Photos from trips: Tour du Mont Blanc North, July 2010

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Chrissie and David complete one of our recce's of the Tour du Mont Blanc North.

Walking up to the Grand Col Ferret, the border of Italy and Switzerland



At Rifugio Elena



Chrissie and David at Grand Col Ferret



In descent into Switzerland



Grand landscapes above Swiss Val Ferret



.. and further bold hillsides on the descent



Alpine cows at rest



Above La Fouly



The tough valley stage to Champex



Trient and its distant mountains...



.. and again (this is Glacier des Grands)



The valley of Trient



Trient and Col de la Forclaz peeping out of trees



Climbing towards Col de Balme



From Col de Balme, dropping towards Argentiere with Mont Blanc ahead



A climber on the Aiguillette d'Argentiere



The TMB takes to ladders above Argentiere



A helicopter above le Levancher and les Bois near Chamonix



Cloud over the Mont Blanc massif



The Arve valley and Chamonix



Mont Blanc with parapentists



In Chamonix, the trek accomplished!

Tour du Mont Blanc North - our self-guided half TMB trek