It was time to get the hell out of Switzerland. We woke up early and started making our way out of town. We ran into the old Israeli […]
Day 8 – Champex – Trient
We had a breakfast at our hotel and hit the road. Exiting Champex along the lake is really beautiful and you wander through the old alpine town on […]
Day 7 – La Fouly – Champex
Lots of people on the trail told us this is a boring day and one should skip it. We were told that you should take the bus through […]
Day 6 – Hotel Lavachey – La Fouly
We started the day with a bus ride. In order for us to get back on the TMB we needed to climb back up the mountain we came […]
Day 5 – Courmayeur – Hotel Lavachey
We started the day by walking up a road exiting Courmayeur. The day had a lot of rolling hills, but nothing too strenuous. It was a nice way […]
Break Day in Courmayeur
We ate pizza and gelato. Probably drank too much and I rekindled my love for aperitivo. This is the Italian version of happy hour. Late in the day […]
Day 4 – Les Chapieux – Courmayeur
The owner of the hotel (François Faussurier) told us that the first 90 minutes of this trail was nothing but road walking. He also suggested that we do […]
Day 3 – Les Contamines-Montjoie – Les Chapieux
The defeat lasted another day. We discussed this day with the staff at Hôtel le Christiania. They scared 3 of us out of it. They told us it […]
Day 2 – Les Houches – Les Contamines-Montjoie
There was very little pride in day 2. We woke up, had breakfast in the hotel, and started off to Les Houches. The very small grade descent out […]
Day 1 – La Flegere to Les Houches.
For many people this is the final section that they do on the TMB. It is section 11 in Kev Reynold’s guidebook, we wanted to begin and end […]