Tour du Mont Blanc in 5 days
Sample counter-clockwise itinerary from Les Houches. When transport is accepted we only deduct named legs (Bellevue cable car, Chapieux → Ville des Glaciers shuttle, La Fouly → Champex bus, Flégère / Brévent gondolas) — never fabricated day lengths.
Still a very long day
Even with those transports, days 2, 3, 5 stay above about 25 km / 1,600 m ascent / 9 h. For a more sustainable pace, prefer 8 days or more.
- Day 1: Les Houches → Les Contamines-Montjoie · 11.8 km · +422 m · ~4.8 hTransport: Les Houches – Bellevue cable car
- Day 2: Les Contamines-Montjoie → Refuge Elisabetta Soldini · 25.2 km · +2309 m · ~13.9 hTransport: Shuttle Les Chapieux → Ville des Glaciers
- Day 3: Refuge Elisabetta Soldini → La Fouly · 43.7 km · +2856 m · ~21.8 h
- Day 4: La Fouly → Trient · 15 km · +924 m · ~7.2 hTransport: Bus La Fouly → Champex
- Day 5: Trient → Les Houches · 22.3 km · +2790 m · ~15.6 hTransport: Flégère / Brévent gondola + valley link
Method: DIN 33466 walking time — details.
Adapt to my datesDistances and elevation are computed from OpenStreetMap TMB geometry (main relation 9678362; alpine variants 9678380 / local hiking ways) and ASTER DEM via OpenTopoData. Walking time follows DIN 33466 (see /en/method). GPX is that OSM track plus listed variant tracks and stage/lodging waypoints — verify on the ground; do not navigate blindly. © OpenStreetMap contributors.