[Regions](/regions/) › Tour du Mont Blanc [Open in the HutScanner map](/app?region=tmb) # Tour du Mont Blanc 101 huts · 896 walking routes · FR, IT, CH · season 15 June 2026 to 30 September 2026 The Tour du Mont Blanc circles the Mont Blanc massif through France, Italy and Switzerland, staying in mountain refuges and gites along the way. Most member huts book through the official Tour du Mont Blanc platform, while several independent refuges take bookings on their own pages or by email. Stages fill within days of reservations opening, so the usual advice is to book in October or November for the following summer. This page is the circuit itself: the stages, the huts on each one, and how far apart they are. Every walking time below comes from our own terrain-aware routing between the huts, the same numbers the map uses. For the booking side, which is where most plans actually fail, read [how to plan a hut-to-hut Tour du Mont Blanc](/guides/tour-du-mont-blanc-hut-to-hut/). For whether a full circuit is still bookable this season, day by day, see [TMB availability right now](/tmb/availability/). ## The circuit in numbers - Around 170 km and roughly 10,000 m of ascent, usually walked in 10 or 11 days. - Three countries, seven or eight passes above 2,000 m, and a high point of about 2,665 m, at the Col des Fours or the Fenêtre d'Arpette, both of them variants. - Anticlockwise from Les Houches is the classic direction and the one below. Clockwise works too, and the huts are the same. - The trail itself is waymarked and well documented. What makes it hard is that roughly eleven refuges absorb almost everyone on the circuit, each has to have a bed on a specific night, and they have to work in sequence. ## Stage by stage, with walking times between the huts Times are hut to hut on the routed path, for a steady walker without long stops. Where a stage starts or ends in a village rather than a hut, the valley section is not timed here. - **Stage 1, Les Houches to Les Contamines.** Over the Col de Voza, or the Col de Tricot variant for a bigger first day. Sleep in the village, at the [Refuge CAF des Contamines-Montjoie](/huts/refuge-caf-des-contamines-montjoie/) (1,164 m), or push on up the valley to the [Refuge de la Balme](/huts/refuge-de-la-balme-beaufortain/) (1,706 m), 7.7 km and about 3h from the CAF refuge, which shortens tomorrow. - **Stage 2, Les Contamines to the Col du Bonhomme.** From the CAF refuge to the [Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme](/huts/refuge-de-la-croix-du-bonhomme/) (2,443 m) is 13.3 km and about 5h40, the longest climb of the tour. From La Balme it is 5.7 km and about 2h35. - **Stage 3, Croix du Bonhomme to the Vallée des Glaciers.** Over the Col des Fours to the [Refuge des Mottets](/huts/refuge-des-mottets/) (1,870 m): 7.4 km, about 2h30. The standard route drops to Les Chapieux instead and walks up the valley road, which adds a couple of hours and a possible bus. - **Stage 4, Mottets to Italy.** Over the Col de la Seigne into the Val Veny, to the [Refuge Elisabetta](/huts/refuge-elisabetta-soldini-montanaro/) (2,195 m): 7.8 km, about 2h35. Many people combine this with stage 3 for a long day. - **Stage 5, Elisabetta to Courmayeur.** Along the Val Veny balcony to the [Refuge Maison Vieille](/huts/refuge-maison-vieille/) (1,956 m), 10.1 km and about 3h50, then down to Courmayeur, or stay at Maison Vieille and skip the town. - **Stage 6, Courmayeur to the Val Ferret.** Up to the [Refuge Giorgio Bertone](/huts/refuge-giorgio-bertone/) (1,970 m), then the balcony path to the [Refuge Walter Bonatti](/huts/refuge-walter-bonatti/) (2,030 m): Bertone to Bonatti is 9.8 km and about 3h55. From Maison Vieille straight to Bertone, bypassing the town, is 10.1 km and about 3h35. - **Stage 7, Bonatti to Switzerland.** To the [Refuge Elena](/huts/refuge-elena/) (2,061 m), 7.3 km and about 2h50, then over the Grand Col Ferret to the [Gîte alpage de La Peule](/huts/gite-alpage-de-la-peule/) (2,071 m), 5.9 km and about 2h20, and on down to the [Gîte de la Fouly](/huts/gite-de-la-fouly/) (1,600 m), another 7 km and about 2h20. Bonatti to La Fouly in one day is about 20 km and 8h. - **Stage 8, La Fouly to Champex.** A valley day through the Swiss Val Ferret villages to Champex-Lac. Accommodation here is hotels, gites and a campsite rather than mountain refuges. - **Stage 9, Champex to Trient.** Either the Bovine path or the harder Fenêtre d'Arpette, which is as high as the tour gets. Sleep in Trient or at the [Gîte du col de la Forclaz](/huts/gite-du-col-de-la-forclaz/) (1,527 m). - **Stage 10, Trient to the Chamonix valley.** From the Forclaz gite over the Col de Balme to the [Refuge du Col de Balme](/huts/refuge-du-col-de-balme/) (2,190 m), 6.4 km and about 2h55, then down and across to Tré-le-Champ or Argentière. For the classic high finish, continue to the [Refuge du Lac Blanc](/huts/refuge-du-lac-blanc-aiguilles-rouges/) (2,352 m), 12.3 km and about 4h30 from the Col de Balme, or the [Refuge de la Flégère](/huts/refuge-de-la-flegere/) (1,807 m), 12.4 km and about 5h10. - **Stage 11, the Aiguilles Rouges balcony to Les Houches.** From La Flégère along the Grand Balcon Sud to the [Refuge de Bellachat](/huts/refuge-de-bellachat/) (2,152 m), 9.2 km and about 3h05 via Le Brévent, then the steep descent to Les Houches to close the loop. ## Shorter versions The two halves are the usual way to split it. The French and Italian half, Les Houches to Courmayeur, is stages 1 to 5 and has the big passes. The Italian and Swiss half, Courmayeur to Chamonix, is stages 6 to 11 and has the balcony paths and the Aiguilles Rouges finish. Each is five or six days, and both ends have public transport. If a single hut in the middle has no space on your night, the app will tell you which runs of huts do still chain together, which is usually a better answer than giving up on the whole circuit. ## The map Every hut in the list below is on the map with the routed paths between them, so you can see the actual stage lengths, swap a refuge for its neighbour, and check availability on consecutive nights without opening a dozen booking sites. Open the region in the map, tap a hut, and the calendar shows what the hut's own booking system is showing. A finished itinerary exports as a [GPX file](/guides/gpx-files-for-hut-to-hut-routes/) with the huts as waypoints. 73 of 101 huts in this region have live-checked availability. ## Guides - [Tour du Mont Blanc 2027 rules: what is proposed, what is law](/guides/tour-du-mont-blanc-2027-rules/) - [Wild camping and bivouac on the Tour du Mont Blanc](/guides/wild-camping-bivouac-tour-du-mont-blanc/) - [How to plan a hut-to-hut Tour du Mont Blanc trek](/guides/tour-du-mont-blanc-hut-to-hut/) ## When do 2027 reservations open - **[Mon Tour du Mont-Blanc](https://www.montourdumontblanc.com/fr/faq)** (41 huts here): Reservations for summer 2027 open on 15 October 2026, for every refuge in the association. In high season member refuges are often full several weeks ahead. A booking can be changed from the customer account up to 30 days before arrival; deposits are partly refunded beyond 30 days and not at all inside it. Checked against the portal on 27 August 2026. - **[FFCAM central reservation](https://centrale.ffcam.fr/index.php?_lang=FR)** (11 huts here): No single date. Each refuge opens its own online calendar from late January onwards; most FFCAM refuge sites publish a guarding season but no booking-opening date at all. A deposit is paid online at booking. Cancellations inside the refuge's contractual period are not refunded. Checked 27 August 2026. The portal itself publishes no opening date, so treat the timing as unconfirmed. - **[hut-reservation.org (SAC huts)](https://www.hut-reservation.org/)** (4 huts here): The portal publishes no opening date, and the SAC states no common rule, so each hut opens the coming season on its own schedule. Watch the hut's own page on the portal. At staffed SAC huts a reservation fee of CHF 10 per guest per night is planned from 1 January 2027 at the earliest, taken at booking, credited against the stay and not refunded on cancellation. Solidarity contributions also start in 2027, CHF 3 a night for adult members and CHF 5 for adult non-members, running to 2029. Checked 27 August 2026. The portal itself publishes no opening date, so treat the timing as unconfirmed. - **[Prenota Rifugi CAI](https://www.prenotarifugi.cai.it/come-funziona/)** (3 huts here): No single date. Each rifugio opens its own availability calendar on the portal; until it does, the page shows the information sheet only and booking is by phone or email. A deposit by card is required to book. Each rifugio sets its own cancellation terms and penalties, shown on its page. Checked against the portal on 27 August 2026. - **[Independent refuges](https://www.refuges.info/)** (27 huts here): No portal and no common date. Each refuge takes bookings on its own terms; check the hut's own page or contact details. - **Refuges with a booking calendar on their own website** (14 huts here): No shared portal and no common date. Each of these refuges runs its own booking calendar on its own website and opens the coming season when it chooses; the hut page here links straight to it. Every 2027 Tour du Mont Blanc article ends with the same advice, book early. The [proposed 2027 charter](/guides/tour-du-mont-blanc-2027-rules/) would make a hut or bivouac-site reservation the condition for walking the tour over several days, so the opening date above carries more weight than it used to. Once a portal opens, the [Tour du Mont Blanc map in HutScanner](/app?region=tmb) will show which of these huts still have beds on consecutive nights, so you can check a chain before you book on the portal. ## Huts in the Tour du Mont Blanc network | Hut | Altitude | Sleeps | Availability | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Auberge La Roselette](/huts/auberge-la-roselette/) | 1873 m | 18 | live-checked | | [Auberge de Bionnassay](/huts/auberge-de-bionnassay/) | 1320 m | 23 | book online | | [Auberge des Glaciers](/huts/auberge-des-glaciers/) | 1600 m | 42 | live-checked | | [Auberge gîte Bon Abri](/huts/auberge-gite-bon-abri/) | 1444 m | 18 | live-checked | | [Cabane d'Orny](/huts/cabane-d-orny/) | 2811 m | 86 | live-checked | | [Cabane de Saleinaz](/huts/cabane-de-saleinaz/) | 2691 m | 48 | live-checked | | [Cabane de l'A Neuve](/huts/cabane-de-l-a-neuve/) | 2735 m | 28 | live-checked | | [Cabane de la Tsissette](/huts/cabane-de-la-tsissette/) | 2005 m | 16 | live-checked | | [Cabane du Combal](/huts/cabane-du-combal/) | 1969 m | 23 | book online | | [Cabane du Trient](/huts/cabane-du-trient/) | 3170 m | 90 | live-checked | | [Chalet Alpin du Tour](/huts/chalet-alpin-du-tour/) | 1466 m | 83 | live-checked | | [Chalet La Grange](/huts/chalet-la-grange/) | 1443 m | 10 | live-checked | | [Chalet des Grands-Dessus](/huts/chalet-des-grands-dessus/) | 2113 m | 15 | book online | | [Gite camping le Pontet](/huts/gite-camping-le-pontet/) | 1180 m | 32 | live-checked | | [Gîte alpage de La Peule](/huts/gite-alpage-de-la-peule/) | 2071 m | 33 | live-checked | | [Gîte d'alpage de Charamillon](/huts/gite-d-alpage-de-charamillon/) | 1850 m | 19 | live-checked | | [Gîte de la Fouly](/huts/gite-de-la-fouly/) | 1600 m | 19 | live-checked | | [Gîte de la Léchère](/huts/gite-de-la-lechere/) | 1710 m | 28 | live-checked | | [Gîte du col de la Forclaz](/huts/gite-du-col-de-la-forclaz/) | 1527 m | 40 | live-checked | | [Hospice du Grand-St-Bernard](/huts/hospice-du-grand-st-bernard/) | 2469 m | 80 | book online | | [La Casita](/huts/la-casita/) | 1320 m | 12 | book online | | [Maya-Joie](/huts/maya-joie/) | 1600 m | 18 | live-checked | | [Pension En Plein Air](/huts/pension-en-plein-air/) | 1467 m | 66 | live-checked | | [Pensione Venezia](/huts/pensione-venezia/) | | | contact hut | | [Refuge Albert 1er](/huts/refuge-albert-1er/) | 2706 m | 140 | live-checked | | [Refuge Alfred Wills (Anterne)](/huts/refuge-alfred-wills-anterne/) | 1810 m | 54 | live-checked | | [Refuge Caf des Contamines-Montjoie](/huts/refuge-caf-des-contamines-montjoie/) | 1164 m | 24 | live-checked | | [Refuge Chapy Mont-Blanc](/huts/refuge-chapy-mont-blanc/) | 1467 m | 25 | live-checked | | [Refuge Elena](/huts/refuge-elena/) | 2061 m | 127 | live-checked | | [Refuge Elisabetta Soldini Montanaro](/huts/refuge-elisabetta-soldini-montanaro/) | 2195 m | 80 | monitored | | [Refuge Francesco Gonella](/huts/refuge-francesco-gonella/) | 3072 m | 24 | monitored | | [Refuge Frassati](/huts/refuge-frassati/) | 2550 m | 60 | book online | | [Refuge Giorgio Bertone](/huts/refuge-giorgio-bertone/) | 1970 m | 60 | live-checked | | [Refuge Le Randonneur](/huts/refuge-le-randonneur/) | 1895 m | 25 | live-checked | | [Refuge Maison Vieille](/huts/refuge-maison-vieille/) | 1956 m | 35 | live-checked | | [Refuge Monte Bianco](/huts/refuge-monte-bianco/) | 1680 m | 70 | live-checked | | [Refuge Monzino](/huts/refuge-monzino/) | 2561 m | 55 | book online | | [Refuge Robert Blanc](/huts/refuge-robert-blanc/) | 2750 m | 38 | live-checked | | [Refuge Torino (nouveau)](/huts/refuge-torino-nouveau/) | 3382 m | 160 | monitored | | [Refuge Walter Bonatti](/huts/refuge-walter-bonatti/) | 2030 m | 75 | book online | | [Refuge d'Argentière](/huts/refuge-d-argentiere/) | 2771 m | 91 | monitored | | [Refuge de Bellachat](/huts/refuge-de-bellachat/) | 2152 m | 18 | contact hut | | [Refuge de Bellastat](/huts/refuge-de-bellastat/) | 1915 m | 12 | book online | | [Refuge de Leschaux](/huts/refuge-de-leschaux/) | 2431 m | 22 | live-checked | | [Refuge de Loriaz](/huts/refuge-de-loriaz/) | 2020 m | 40 | book online | | [Refuge de Miage](/huts/refuge-de-miage/) | 1560 m | 47 | book online | | [Refuge de Moëde-Anterne](/huts/refuge-de-moede-anterne/) | 1996 m | 91 | live-checked | | [Refuge de Nant-Borrant](/huts/refuge-de-nant-borrant/) | 1459 m | 35 | live-checked | | [Refuge de Plan Glacier](/huts/refuge-de-plan-glacier/) | 2730 m | 25 | book online | | [Refuge de Platé](/huts/refuge-de-plate/) | 2032 m | 35 | live-checked | | [Refuge de Porcherey](/huts/refuge-de-porcherey/) | 1717 m | 19 | book online | | [Refuge de Sales](/huts/refuge-de-sales/) | 1886 m | 60 | book online | | [Refuge de Tré-la-Tête](/huts/refuge-de-tre-la-tete/) | 1970 m | 30 | book online | | [Refuge de Tête-Rousse](/huts/refuge-de-tete-rousse/) | 3167 m | 72 | book online | | [Refuge de l'Envers des Aiguilles](/huts/refuge-de-l-envers-des-aiguilles/) | 2523 m | 46 | live-checked | | [Refuge de la Balme](/huts/refuge-de-la-balme-beaufortain/) | 1706 m | 40 | live-checked | | [Refuge de la Charpoua](/huts/refuge-de-la-charpoua/) | 2841 m | 14 | book online | | [Refuge de la Croix de Pierre](/huts/refuge-de-la-croix-de-pierre/) | 1973 m | 18 | book online | | [Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme](/huts/refuge-de-la-croix-du-bonhomme/) | 2443 m | 99 | monitored | | [Refuge de la Flégère](/huts/refuge-de-la-flegere/) | 1807 m | 90 | book online | | [Refuge de la Gittaz](/huts/refuge-de-la-gittaz/) | 1660 m | 31 | contact hut | | [Refuge de la Pierre à Bérard](/huts/refuge-de-la-pierre-a-berard/) | 1924 m | 40 | contact hut | | [Refuge des Conscrits](/huts/refuge-des-conscrits/) | 2602 m | 90 | live-checked | | [Refuge des Cosmiques](/huts/refuge-des-cosmiques/) | 3613 m | 145 | book online | | [Refuge des Fonts](/huts/refuge-des-fonts/) | 1368 m | 32 | live-checked | | [Refuge des Grands-Mulets](/huts/refuge-des-grands-mulets/) | 3057 m | 68 | monitored | | [Refuge des Mottets](/huts/refuge-des-mottets/) | 1870 m | 50 | live-checked | | [Refuge des Prés](/huts/refuge-des-pres/) | 1935 m | 30 | live-checked | | [Refuge du Châtelet](/huts/refuge-du-chatelet/) | 1425 m | 25 | live-checked | | [Refuge du Col de Balme](/huts/refuge-du-col-de-balme/) | 2190 m | 20 | live-checked | | [Refuge du Couvercle](/huts/refuge-du-couvercle/) | 2687 m | 64 | live-checked | | [Refuge du Fioux](/huts/refuge-du-fioux/) | 1505 m | 24 | live-checked | | [Refuge du Grenairon](/huts/refuge-du-grenairon/) | 1974 m | 85 | live-checked | | [Refuge du Lac Blanc](/huts/refuge-du-lac-blanc-aiguilles-rouges/) | 2352 m | 41 | live-checked | | [Refuge du Mont-Joly](/huts/refuge-du-mont-joly/) | 2002 m | 15 | live-checked | | [Refuge du Moulin](/huts/refuge-du-moulin/) | 1370 m | 38 | live-checked | | [Refuge du Nid d'Aigle](/huts/refuge-du-nid-d-aigle/) | 2372 m | 30 | book online | | [Refuge du Plan de l'Aiguille](/huts/refuge-du-plan-de-l-aiguille/) | 2207 m | 35 | live-checked | | [Refuge du Requin](/huts/refuge-du-requin/) | 2516 m | 40 | live-checked | | [Refuge du Vieux Emosson](/huts/refuge-du-vieux-emosson/) | 2205 m | 28 | book online | | [Refuge du lac de Gers](/huts/refuge-du-lac-de-gers/) | 1533 m | | book online | | [Refuge le Peuty](/huts/refuge-le-peuty/) | 1326 m | 22 | live-checked | | [Refuge-auberge du Truc](/huts/refuge-auberge-du-truc/) | 1720 m | 28 | live-checked | | [Relais d'Arpette](/huts/relais-d-arpette/) | 1630 m | 100 | live-checked | | [Auberge la Boërne](/huts/auberge-la-boerne/) | | | live-checked | | [Auberge la Grande Ourse](/huts/auberge-la-grande-ourse/) | | | live-checked | | [Auberge Mont-Blanc](/huts/auberge-mont-blanc/) | | | live-checked | | [Auberge-Refuge de la Nova](/huts/auberge-refuge-de-la-nova/) | | | live-checked | | [Chalet Les Méandres (ex Tupilak)](/huts/chalet-les-meandres-ex-tupilak/) | | | live-checked | | [Gîte Les Mélèzes](/huts/gite-les-melezes/) | | | live-checked | | [Gîte Mermoud](/huts/gite-mermoud/) | | | live-checked | | [Gîte Michel Fagot](/huts/gite-michel-fagot/) | | | live-checked | | [Gîte Saint Louis](/huts/gite-saint-louis/) | | | live-checked | | [Hôtel Chalet Val Ferret](/huts/hotel-chalet-val-ferret/) | | | live-checked | | [Hotel du Col de Fenêtre](/huts/hotel-du-col-de-fenetre/) | | | live-checked | | [Hôtel Edelweiss](/huts/hotel-edelweiss/) | | | live-checked | | [Hôtel Funivia](/huts/hotel-funivia/) | | | live-checked | | [Hôtel Lavachey](/huts/hotel-lavachey/) | | | live-checked | | [La Ferme à Piron](/huts/la-ferme-a-piron/) | | | live-checked | | [Les Chambres du Soleil](/huts/les-chambres-du-soleil-tmb/) | | | live-checked | | [Hôtel Refuge du Montenvers](/huts/hotel-refuge-du-montenvers/) | 1913 m | | book online | ## Planning a hut-to-hut route in the Tour du Mont Blanc Booking one hut is the easy half. The work is the chain: across these 101 huts and 896 walking routes, every night needs a bed at a hut you can walk to from the one before, on consecutive dates, and one full night sends you back to the start. HutScanner searches the whole network for a sequence that works on your dates, shifting the dates or swapping in a neighbouring hut when a chain does not hold, rather than leaving you to try the huts one at a time. 73 of the 101 huts here publish a calendar HutScanner can read, so those nights are checked rather than guessed; the rest are mapped and routable, and confirmed with the hut. If you plan trips through ChatGPT or Claude, they can run this same search for you without opening the app, over the regions HutScanner has reviewed by hand. How that works is described in [using HutScanner with AI assistants](/guides/ai-assistants-and-hutscanner/), and the endpoint is documented in the [OpenAPI spec](/api/openapi.json). [Open Tour du Mont Blanc in HutScanner](/app?region=tmb)