France, Italy and Switzerland · 11 days · 117 miles · refuges in 3 countries
Tour du Mont Blanc Hiking Guide
I've walked the Tour du Mont Blanc three times: alone in 2019, as a trail run with a group in 2022, and as a group hike in 2026. This guide turns that into the trip most of you will actually do: the classic loop counter-clockwise from Les Houches in 11 days, hut to hut, with my GPS files, a map for every day, the 2027 refuge booking, the buses and lifts in three countries, and what happened on each stretch on each of my trips.
What's inside
- All 11 days. Stats, time to allow, where to sleep, what I did there in 2019, 2022 and 2026, the trail, where to get off, a map with an elevation profile, and links to that stretch in my films.
- GPX files from my own recordings. One file per day plus four variants I walked (Col de Tricot, Col des Fours, Val Veny, Les Grands) and the full loop with refuge and bus-stop waypoints.
- Booking the refuges for 2027. How the official platform works (bookings open October 15, 2026), which refuges you book direct, what to book first, and the Croix du Bonhomme closure.
- Buses and lifts. Every bus, shuttle and lift that shortens a day or gets you off the trail in France, Italy and Switzerland, with 2026 dates and prices.
- The refuges. Where to sleep at the end of each day, 2026 half-board prices, which ones take cards, and the camping rules country by country.
- Other ways to do it. How to do it in 9 or 10 days, the variants, and the six-day highlights version I hosted in 2026.
- Costs, gear and safety. A budget for 11 nights, what I carried on three very different trips, forecasts and rescue numbers for all three countries.
- Before you go and a trip sheet. One page of year-to-year checks and a printable one-page summary of the whole loop.
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The details
- Format
- A 75-page PDF sized for a phone (A5, prints fine too) and a folder of GPX files, in one zip download.
- Edition
- 2027 season edition, updated September 2026.
- Delivery
- Instant. After you pay you get a private download link. Bookmark it to download again on any device.
- Payment
- Secure checkout through Stripe. The price is in US dollars, and sales tax or VAT is added where it applies.
- Questions
- Email kraig@kraigadams.com.
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