventures in Chamonix
Thursday, July 26, 2018 Start: Refuge La Flágère End: Les Houches, Gite Michel Fagot Mileage: 10.7 Elevation: 4294′ gain, 7086′ descent Stage: 11 After a tasty dinner chatting with two Americans and then watching the sunset light descend Mont Blanc (along with a few dozen photographers with high-powered cameras), we headed to bed around 10pm. … Continue reading Day 11: Tour du Mont Blanc
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Start: Montroc, Gite le Moulin End: Refuge La Flágère Mileage: 5.8 Elevation: 4000′ gain, 2291′ descent Stage: 10 After an amazing dinner and dessert at a quiet table with just us and Michael last night, we had showers and a lovely, cool night sleep. Breakfast this morning was very nice, … Continue reading Day 10: Tour du Mont Blanc
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 Start: Col de la Forclaz, Hotel du Col de la Forclaz End: Montroc, Gite le Moulin Mileage: 11.7 Elevation: 5500′ gain, 6128′ descent Stage: 9 variente After an overly warm night trying to sleep, with the Irish group drinking loudly outside our window until 11pm, I was awakened at 6am … Continue reading Day 9: Tour du Mont Blanc
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Start: Col de la Croix du Bonhomme, Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme End: Rifugio Elisabetta Mileage: 10.0 Elevation: 3482′ gain, 4464′ descent Stage: part of Stage 2 variente, stage 3 As it turned out, our 2 roommates never showed up last night, so we had the room to ourselves. … Continue reading Day 3: Tour du Mont Blanc
Tuesday, July 17, 2018 Start: Les Contamines, Chalet CAF End: Col de la Croix du Bonhomme, Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme Mileage: 8.3 Elevation: 4749′ gain, 552′ descent Stage: part of Stage 2 This morning, we got up at 6am, had breakfast at 6:30am, and were on trail by 7am. The first hour or … Continue reading Day 2: Tour du Mont Blanc
Monday, July 16, 2018 Start: Les Houches, Gite Michel Fagot End: Les Contamines, Chalet CAF Mileage: 11.7 Elevation: 5223′ gain, 4719′ descent Stage: 1, variente taken We woke up at 6am, had breakfast at 6:30am, and started out from Les Houches around 7:15am. The first portion of the hike was a road walk, until … Continue reading Day 1: Tour du Mont Blanc
Transcending Mountains 