TMB: Stage 1 - Les Houches > Les Contamines

Duration: approx. 6 hrs

Distance: 12 km

Ascent: 650 m

Descent: 1040 m

Trail : Main route / Variant 1

Depending on choice of guidebook or route map. Whilst Variant 1 utilises the TMB ‘main route’ up to the Col de Voza, taking the Bellevue cable car avoids this altogether and the Variant progresses onto the high path to reach the Col de Tricot.

Chamonix > Les Houches ( 1007 m) - local Bus No.1

Bellevue cable car reaching 1801 m

Bellevue Station > Passerelle de Boionnassay Suspension Bridge (1700 m)

Glacier de Bionnassay > Mont Vorassay ridge (2100 m)

Vorrassay ridge > Col de Tricot (2120 m)

Col de Tricot > Refuge de Miage (1550 m)

Refuge de Miage > Auberge du Truc (1717 m)

Auberge du Truc > La Frasse (1263 m)

La Frasse > Les Contamines Montjoie (1161 m)

Overnight stay: ‘Hotel Gai Soleil ‘ (twin rooms) - 288 Chemin des Loyers 74170.

Reaching the Col de Tricot

Arriving at Les Contamines via Refuge de Miage