CONTENTS

CONTENTS
Key to Route Profiles
Mountain Safety
Overview map
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INTRODUCTION
The Tour of Mont Blanc
The Route
Clockwise or
Suggested Itineraries
How to
There
When to Co
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Accommodation
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Languages
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Maps and
Notes for Walkers
Safety in the Mountains
Using this Guide
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Information at a Glance
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THE TOUR OF MONT BLANC - ANTI-CLOCKWISE
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STAGE 1
ALT STAGE 1
Les Houches - Bionnassay Les Contamines
Les Houches - Refuge de Miage - Les Contamines
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STAGE 2
STAGE 3
STAGE 4
Les Contamines - Croix du Bonhomme - Les Chapieux
Les Chapieux Col de la Seigne Rifugio Elisabetta
Rifugio Elisabetta - Courmayeur
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STAGE 5
Courmayeur
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STAGE 6
STAGE 7
STAGE 8
ALT STAGE 8
Rifugio Bonatti - Grand Col Ferret - La Fouly
La Fouly - Champex
Champex - Alp Bovine - Col de la Forclaz
Champex - Fenetre d'Arpette - Col de la Forclaz
STAGE 9
STAGE 9
Col de la Forclaz - Col de Balme -Tre-le-Champ
Col de la Forclaz - Refuge les Grands - Tre-le-Champ
STAGE
STAGE
Tre-le-Champ - Refuge La Flegere
- Le Brevent - Les Houches
PUCES AND
Rifugio Bonatti
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OF INTEREST O N THE TMB
STORY OF MONT BLANC
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Tour of Mont Blanc
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THE TOUR OF MONT BLANC - CLOCKWISE
STAGE 1
STAGE 2
STAGE 3
STAGE 4
STAGE 5
STAGE 6
STAGE 7
ALT STAGE 7
Champex Ferret
Ferret - Grand Col Ferret - Rifugio Bonatti
Rifugio Bonatti - Courmayeur
Courmayeur - Rifugio Elisabetta
Rifugio Elisabetta - Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme
Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme - Les Contamines
Les Contamines - Bionnassay - Les Houches
Les Contamines - Refuge de Miage - Les Houches
STAGE 8
Les Houches - Le Brevent - La Flegere
STAGE 9
La Flegere - Col de
-Trient
STAGE10
ALT STAGE 10 Refuge les Grands - Fenetre d'Arpette - Champex
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APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
Accommodation
Useful contacts
Further reading
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APPENDIX D
French-English glossary
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Key to Route Profiles
accommodation: mountain hut, hotel, dortoir, gite...
official campsite
refreshments: food, and/or drinks
bus service
railway station
mechanical lift: cable-car,
chairlift etc