Tour du Mont Blanc North
Self-guided trekking holiday

+ Walk one half of the famous TMB
+ Grand Alpine trails high above the valleys
+ Thoughtful advice on itineraries and options

Latest news January 2012
Please ask us about our 2012 season which starts on 1 July. Thank you.

Trek half of the classic Tour du Mont Blanc route over 6 days of Alpine walking. The full Tour is an 11-day circuit of Western Europe's highest mountain; it can be split up very conveniently into two halves of roughly equal length, each fitting inside a week's break.

Start in the Italian Val Ferret near Courmayeur and finish in the Chamonix valley. On the way, you pass through all of the Swiss stages and complete the sections in the Aiguilles Rouges above Chamonix, hopefully with some of the best views of Mont Blanc. There are 6 days of walking, each one a stage on the official Tour du Mont Blanc route. The nature of the terrain means that the walking is slightly easier in the Northern half than the Southern half.

This being a self-guided holiday, you're free to complete the walks as you choose: we arrange everything for you, including booking your accommodation and providing you with routecards for the walking, and then it's up to you to carry out the walks yourself.

Your accommodation is a mixture of valley hotels and auberges chosen for their friendly welcome and good location. The range of places visited gives a realistic feel for life as it's lived in this part of the Alps.

Options

We can adjust your TMB North in various ways, as follows:

Add a day
As normal, your first stage starts up-valley from Courmayeur. To add a stage plus a night in a hut, we can add a day so that you walk straight from Courmayeur on the TMB trail out of town. It's also quite possible for us to add a rest day or two to your schedule.

No dormitories
If you'd like to avoid dorms, please let us know. We can certainly book such itineraries, and it doesn't necessarily mean missing out on huts.

Accommodation
Please let us know if you fancy a more comfortable or a more basic TMB North. Our normal schedule is a good mix; at certain villages we can adjust your accommodation. We can book more huts, or more of our smart family-run hotels.