medium-hard difficulty
No major technical difficulties but a long tour, so make sure your backpack is as light as possible.In 10 days cover a distance of about 170km with 10km of ascent & descent This is the whole tour. None of this 'do it in 7 days' because you ride buses half the way! It is a walk through Switzerland, France and Italy.
Time of year Summer through Fall.
DAY I
Champex Lac (1460m) – Trient (1326m)
Walking Time: |
approx. 5.5hrs |
High points: |
Bovine 1975m, Col de la Forclaz 1526m |
Altitude changes: |
+515m, -649m |
| Accommodation: | Gîte la Gardienne |
DAY II
Trient (1326m) – Tré le Champ, Argentière (1417m)
Cross into France today!
Walking Time: |
approx. 5hrs |
| High points: | Col de Balme 2191m |
Altitude changes: |
+865m, -774m |
| Accommodation: | Gîte La Boërne |
DAY III
Tré le Champ, Argentière (1417m) – BelLachat (2136m)
Walking Time: |
approx. 8hrs |
| High points: | Col Brévent 2368m, Le Brévent 2525m |
Altitude changes: |
+1108m, -389m |
| Accommodation: | Gîte Bel Lachat |
DAY IV
BelLachat (2136m) – Refuge du Fioux (1500m)
Walking Time: |
approx. 5hrs |
| Low & High points: | Les Houches 1008m, Col de Voza 1653m |
Altitude changes: |
-1281m, +645m |
| Accommodation: | Refuge du Fioux |
DAY V
Refuge du Fioux (1500m) – Refuge Nant Borrant (1460m)
Walking Time: |
approx. 5.5hrs |
| Low points: | Tresse 1020m |
Altitude changes: |
-480m, +440m |
| Accommodation: | Refuge Nant Borrant |
DAY VI
Refuge Nant Borrant (1460m) – Les Chapieux (1554m)
Walking Time: |
approx. 6hrs |
| High points: | Col Croix du Bonhomme 2433m |
Altitude changes: |
+973m, -879m |
| Accommodation: | Ref. La Nova |
DAY VII
Les Chapieux (1554m) – Rif. Elisabetta Soldini (2200m)
Cross into Italia!
Walking Time: |
approx. 5hrs |
| High points: | Col de la Seigne 2516m; |
Altitude changes: |
+962m, -316m |
| Accommodation: | Rif. Elisabetta Soldini |
DAY VIII
Rif. Elisabetta Soldini (2200m) – Rif. Bertone (1989m)
Walking Time: |
approx. 6hrs |
| Low points: | Courmayer 1226m |
Altitude changes: |
-974m, +763m |
| Accommodation: | Rif. Bertone |
DAY IX
Rif. Bertone (1989m) – Chalet La Peule (2071m)
Cross back into Switzerland!
Walking Time: |
approx. 7.5hrs |
| High points: | Grand Col Ferret 2537m |
Altitude changes: |
+548, -466m |
| Accommodation: | Gîte d'alpage La Peule (sleep in yurt) |
DAY X
Chalet La Peule (2071m) – Champex Lac (1460m)
Walking Time: |
approx. 6hrs |
| Low points: | Issert 1055m |
Altitude changes: |
-1016m, +405m |
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