In August 2021, a group of girls chose to go hiking around Mont Blanc in summer organized by Paris Outdoor. There were ten girls in the team and the travelers crossed the borders of France 🇫🇷, Switzerland 🇨🇭 and Italy 🇮🇹 for 8 days and 7 nights. The walking distance was 170 kilometers around Mont Blanc, which was as high as 4810 meters. We love the outdoors, the pursuit of limits, enjoy the charm of the Alps together!
Le tour de Mont-Blanc is arguably one of the top hiking trails in the world, and a very special one (guess where?). The total length is 171 kilometers, and it takes about 12 days to walk without a shuttle. It usually starts in Chamonix, goes through Switzerland, Italy, and then back to France and back to Chamonix.
The tour guide was a Frenchman who was 60 years old. When I learned her age, I was very envious and surprised. I was surprised that she could maintain such a good physique at the age of 60, and I really admired her vitality.
Seeing that she is also dreaming of my 60 years old, I hope that I can still enjoy the freedom and relaxation of life in the mountains at that time.
She not only taught me the knowledge of the mountain, how to use hiking poles, how to adjust the climb speed, etc., but also made me more determined to fall in love with nature.
Every time she introduced the glacier, it was like introducing an old friend. Because the day she finished hiking I went to the street to buy the Alpine flora and fauna encyclopedia and road map, also want to memorize every detail! Every day, as we approached refuge, she would take us to soak our feet in the glacier melting river, and she would sit quietly on the grass with bare feet, listening to songs and reading books. (Glacier water because of the really giant giant ice, after soaking feet and knees will not swell, really recommended jio this link!
She said she usually takes an umbrella when it rains heavily in the mountains, and her group friend took this photo. She's in such a relaxed, beautiful state...
The Alps in July are full of wild raspberries and sun-baked blueberries. She picked a lot of raspberries and handed them to us, and taught us to distinguish edible fruit.
We spent a total of nine days and eight nights, a brief description:
Day1&Day2
Underestimated the horror of reloading the tmb (carrying a lot of extra stuff), the lower extremity burst, and the old people walked faster than we did. It did not take long for the black drill to get off the taxi, heartache, friends said alphas also want to make a pilgrimage here, when into the sword mound.
⛺️ Camp information (bring your own tent camping price only, cabin must be booked at least 3 months in advance)
day1: Camping le Pontet
💰 11 euros
There are: toilet, shower, charging, supply, wifi
day2: Refuge de La Nova
💰 : Free
Available: Toilet, shower, charging, supplies
⚠️ There is no signal or wifi
Day3&Day4
Take a taxi directly from the French camp to Courmayeur, Italy, a province of 30km, so there is a camp we directly skip, but it is said that from France into Italy this part of the scenery is good, but it can not walk, missed to witness this beauty.
⚠️ €80 /1 baggage (1 station), taxi only €50 / person + luggage
After a whole day's rest and then set out, the fourth day of the scenery in Italy is good, in the camp by the same outdoor equipment of different colors, very good at advocating when I ran to the door of others' tents to chat with them, I felt too cool when enfp, I picked up a lot of new friends along the way, the friends are good! btw When you're in camp surrounded by MSR, Zpacks, Big Agnes, it's a lie to say there's not much pressure.
⛺️ Camp information (bring your own tent camping price only, cabin must be booked at least 3 months in advance)
day3: Camping Grandes Jorasses
💰 15 euros
Have: toilet, shower, charging, supply (no gas tank for sale)
⚠️ Shower is free within 2 minutes, 1 euro per minute for more than 2 minutes (gold water)
day4: Camping des Glaciers (favorite)
💰 : 12 euros
Available: Toilet, shower, charging
⚠️ Supplies can be procured in walking towns close to the camp
Day5&Day7
The fifth day can be skipped, there is nothing to look at, from La Fouly directly take the bus to Champex Lake (you can boating, paddle boarding, wild swimming), and rest for a day, and meet the Danish friends on the road to set up the afternoon, the evening also played ping-pong together, they play ping-pong much better than us. Day 6 was also uneventful, and day 7 went from Switzerland to France, and the scenery was great all the way to the back!
⛺ Camp information (bring your own tent camping price only, log cabins need to be booked at least 3 months in advance)
day5⃣️ : Camping Les Rocailles
💰 20 euros
There are: toilet, shower, charging, supplies (no gas tank for sale), ping-pong table
⚠️ Shower is free within 2 minutes, 1 euro per minute for more than 2 minutes (gold water)
day6⃣️ : Refuge Le Peuty
💰 : 8 euros
Available: toilet, shower, charging, supplies (even instant noodles)
⚠️ Shower 2 euro 7 minutes, closed after 19:00
day7: Camping Du Glacier D'Argentiere
Available: toilet, shower, charging, supplies, wifi, Ping-Pong table
⚠️ Shower closes after 22:00
Day8&Day9
After Switzerland this section returned to Chamonix, this section is also very suitable for 2 days 1 night trip! Get up at 6am and walk an hour and a half to the Chamonix-Les Praz cable car point to return to the civilized city of Chamonix, and as the old saying goes, you can't go downhill without a cable car!
It's a steep climb to Lac Blanc, about 20 minutes to the Refuge next to the White Lake. Camping is not allowed in the White Lake, but it is possible in the small lake below, and the last night was the first time to enjoy pure camping, with stunning views of the sunset and sunrise the next day!
9 days and 8 nights, 170km, climb 10km, fall 10km (jerk-cutting version), cross 3 countries, get 3 blisters, drop 1 pair of hiking poles, pick up 9 friends, drink 15 bottles of beer, do you understand.
ps: The full camp with tents camping 8-20 euros range
⚠️ Some places don't accept credit cards, so bring cash
Even if you are not a hiking enthusiast, I also recommend that you must take orsiere, Switzerland, through the ferret pass, to Courmayeur, Italy, after this section, you will understand why you must walk around Mont Blanc once in your life!
The jagged snow peaks, the mountain flowers, the wide open view and the winding paths, the Swiss villages and the Italian food, in short, it is pure and lust, salt and sweet!
Every day on foot, we can enjoy the mountains, lakes and seas, the mountain snow, the forest birds, the cicadas in summer, the mountains and seas in the morning, and the Alps. These natural beauties are displayed one after another in front of us, and we can even live with the ibex, see the flowers and wild animals that are not seen in the city, and feel the power of nature and the beauty of life.
Remember to go from Switzerland to Italy, rather than Italy to Switzerland, otherwise the scenery is discounted, and the walk is more tired, because the Italian part is steeper.
There are outdoor white and outdoor masters in our team. During the hiking journey, sometimes we can't stick to each other and challenge ourselves. When we see beautiful scenery, we will ask our friends to take photos together to enjoy, share the experience of outdoor journey and feel different cool experience.
This hike let us meet in the high mountains, after a time of difficulties to break through the self, but also witnessed their proud moments. It's our outdoor story and a statement about our attitude to life. After the end, we will meet in ordinary life for dinner, and remember that unforgettable time together.
We saw the world together, explored unknown areas, this walking journey changed our lives, made us more confident, show ourselves, feel the infinite potential of female power, and more courageous.
Long hikes are an ego boost, and when you actually complete the TMB, your body will tell you "you can do it!" And improves body and sportswear performance. The true feeling of physical and mental freedom is the true freedom.
Finally, with the cost of life to tell you what you must do before the Mont Blanc:
- Buy outdoor insurance, in case of injury you can call helicopter rescue, you can talk to me privately if you need to buy it
- Rescue blanket! A small thing that many people don't know or ignore, saving lives 🆘 is very cheap! A few euros, and it's small and doesn't take up space, so you can take a few more. Camping at night when it's raining or too cold. It can be used to keep warm in extreme weather
- Plenty of energy bars, not just a day's worth of food. I myself only prepare food for one day a day, no extra. Accident can save yourself, others need to help!
- Waterproof gloves. Wind and rain are common in the mountains, and it can be very cold to use hiking poles! My gloves are not waterproof and it really kills me!!
- Download all trials!! You can see the route, no signal can also!!
- Weather forecast software Buienradar can predict the echo map within 3 hours in France
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