The Tour du Mont Blanc in 9 days
165 km and 9,451 m of ascent in 9 days: 18.3 km and +1,050 m a day on average. Regular hikers: here is what this tour looks like, day by day, computed on the real route.
Updated
- 9days, 8 nights
- 18.3 kma day on average
- +1,050 mof ascent a day
- 8h00of 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 9, 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 9-day TMB for?
A demanding but steady pace for regular hikers: 7 to 9 hours of walking a day at a hiker’s speed, without breaks. You need mountain experience and a few weeks of training.
The hardest day of this split is day 7: 16.9 km, +1,610 m, about 9h03 of walking. In myTMB, the pace setting (easy, hiker, fast or trail) recalculates every time to suit you.
Our tips for a 9-day TMB
- Use the spare time for a variant in good weather: Col des Fours or Fenêtre d’Arpette.
- You spend more nights in huts at this pace: book as soon as bookings open.
- Bring Swiss francs for the Swiss section, between La Fouly and Trient.
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 9-day TMB?
On average 18.3 km and 1,050 m of ascent a day, about 8h00 of walking at a hiker’s pace, without breaks. The longest day (day 7) is 16.9 km, the shortest (day 5) 16.9 km.
How fit do you need to be to hike the TMB in 9 days?
A demanding but steady pace for regular hikers: 7 to 9 hours of walking a day at a hiker’s speed, without breaks. You need mountain experience and a few weeks of training.
Where to sleep on a 9-day TMB?
Every day ends at a real place to sleep: hut, hostel, hotel or campsite. Of the 8 nights in this split, 7 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.