Tour du Mont Blanc 2019

On August 7th, day 18, the final of our TMB took place - back to Les Houches! Rain, rain, rain was brought to us by the clouds. Just like we started the round trip in terms of...

On day 17 we first went to the Argentière Glacier, the first part there with the (quite steep) cable car and then after an hour's hike to the upper viewpoint on the glacier. We...

The eighth hike on day 16, August 5th, went up to Col de Balme and Aiguillette des Posettes. Both destinations were at around 2200m. We took the (late) bus (at 08:19) to Trient...

The 7th hike on the 15th day of our vacation was to Fenêtre d'Arpette, a route of the black category with a 1190m ascent and 1340m descent over a distance of about 14 km. And...

The 6th hike went from La Fouly to Champex. We hiked the route for about 5 hours, mainly along the river 'La Dranse de Ferret'. The special thing about the path were the many...

At Grand Col Ferret, border between Italy and Switzerland

Stage 4. After a relaxed day off in Courmayeur - the jacuzzi was used multiple times, but we also had to wash our clothes - we started at 8:30am with an excellent breakfast. Big...

Stage 3, about 21 km. It went from the mountain hut Les Mottets directly up to about 2520 meters, namely to the mountain pass 'Col de la Seigne'; the start of the ascent was...

New week, good weather! The Mont Blanc mountain was kind to us after the first test in cool rain, which we passed bravely. After a sufficient breakfast at the hotel and packing...

Sunday morning, July 28th, it is raining heavily. We are supposed to hike from Les Houches (1000m) via Bellevue (1800m), Col de Tricot (2120m), Chalets de Miage (1560m), and...

On this Friday, July 26th, we went to Les Houches! Off to the mountains! It was amazing how quickly we were from Paris near Geneva... the TGV was fast. Our first one-hour stop...

On Wednesday, after returning late from Disneyland on Tuesday night, we treated ourselves to a day off, which we spent with a breakfast from the Boulangerie in Parc de Bercy...

On Tuesday and Thursday we were at Disneyland! Yay, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, here we come! It was hot and dry, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius on Thursday,...

Today we had a day to acclimate to the city center of Paris after getting up relatively late. Janina had to recover from her fresh cold and Jörg had severe vacation fatigue. So...

The arrival went smoothly, except for an 'obstacle' on the tracks, causing a delay of nearly one hour ;) At least we could catch up on sleep. Arriving in Paris at 9pm, Janina...

On 21.7.: To Paris with the Thalys Paris: 22-26.7. On Fri, 26.: From Paris to Les Houches with the TGV 26.: Arrival in Les Houches 28.: Les Houches -> Les Contamines 29.: Les...