Tour Mont Blanc in 12 days

From Geneva Airport, you can get to Les Houches by bus or train. Once you are at your hotel, you can make the most of the day to get to know the city.

Overnight in Les Houches

Your Mont Blanc tour begins in the Chamonix Valley, to Bellevue. If you prefer, you can take the cable car.

In Bellevue you can venture to take on the challenging route to Chalet de Miage, through the town of Dome du Goeter and Aiguille de Bionnassay.

Your other option to arrive in Les Contamines will be the way through Bionnassay, through beautiful forests and alpine terrain.

Walk through Chalets de Miage - 18 km

Walk through Bionnassay - 17.3 km

Cable car option

Overnight in Les Contamines

Start a quiet journey through the valley to the Notre Dame de la Gorge Chapel. This journey can be made by shuttle.

The road will continue along a sustained ascent, passing through the Contamines Montjoie Nature Reserve and finding incredible views with every step, until you reach the rugged landscapes of Col du Bonhomme.

In Col de la Croix du Bonhomme you can climb the Col des Fours (2,665 metres) and descend to Les Chapieux.

Les Chapieux: if there is no accommodation available at Les Chapieux, you will have your accommodation at Bourg-Saint-Maurice. We will make the corresponding arrangements so that you can have the necessary transfers between the towns.

Overnight in Les Chapieux

Start by walking from the Refuge des Mottets to the Col de la Seigne, a journey on which you will leave France and enter Italy. Today's journey will be through the south of the Mont Blanc mountain range, with irregular peaks, glaciers and waterfalls.

On the descent, you will pass through high meadows until you reach Val Veni. There you can choose the ascent from Col Checrouit to Courmayeur, or continue along the huge Glacier du Miage to Visaille, where you take the bus to Courmayeur.

La Visaille Route - 28.6 km

La Visaille Route and Col de la Seigne - 20.1 km

Col de la Seigne Route - 23.6 km

Overnight in Courmayeur

Choose from three options to take your tour. They all start with a challenging climb from Courmayeur and continue around Mont de la Saxe, overlooking the Mont Blanc massif and the Grandes Jorasses mountain.

Variants via Col Sapin or Mont de la Saxe include additional ascents, which will all reward you with beautiful views.

Overnight in Rifugio Bonatti

Start this day with a contoured walk from Rifugio Bonatti, to continue with a descent to Val Ferret, where the climbing of the Gran Col du Ferret towards Switzerland begins.

Walk between chalets and grazing cattle until you reach La Fouly, a charming Alpine village.

Overnight in La Fouly

Walking through the Val Ferret, with its calm forests, is an experience that comforts you and fills you with energy.

On your way to Champex, you will pass some of the quietest trails of the Mont Blanc massif and the village of Les Arches, a picture-postcard place.

Overnight in Champex

The official route through Alp Bovine will take you on an incredible walk through pine and larch forests, along with views of the Rhone Valley.

Another alternative will be the route up to 2,655 metres high along the Fenetre d'Arpette, to the Trient Valley.

Alp Bovine walk - 17.5 km

Fenetre d'Arpette Walk - 15 km

Overnight in Trient

From Trient, you ascend to the French border at Col de Balme. From there, the entire Mont Blanc massif extends; Chamonix Valley, the summit of Mont Blanc, the Aiguilles, Mer de Glace and Argentiere glaciers.

The route will continue through Col des Posettes and Aiguillette des Posettes, to the Chamonix Valley in Tre le Champ.

From Tre le Champ, you can walk 1.5 km to your hotel in Argentiere or take the bus service at no cost.

Walk through Le Tour - 12 km

Col de Balme Walk - 13.2 km

Overnight in Argentière

From the hotel, climb the Aiguillette trail in Argentiere to the Grand Balcon Sud de Aiguilles Rouges. In the Aiguilles Rouge Nature Reserve it is common to encounter sightings of Ibex (wild goat) and charming groundhogs.

Continue ascending to Lac Blanc, where you can have lunch. On the descent, you will pass by the cable car station in Le Flegere.

Taking the Balcon Sud route you cross the mountainside, until you reach Planpraz, where you can take the cable car to the centre of Chamonix.

Overnight in Chamonix

Take the cable car to return to Planpraz, where you will start your last day on this tour of Mont Blanc, for which you will have several options.

The most complex and rewarding path will be to Les Houches, through the Col du Brevent and Le Brevent.  

The second option is a descent through Lac Brevent, passing through Bel Lachat, until you reach Les Houches, from where you will return to Chamonix by bus or train. This route can be shortened at several points along the way.

Overnight in Chamonix

In Chamonix you will find several options to return by bus or train to Geneva or anywhere else in France.

If you wish, you can add extra nights in this high mountain town.

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