Tour Du Mont Blanc Trek

The trip starts today at our chalet-style hotel in the village of Les Houches in the Chamonix Valley. Your trek Leader plans to meet everyone in the hotel reception at 6pm for a welcome meeting and trek briefing. Afterwards, for those that wish, there will be the chance to dine together as a group either at the hotel or a nearby local restaurant. There are no other activities planned for today. If you would like to receive a complimentary airport transfer today, you'll need to arrive by air into Geneva Airport (GVA), which is around an hour and 30 minutes' drive from Les Houches. The transfer will be by a shared shuttle-bus service that operates from Geneva Airport to the Chamonix Valley on a regular basis throughout the day and which will drop you to the hotel. You will receive details about your transfer with your final travel documents a few weeks before the trip departs. Should you miss the welcome meeting, your Leader will inform you of any essential information as soon as you catch up. Please note that the official check-in time at the hotel from 3 pm, although rooms will be allocated as soon as they are available. If you arrive earlier in the day and wish to explore, the lively centre of Chamonix with its many shops and pavement cafes is just 15 minutes away by local bus.

After breakfast we take a local bus for 20 minutes from Les Houches to Chamonix and walk along the River Arve for about 30 minutes to Les Praz (1065 m) from where we take the Flegere cable car up to 1900 m. From here we hike through open countryside for one-and-a-half to two hours to Lac Blanc (2352 m). There are incredible views of the whole Mont Blanc range, including the Grandes Jorasses, Aiguille Vert and Le Dru. We then follow a beautiful path back through the forest to our hotel at Argentiere (1252 m). Today's trekking will take approximately six to seven hours with a cumulative ascent of 450 m and descent of 1110 m.

From the hotel we walk through Old Argentiere and hike up to the Col des Posettes (1997 m) for superb views of Mont Blanc and the Chamonix Valley. From here, we traverse to the Col de Balme (2191 m) and look directly into Switzerland. We then descend through open country with views of glaciers to Trient (1297 m) where we spend the night. You will have your main baggage delivered to the hotel tonight. Today's trekking will take approximately five to six hours with a cumulative ascent of 1000 m and descent of 900 m.