Girls Gone Wildwood

We walked from our rental house to the Chamonix Planpraz cable car, rode to the top, and took the TMB (Trail du Mount Blanc) toward Brévent. Ann had mentioned taking the cable car up and running back down, so I was surprised by the climb at the beginning. John and Ann planning our routes with the map en route in the cable car  So many trails at the top of Planpraz

John, our friend Hans and I recently completed a 9 day hike around Mont Blanc in the Swiss, Italian and French Alps. We followed a pretty similar route as the UTMB , but we went clockwise and counted our progress in days not hours. Some day I would like to run the UTMB, but for now I am fine with hiking in the Alps.  Our route for the most part follows the one described in the  Tour of Mont Blanc book by Kev Reynolds, except we did our trek in 9 days instead of 10. We also stayed in a few different places than Kev suggested, since quite a few of the huts/rifugios close after September 15th.  TMB trail sign Below our my daily notes from each day of the trek. We had a blast and I can't wait until our next adventure in New Zealand, which will involve an ultra.  Day 1 – Champex Lac - Ferret Our first day was an easy 11 miles on old roads and trails through small villages, with good views. The forest we started out in had wood carving sculptures ...