See the whole Tour du Mont-Blanc at a glance and easily locate the stages that make up the route. Every point marks a section of the trail, with its key features 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 level, you can adapt this breakdown: shorten or lengthen some days, or choose more demanding variants.
First time? We recommend a 2-day / 1-night taster stage 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.
An iconic crossing between France and Italy, with views of the Mont-Blanc massif and the Val Veny.
A colourful landmark of Trient, this pink church marks a charming stop on the Tour du Mont-Blanc.
A baroque chapel at the head of the Val Montjoie. It marks the start of the trail up to the Col du Bonhomme.
La Casermetta is a cross-border environmental education centre run by Espace Mont-Blanc. Inside you will find a scale model of the Mont-Blanc massif and several exhibition panels describing the natural, environmental, geographical and historical aspects of the area.
Courmayeur retains a genuine alpine atmosphere, which you can feel both while browsing the shops in the centre and in the villages surrounding the main town.
Throughout the Tour du Mont-Blanc, waymarks guide you along the trails of France, Italy and Switzerland. Painted on or fixed to rocks, posts and walls, they change shape and colour depending on the country you are crossing.
One marker is common to the entire route: the green "TMB" logo, round or square. Shown alongside the local waymarks, it makes the route easy to identify throughout your adventure.
In France, the GR®: a long-distance hiking 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, 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 on rocks, posts 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.
