Tour du Mont Blanc Hiking Guide: GPX files
Kraig Adams, kraigadams.com

The Tour du Mont Blanc counter-clockwise from Les Houches in 11 days, cut
from my own GPS recordings of three trips (August 2019 solo, August 2022
and July 2026 with groups). Each file says which trip its line comes from.
All timestamps have been removed.

THE FILES

tmb-day-01.gpx   Day 1: Les Houches to Les Contamines (11.2 mi / 18.0 km)
tmb-day-02.gpx   Day 2: Les Contamines to Les Chapieux (13.0 mi / 21.0 km)
tmb-day-03.gpx   Day 3: Les Chapieux to Rifugio Elisabetta (9.0 mi / 14.4 km)
tmb-day-04.gpx   Day 4: Rifugio Elisabetta to Courmayeur (11.6 mi / 18.6 km)
tmb-day-05.gpx   Day 5: Courmayeur to Rifugio Bonatti (7.8 mi / 12.5 km)
tmb-day-06.gpx   Day 6: Rifugio Bonatti to La Fouly (13.7 mi / 22.0 km)
tmb-day-07.gpx   Day 7: La Fouly to Champex-Lac (10.0 mi / 16.2 km)
tmb-day-08.gpx   Day 8: Champex-Lac to Trient (10.5 mi / 16.9 km)
tmb-day-09.gpx   Day 9: Trient to Tré-le-Champ (10.2 mi / 16.3 km)
tmb-day-10.gpx   Day 10: Tré-le-Champ to La Flégère (7.1 mi / 11.5 km)
tmb-day-11.gpx   Day 11: La Flégère to Les Houches (12.9 mi / 20.8 km)

tmb-variant-col-de-tricot.gpx   Bellevue over the Col de Tricot to Les
                                Contamines (8.2 mi / 13.2 km)
tmb-variant-col-des-fours.gpx   Croix du Bonhomme over the Col des Fours to
                                Refuge des Mottets (5.2 mi / 8.3 km)
tmb-variant-val-veny.gpx        Rifugio Elisabetta down Val Veny to La
                                Visaille and its bus (4.5 mi / 7.2 km)
tmb-variant-les-grands.gpx      Trient via Les Grands to the Col de Balme
                                (7.0 mi / 11.2 km)
tmb-full-loop.gpx               Every day and variant in one file, plus
                                waypoints for refuges, passes, towns and bus
                                stops.

Total for the 11 days: 117.0 mi (188.3 km), about 33,800 ft (10,300 m) of
climbing.

TWO THINGS TO KNOW

The first 2.9 miles of Day 3, the road from Les Chapieux to La Ville des
Glaciers, is traced from OpenStreetMap. I never walked it (there is a
summer shuttle).

Near Orsières on Day 7, the path between Prayon and Branche was rerouted in
July 2026 because of rockfall. My 2019 line follows the old path there.
Follow the signs on the ground.

HOW TO LOAD THEM

AllTrails: on a computer, sign in at alltrails.com, create a new map and use
Import to upload the file. The map then shows up in the app on your phone.
Downloading it for offline use needs a paid AllTrails plan.

Gaia GPS: on your phone, open the file from Files, email or AirDrop and choose
Gaia GPS, or on gaiagps.com choose Import. Then download the map area for
offline use.

Garmin: in Garmin Connect (web), go to Training, Courses, Import, and pick the
file. Save it as a course and send it to your watch.

Organic Maps: first download the free offline maps for Haute-Savoie, Savoie,
Aosta Valley and Valais. Then open the GPX file on your phone and choose
Organic Maps. It works fully offline.

Before you leave home, download offline maps and check that each day shows up
in your app. Paths, rules and timetables change. Use this as a guide, not a
guarantee.

Copyright 2026 Kraig Adams. For your personal use. Please don't share or resell.
