The line is OpenStreetMap's mapping of the route (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), via Waymarked Trails, with heights from a 30 m terrain model. Check the current official route before a long trip: diversions and permitted paths change. See the source.
Stages
A suggested split into 11 days of about 14.8 km (9.2 mi) each. The days are equal shares of the distance, not official stages. Each ends near the town or village named.
- Day 1 Courmayeur to an unnamed point 14.8 km · 14.8 km from the start
- Day 2 An unnamed point to La Fouly 14.8 km · 30 km from the start
- Day 3 La Fouly to Champex-Lac 14.8 km · 44 km from the start
- Day 4 Champex-Lac to Trient 14.8 km · 59 km from the start
- Day 5 Trient to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 14.8 km · 74 km from the start
- Day 6 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc to an unnamed point 14.8 km · 89 km from the start
- Day 7 An unnamed point to Saint-Gervais-les-Bains 14.8 km · 104 km from the start
- Day 8 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains to Les Contamines-Montjoie 14.8 km · 119 km from the start
- Day 9 Les Contamines-Montjoie to Bourg-Saint-Maurice 14.8 km · 133 km from the start
- Day 10 Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Courmayeur 14.8 km · 148 km from the start
- Day 11 Courmayeur to the finish 14.8 km · 163 km from the start
Start and finish
Start: near Courmayeur, Aosta Valley. 45.80197, 6.98435
Finish: where it starts. The trail is a circuit.
Places to stay
Rooms in the towns and villages along the way:
- Courmayeur, Aosta Valley · The start Booking.com → Expedia →
- La Fouly, Entremont · After day 2 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Champex-Lac, Entremont · After day 3 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Trient, Martigny · After day 4 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Upper Savoy · After day 5 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Upper Savoy · After day 7 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Les Contamines-Montjoie, Upper Savoy · After day 8 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoy · After day 9 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Courmayeur, Aosta Valley · After day 10 Booking.com → Expedia →
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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line comes from the source named under the map and the heights from a terrain model, so treat the figures as a guide. Check for diversions before you go, take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.
