Tour du Mont Blanc

France, Switzerland, and Italy

Ranking as a top travel experience by both my wife and me, this hike circles the Mont Blanc massif while crossing through the alps of three different countries. We stayed in mountain huts and feasted on alpine comfort food to replace the thousands of calories we burned each day. The 105 mile trek has an elevation gain and loss of almost 33,000 feet!

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idyllic valley with an old Swiss border marker
Alex Holder at the start of the TMB hike next to waysigns
alpine valley and snowcapped mountains
avalanche risk sign
purple flowers in a meadow
alpine valley overlook
old stone buildings in a green mountain landscape
stone building in an alpine landscape
female hiker walking up a switchback with a steep dropoff to her right
stone hut built into the ground
Courmayer, Italy's charming cobblestone walkways
hikers gathered at picnic tables at a mountain refuge
a tattered Italian flag waves in the wind
mountain refuge with a yurt and restaurant
little Swiss mountain village
wooden door with a heart cutout
mountain village and a field
alpine farm kitchen with old stoves
valley overlooking a city with dark clouds
female ibex
paragliders flying through a mountain pass
a reflecive alpine pond
mulled wine and pie
a window with red and yellow curtains looking out at the alps
male ibex