Tour du Mont Blanc, the videos: Part 2 – Switzerland and France

November 5, 2025 Trail videos alps, corno piccolo, france, long-distance trails, mountain films, switzerland, tour du mont blanc, trekking 0 Comment

Ever since an incident in the Italian Apennines, the promise of ladders on a hiking route has made me nervous. As we approached the 11 ladders of the Grand Balcon Sud on the Tour du Mont Blanc, I wondered: would they be like the cakewalk on Everest or the sphincter ticklers on Corno Piccolo?

A window into the past: the Tour du Mont Blanc from Switzerland to France

November 27, 2024 Trip reports alps, france, italy, long-distance trails, mont blanc, self-guided walking, swiss alps, switzerland, tour du mont blanc 0 Comment

This is the third of four posts describing our trek around the Tour du Mont Blanc in September, a classic 170km circuit of Western Europe’s highest mountain. After starting out from Chamonix and walking the western section through France, we crossed Italy and arrived on the Swiss border at Grand Col Ferret. The story continues from there.

Walter Bonatti’s ferret: the Tour du Mont Blanc from Italy to Switzerland

November 13, 2024 Trip reports alps, france, italian alps, italy, long-distance trails, mont blanc, self-guided walking, switzerland, tour du mont blanc, walter bonatti 2 Comments

This is the second of four posts describing our trek around the Tour du Mont Blanc in September, a classic 170km circuit of Western Europe’s highest mountain. After starting out from Chamonix and walking the western section through France, we arrived on the Italian border at Col de la Seigne and looked down into a valley rich in history.