Tour du Mont Blanc

Stage 9. Trient - Argentière

Tuesday 20th August 2019

Stage 9. Schedule

	From	To	Distance Km	Time Hrs	Ascent m	Descent m
9-1	Trient (1,300m)	Col de Balme (2,191m)	5.5		900
9-2	Col de Balme (2,191m)	Col de Posettes (1,997m)	2.0			200
9-3	Col de Posettes (1,997m)	Aiguillette de Posettes (2,201m)	1.5		210
9-4	Aiguillette de Posettes (2,201m)	Tre-le-Champ (1,417m)	4.0			800
9-5	Tre-le-Champ (1,417m)	Argientière (1,250m)	2.0			180
	Trient (1,300m)	Argientière (1,250m)	15.0	6H00	1,110	1,180

 

Garmin GPS Actual Data
Trient to Argentière Total (without cable car)

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Leaving Trient early morning

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Rob explaining the route

Because of the wether there was no point in going high on the Les Tseppes route, so we tool the route via La Balme

Brilliant! I want one for my lawn at home

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Passing Refuge du Puety, Gite D'Etape

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L to R: Kath, Jim, Lesley, Rob, Martin and Bob

Up, and Up, and Up....... at least the gradient is not too steep

Approaching La Balme hut

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On the way down

Approaching Alpage de Charamillon

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It was misty and raining stair-rods; three of us took the cable car whilst the others waked down to le Tour

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Our coffee stop at le Tour

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There is a bus service from le Tour to Argentière, but we decided to walk along the Petit Balcon Nord route

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Le Bisme

Petit Balcon Nord

Mountain Ash

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Argientière Church
Paroisse Saint Bernard du Mont Blanc
Eglise Saint Pierre d'Argentière

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Accommodation

Hotel de la Couronne,
285 rue Charlet-Straton,
74400 Argentière, France
www.hotelcouronne.com
Tel: 00 33 (0) 450 54 00 02

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Hotel de la Couronne

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View from my bedroom window

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