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Can’t believe how this Tour de Mont Blanc ends | Day 11 of TMB from Champex Lac to Fenetre de Arpette
We got up very early that day as we knew that the day is going to be hot and we had to conquer 2600m mountain. So we planned to do that in the first half of the day till 11 am and then start to get down. The night was extremely warm again and we didn’t have to wear any warm clothes. It was very quiet and nobody has disturbed us fortunately. There was no wind or any other sounds at all so we slept very well. We started our uphill at 7 am (which was our personal record) from the village Arpette, walked along the rapid river for some…
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Tour du Mont Blanc Final Thoughts, Tips and Advice | Difficulties, gear, wild camping, best season to hike
In this post we want to share with you our final thoughts and tips about the Tour de Mont Blanc trail. For us it was very beautiful but challenging trail that required quite a bit of preparation. It is an amazing trail that allowed us to discover lots of scenic places. We are going to share what gear is better to take with you, what distance to make a day, the weather patterns you can meet, how to wild camp on this trail and the best season to hike it. Hope that you´ll find some useful information here. The TMB is a challenging trail Tour de Mont Blanc is a…
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Switzerland is too expensive!? Is it for real? | Day 10 of TMB from La Fouly to Champex-Lac
It was one of the warmest nights that we had, we didn’t even put on our warm hats which is a big deal because we’ve been doing it during the whole trip. We got up very early to be able to do the biggest part of the trail as early as possible. So we wrapped everything up and got on a trail. We knew that it’s going to be a hot day by how blue the sky was and the strong sunlight right from the morning. Also seeing the weather forecast for a week it was all clear and sunny days. We wanted to get to the village Champex La…