Tour du Mont Blanc, Highlights

Early in the morning, travel by bus or transfer to Trento. A first fantastic view of Mont Blanc and the Chamonix valley awaits you at the Col de Balme pass. An impressive ridge path over the summit of the Aiguiellete de Possetes leads you through rocky terrain with a tremendous panorama of the surrounding glaciers. A marvellous day in the midst of the highest mountain giants.

The most spectacular part of the Mont Blanc tour awaits you today: you climb steep rocks on well-secured ladders and ascend to the bright blue mountain lake Lac Blanc. In the afternoon, take a high-altitude trail over the ‘Grand Balcon’ to Plan Praz with its café at 2,000 metres. Take the cable car down to the legendary mountaineering town of Chamonix.

The next stage makes every mountaineer's heart beat faster: following in the footsteps of the Romans over gurgling gorges, encountering different types of rock in different colours and climbing two high pass crossings. Time and again, the views of the massifs of the French Alps are endless. From the Col du Bonhomme on a rocky mountain path to the Col de la Croix du Bonhomme pass. Descend into the glacier valley via alpine meadows lined with mountain streams. Transfer to Bourg-Saint-Maurice.

A short journey takes you back to the Vallée des Glaciers, the valley of the glacier. From there you climb up to the Col de la Seigne pass, where you cross border from France to Italy and enjoy fantastic panoramic views. You then hike through fields studded with flowers to the Rifugio Elisabetta, a traditional Italian mountaneering lodge. A side trip to the turquiose glacier lake Lacs de Miage is enticing, before you take the bus or the transfer from Chalet du Miage (depending on season) to Courmayeur, the home of famous mountain guides and alpine mountaineers.

Passing by Rifugio Bertone, you walk on a very scenic mountain path along the mountain flank. The Rifugio Bonatti mountain lodge receives you to rest on the terrace, directly opposite the massive Mont-Blanc. The path takes you further over bridges and brooks to Arnouva, located at a height of 1800m in the valley head of the idyllic Val Ferrets.

Today, you will hike over the 2500m high Col Ferret pass in Switzerland and reach beautiful Wallis. Rest in one of the mountain lodges and enjoy fresh milk products and the ringing cow bells on your way further towards your destination of La Fouly.