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We are about to quit the Tour de Mont Blanc (on the most snowy uphill) | Day 4.2 of TMB Refuge La Balme – Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme
In today’s episode we hiked from Refuge La Balme to Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme. The path was becoming steeper and steeper from that moment on and soon we met quite a big snow areas under our feet. In some places it was quite deep and it was dangerous to step at it. Then the glorious view of the snowy mountain has opened to us and we realized that this is how this trail goes next. We hesitated for some time whether we should attempt to climb it or not and finally we decided to try it. In the end we didn’t lose anything and what was more important…
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Idyllic alpine trail and the most beautiful natural ravine | Day 4.1 of TMB Camping le Pontet-Refuge La Balme
That day started very late us being lazy and we found that it always happens whenever we stay in the campsites with facilities. There is nothing that disturbs us and forces to wake up early and also there are lots of things to do from washing the hair and washing and drying our clothes to using the Wi Fi that provides the camping. So we were pretty happy about the campsite and grateful for the rest it gave us and feeling refreshed we started this new day of hiking. We didn’t have too many plans for the day already having an experience with following the stages we knew that we…
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The Tour de Mont Blanc trail is too challenging? | Day 3 of TMB from Chalets de Miage to Contamines-Montjoie
The night was very cold in the valley of Maiges, everything was wet and you could feel the humidity coming at you. We were very exhausted from yesterday’s extreme adventure and in the morning felt fallen apart. Our legs, shoulders and back felt very sore. And we didn’t want to move anywhere just stay and rest at the place. We overestimated our powers with this trail looking at the stages that people proposed and the ones we had on our map. They’re all around 15 kms and we thought that it wasn’t that much. But we forgot about the mountainous relief and that here you feel the distance differently. The…
