Tour du Mont Blanc, July 28 - 30, 2017

The massive massif

By Amy Hackney Blackwell

The Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB, for those in the know) is one of the great Alpine summer walks. The traditional route starts in Chamonix and circles counterclockwise around the Mont Blanc massif in 11 one-day stages.

The standard TMB route.

The Tour du Mont Blanc is a classic for a reason. It’s hard but not TOO hard, and it has a little of everything!

Mountain vistas!
Livestock!
Cheese!
Wildflowers!

NB: This writeup (c. 2025) is a more detailed version of the account of this trip I wrote back in 2017 that is hosted on the Adobe website.