August 1, 2024 Auberge Mont Blanc in Trient to Auberge la Boerne in Tré-le-Champ 8.6 miles I’m impressed with Auberge Mont Blanc. It’s enormous, but they still manage to provide hikers with everything they need. Enough showers with hot water and good water pressure? Check. Friendly employees and a nice bar? Check. A buffet breakfast …
July 31, 2024 Chalet la Grange, Champex-lac to Auberge Mont Blanc, Trient 10 miles Another morning, another half-awake scramble to get moving followed by another delicious breakfast. More of that tangy, thick alpine yogurt that I love! Melissa has provided us with little tureens of it, along with jam, cereal, and of course, freshly baked …
July 30, 2024 Auberge des Glaciers, La Fouly to Chalet la Grange, Champex-Lac 10.5 miles One of the many nice things about this refuge is that breakfast is a buffet that ranges from 6:30-10:00, as opposed to other refuge breakfasts that are at one set time. There’s not a lot of rush as a result, …
July 29, 2024 Rifugio Bonatti to Auberge des Glaciers, La Fouly 12.4 TMB miles 14 miles total with side trail Alarm goes off. Snooze. Goes off again. Snooze. It’s going to be a big hiking day, an a challenging one, and I know that I need to get up, but I’m still so eepy and …
July 21-22, 2024 0 miles hiked Many miles flown When my friend Grace first asked me last November if I wanted to do the Tour du Mont Blanc this summer, I immediately agreed. She was one of several people who had mentioned something to me about the TMB that year, and it felt like a …
Sarahmarie Specht-Bird 