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Day 8: Tour du Mont Blanc
Posted on July 23, 2018August 22, 2018

Day 8: Tour du Mont Blanc

Monday, July 23, 2018 Start: Champex, Gite Bon Abri End: Col de la Forclaz, Hotel du Col de la Forclaz Mileage: standard: 10.0; variente: 8.7 Elevation: standard: 3191′ gain, 3032′ descent; variante: 5322′ gain, 5169′ descent Stage: 8; Toby took the standard way, and I took the variente Last night was less pleasant than it … Continue reading Day 8: Tour du Mont Blanc

Day 7: Tour du Mont Blanc
Posted on July 22, 2018August 20, 2018

Day 7: Tour du Mont Blanc

Sunday, July 22, 2018 Start: La Fouly, Auberge Maya-Joie End: Champex, Gite Bon Abri Mileage: 10.3 Elevation: 2946′ gain, 3423′ descent Stage: 7 This morning, after gloriously good sleep, we got up around 6:45am, had breakfast at 7am, said goodbye to Nours and Suzie, and started hiking around 8am. The first few hours of hiking … Continue reading Day 7: Tour du Mont Blanc

Day 6: Tour du Mont Blanc
Posted on July 21, 2018August 16, 2018

Day 6: Tour du Mont Blanc

Saturday, July 21, 2018 Start: Rifugio Bonatti End: La Fouly, Auberge Maya-Joie Mileage: 12.4 Elevation: 4134′ gain, 5453′ descent Stage: 6, variente/original TMB route taken due to poor signage   After a nice but very busy hostel last night, we were eager to be on our way this morning. We were up at 6am, breakfast … Continue reading Day 6: Tour du Mont Blanc

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