174km TMB with refuge review, budget & detours around Western Europe’s highest peak over 12 days ⛰️

Описание: Sharing how we trekked the Tour du Mont Blanc, a 174km hike crossing France, Italy, and Switzerland during shoulder season. We took our time and hiked slow, over 12 days to experience this Alpine trek during September 2024. This entire trip was self-booked with mostly private rooms and we share how affordable the cost of the trip is.

A big thank you to our niece, Olivia, for letting use her fabulous rendition of Clair de Lune.

🔗 Helpful Links:
🛌 Most accommodations are centralized and can be booked online here: https://www.montourdumontblanc.com/uk...
🛌 Les Contamines farmhouse: http://alafermeduchampelet.com/

🌤️ Chamonix app for weather, public transit etc https://en.chamonix.com/usual-informa...

📕 We read every TMB guidebook - this one was the easiest to understand (not an affiliate link): https://www.amazon.ca/Tour-Mont-Blanc...

📍 A paper map is not needed. Unless you like maps. We used AllTrails.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Opening
00:59 - Intro and Chamonix
02:57 - Maps and Route
04:02 - Day 0 - Lac Blanc
05:02 - Day 1 - Les Houches to Refuge du Fioux
06:54 - Day 2 - Refuge du Fioux to Les Contamines
08:47 - Day 3 - Les Contamines to Refuge de la Balme
10:33 - Day 4 - Refuge de la Balme to Refuge de la Nova
11:37 - Day 5 - Refuge de la Nova to Refugio Elisabetta
13:21 - Day 6 - Rifugio Elisabetta to Courmayeur
16:01 - Day 7 - Courmayeur to Rifugio Bertone
18:32 - Day 8 - Rifugio Bertone to Rifugio Elena
20:44 - Day 9 - Courmayeur to Champex-Lac
21:54 - Day 10 - Orsières to Champex-Lac
23:45 - Day 11 - Champex-Lac to Refuge Peuty
28:04 - Final Thoughts
30:08 - TMB cost, excluding flight

MUSIC:
Clare de Lune, Olivia Lee

Epidemic Sound

MusicBed
Drifter, Cathedral; A String of Patience, Chad Lawson; In the Atmosphere, Sarah Watson; Mountains, Sarah Watson; Hold You Once Again, Jesse Brown; Beate, Jordan Critz; Lightbulb, Eric Kinney; Into the Woods,Eagle Lake; Provence, Gael; Pool, Steven Gutheinz; Arrival, RORE; Lume, Longlake

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