Tour du Mont Blanc Day1 Direct from Airport to the trail ,,, Route out immediately

2018-08-052019-09-06

Tour du Mont Blanc Through Hike Day 1. It is a leg from arrival at Geneva airport to entering the trail.

Go straight from the airport to the trail and shorten the stroke

In general, I think that hikers will stay in the starting town of Chamonix and enter the Tour de Mont Blanc, but for the short vacation backpacker I will not drop in to Chamonix due to the shortening of the schedule and the village of the starting point directly from the airport I will head to Les Contamines.

I arrived at Geneva airport at 10:45.

From the airport to the Le Fayet station at the regular minibus departing 11:30. It was 26 euros then at the Alpy Bus .(There seems to be several companies.) You can make a reservation online. I was able to get off in the middle of the bus for Chamonix.

From the bus window, I first met with “white mountain” Mont Blanc. It is mountain which seems to be fluffy.

I arrived at Le Fayet around 12:30.

I could not find a taxi in front of the station, so I went to Les Contamines by bus.I could go to the vicinity of the campground in front of the trail entrance.

Departure point Notre-Dame de la Gorge

Notre-Dame du la Gorge’s chapel. From here, I’ll enter the mountain route. Finally, my Tour du Mont Blanc through-hiking is starting!

The mountain hut on the main route will continue with the Nant Borrant hut first, then the Balme hut, but because they were crowded during the high season, I could not make a reservation, so we went up a little mountain side from Nant Borrant hut I will head to theTre-la-Tete hut. TMB is safe because the information sign is properly attached.

It has deviated much from the main route ,,,

The Tre-la-Tete hut is now visible.

Today’s Inn: Tre-la-Tete Hut

A location overlooking the Le Contamines village. It is located at the entrance of the “Tre-la-Tete Glacier” with the same name as the hut and it seems to be the base of glacier climbers.

The meal of the mountain hut is an simple course.

Spicy soup with fragrant cheese.

This is the main dish , stewed poultry with tomato, with pasta.

Dessert is chocolate Bavarian.

Because it is a style that serve yourself from the platter each table, it will be a good opportunity for interaction between hikers. I talked with TMB Hiker from Spain they also could not reserve a mountain hut on the main route like me. We found the same as the accommodation destination tomorrow.