Tour du Mont Blanc Guidebook

Description

This guidebook describes the world’s most famous trek, the tour du Mont Blanc, an epic journey around the mighty Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps.  This 2nd Edition now covers the trek in both directions (anti-clockwise and clockwise).

The tour du Mont Blanc trek is 174km long, takes between 7 to 12 days to complete, with 9,700m of altitude gain, visits 14 mountain passes and 3 countries, France, Italy and Switzerland. This guidebook provides everything you need to know to plan and walk the Tour du Mont Blanc which starts near Chamonix. It includes the following information:

1) Real maps for each stage using IGN mapping at a scale of 1:25,000.
2) Unique Itinerary Planner: plan a bespoke itinerary to match your ability and vacation schedule. All difficult calculations of time, distance and altitude gain are done for you
3) Everything the trekker needs to know: route descriptions, costs, budget, difficulty, weather, how to get there, and more.
4) Full accommodation listings: spectacularly situated mountain huts, villages and hamlets.
5) Full section on camping: a complete list of camping locations.
6) 10 exciting Variants to the main route.
7) Information for both self-guided and guided trekkers.

Published in March 2022 by Knife Edge Outdoors this guidebook is in English text throughout. This trek is on many people’s bucket list looking to experience unspoilt and remote high mountain terrain.

Number of pages is 185. 
Size is 120mm x 210mm.
ISBN is 9781912933631.