The Tour du Mont Blanc in 8 days
165 km and 9,451 m of ascent in 8 days: 20.6 km and +1,181 m a day on average. Strong walkers: here is what this tour looks like, day by day, computed on the real route.
Updated
- 8days, 7 nights
- 20.6 kma day on average
- +1,181 mof ascent a day
- 9h00of walking a day, without breaks
Route profile
Start and finish in Les Houches, classic direction, no variants, every night at an open place to sleep. The Grand Col Ferret, the high point of the tour at 2,537 m, comes on day 5.
Day 2
Nant Borrant → Les Mottets
- Distance
- 19.5 km
- Ascent / descent
- +1,335 / −935 m
- Walking
- ≈ 8h46
- High point
- 2,478 m
Col du Bonhomme© Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0
The figures for the following days come with your myTMB tour.
Days 3 to 8, in detail
Build your tour to see every day, choose where to sleep each night, move the stage ends and download the GPX files.
Who is the 8-day TMB for?
A very sustained pace: at a hiker’s speed, count on 9 to 12 hours of walking a day, several days in a row. You need excellent fitness, to be used to long outings with more than 1,200 m of ascent, and often a fast pace to keep the days reasonable.
The hardest day of this split is day 8: 22.7 km, +1,210 m, about 10h38 of walking. In myTMB, the pace setting (easy, hiker, fast or trail) recalculates every time to suit you.
Our tips for a 8-day TMB
- Train with back-to-back outings: two long days in a row teach more than one very long one.
- Book first the nights where there are only one or two places to sleep at the finish.
- Keep a margin: half a day in reserve saves a tour when the weather turns.
What your tailor-made tour adds
- Every day in detail, all the way back to Les Houches
- Where you sleep each night, among the huts, hostels, hotels and campsites at the finish
- Stage ends you move with one gesture, everything recalculates
- Your start village, your direction and your variants
- GPX files for each stage and a printable roadbook for your group
Frequently asked questions
How many kilometres a day for a 8-day TMB?
On average 20.6 km and 1,181 m of ascent a day, about 9h00 of walking at a hiker’s pace, without breaks. The longest day (day 8) is 22.7 km, the shortest (day 3) 18.7 km.
How fit do you need to be to hike the TMB in 8 days?
A very sustained pace: at a hiker’s speed, count on 9 to 12 hours of walking a day, several days in a row. You need excellent fitness, to be used to long outings with more than 1,200 m of ascent, and often a fast pace to keep the days reasonable.
Where to sleep on a 8-day TMB?
Every day ends at a real place to sleep: hut, hostel, hotel or campsite. Of the 7 nights in this split, 3 can be spent in a hut. The planner lists the places to sleep at each finish and lets you pick yours.
Can you start somewhere other than Les Houches?
Yes. This split starts in Les Houches in the classic (anticlockwise) direction, without variants. myTMB recalculates it from Courmayeur, Champex or another village, in either direction, with the variants you choose.