Passes & Crossings
See the whole Tour du Mont-Blanc at a glance and locate each stage of the route. Every point marks a section of the trail, with its key figures and its accommodation options.
The Tour du Mont-Blanc is usually walked in 10 to 11 stages, each a day's walk between two accommodation areas. Every stage has its own character, with distances of 10 to 20 km and ascents that can exceed 1,000 m.
Depending on your pace and your fitness, you can adapt this breakdown: shorten some days, combine others, or take on more demanding variants.
First time?We recommend a 2-day / 1-night taster route before taking on the full Tour.
The Tour du Mont-Blanc offers several variants so you can adapt the route to your level and your wishes. Some involve more technical sections and spectacular high-altitude views, while others make certain stages easier.
All along the way, the Tour du Mont-Blanc crosses a great diversity of landscapes and remarkable sites: high passes, glaciers, valleys, villages and unspoilt natural areas. These places punctuate your progress and are part of what makes the experience so rich.
A baroque chapel at the head of the Val Montjoie. It marks the start of the trails up to the Col du Bonhomme.
The GR®: a long-distance path, linear or circular, certified by the FFRandonnée. It is waymarked in white and red.
On the ground, routes are marked with waymarks painted on various supports: rocks, trees, walls, posts and so on. How often they appear depends on the terrain.
In Italy, the Tour du Mont-Blanc is waymarked in yellow. Markings may be lines, arrows, circles, triangles, or a black-edged diamond with « TMB » written inside.
In Italy you will also see letters on the signposts, indicating the difficulty of the hiking route.
In Switzerland you will find two types of marking along the TMB: colour codes on the signposts, or marks painted on rocks, trees and so on.
Yellow waymarks indicate walking trails with no technical difficulty.
White-red-white waymarks indicate mountain hiking routes that may include exposed or technical sections.
