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Tour du Mont Blanc

Stage 4. Rifugio Elisabetta - Courmayeur

Wednesday 14th August 2019

 

 

 

Stage 4. Schedule
  From To Distance Km Time Hrs Ascent m Descent m
4-1 Rifugio Elisabetta (2,180m) Lac de Combal (1,960m) 4.0     220
4-2 Lac de Combal (1,960m) L'Arp Vieille supierieure (2,303m) 1.5   350  
4-3 L'Arp Vieille supierieure (2,303m) North Ridge of Mont Favre (2,430m) 1.0   120  
4-4 North Ridge of Mont Favre (2,430m) Col Checroui (1,956m) 5.0     510
4-5 Col Checroui (1,956m) Dolonne (1,210m) 4.5     750
4-6 Dolonne (1,210m) Courmayeur (1,220m) 1.0   30  
  Rifugio Elisabetta (2,180m) Courmayeur (1,220m) 17.0 6H00 500 1,480
 

Garmin GPS Actual Data
Rifugio Elisabetta - Col Checrouit

Distance Time Elevation in meters

Km		 Elapsed
Hrs-Mins		 Gain Loss Min Max
11.5 4H30 470 510 1,956 2,180

 

   
 

Chair Lift from Col Checrouit - Dolonne

Distance Time Elevation in meters

Km		 Elapsed
Hrs-Mins		 Gain Loss Min Max
        1,707 2,257

 

   
 

Cable Car Dolonne - Courmayeur

Distance Time Elevation in meters

Km		 Elapsed
Hrs-Mins		 Gain Loss Min Max
        1,212 1,707

 

   
 

Garmin GPS Actual Data
From Cable Car Station to Hotel

Distance Time Elevation in meters

Km		 Elapsed
Hrs-Mins		 Gain Loss Min Max
1.0 0H20 30 9 1,212 1,224

 

   

Garmin GPS Actual Data
Rifugio Elisabetta to Courmayeur Total

Distance Time Elevation in meters

Km		 Elapsed
Hrs-Mins		 Gain Loss Min Max
12.5 4H50 500 519 1,212

2,257

 

   

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Morning breaks over Rifugio Elisabetta

Mick ready for off

Looking back to Refugio Elisabetta

Descending from Rifugio Elisabetta

 

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Asperula sintensii (?

Lac Combal

Our walk along the flat of the valley floor did not last long; we were soon
turning off to the right to tackle yet another massive climb!

The turn off towards Courmayeur

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Glacier du Miage

Alpine aster (Aster alpinus)

Mont Blanc 4,810m

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Mont Blanc 4,810m

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Glacier du Miage

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Another marmot

L to R: Kath, Lesley, Jim and Bob

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Approaching Refuge Maison Vieille at Col Checrouit, 1,956m

Lunch at Col Checrouit

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Sausages in tomato sauce..... so tasty!

 

From Col Checrouit we took a chair lift and a cable car down to Courmayeur. The Checrouit chair lift descended 550m from an elevation of 2,257m to 1,707m; this was a distance of 1.8 km and took just over 7 minutes. After a short walk we took the Dolonne cable car from an elevation of 1,704m down to 1,211m, an elevation loss of 493m. Combined the lifts saved us 1,043m of descent, a bonus for tired knees!

 

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Looking back to Col Checrouit from the chair lift station

High above Courmayeur, on the chair lift down to Dolonne

Chair lift lower station

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Accommodation

Hotel Bouton d'Or,
Strada Statale 26, n 10,
11013 Courmayeur, Italy
www.hotelboutondor.com
Tel: 00 39 0165 84 67 29

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My single room, with its own balcony and clothes drying line

View from my balcony, the route to Refuge Bertone which was the next stage after our rest day

Breakfast at Bouton d'Or..... it had everything! Best breakfast of the trip by far