Guidebook for hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc, one of the world's classic treks. The 170km (105 mile) TMB route via France, Italy and Switzerland typically takes 11 days, and can be walked in anti-clockwise and clockwise directions. With trek planning resources, accommodation guide and 5, 7 and 9-day options. A 1:25,000 IGN map booklet is available separately.
A guidebook to hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB), a spectacular circuit around Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest mountain. Covering 170km (105 miles), the TMB takes around 11 days to walk from its official start at Les Houches (France), passing through Courmayeur (Italy) and Champex (Switzerland) before returning to France via the Chamonix valley. A well-serviced introduction to high-level mountain trekking for walkers with good levels of fitness, it 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. Variant routes and alternative stages are also provided, giving the option of visiting cols, refuges and viewpoints not included on the official TMB route.
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Contains
step-by-step description
of the route alongside
1:100,000 maps
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Handy
facilities planner
, route summary tables and accommodation listings
help you plan your itinerary
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Includes
transport info
, a French-English glossary, notes on local history and sites of interest
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A
map booklet
, containing 1:25,000 IGN mapping and route line, is available separately from Cicerone
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GPX files
available to download
