“Enjoy a spectacular hike”
6 Day Private Multi-country Alpine Hiking Holiday in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France
Chalet La Sapinière Hotel,102 Rue Mummery, 74400 Chamonix, France
Private Hiking Holiday in France, Italy, and Switzerland
This hiking tour leads over mountain and forest hiking trails that can sometimes be rocky. You should be able to walk 10 to 12 kilometers per day for six days, with elevation gains between 500 meters and 1,000 meters. You do not need to be a great athlete to do this tour, but being in good shape is highly recommended. Depending on the weather conditions and the group, the guide can adapt the hikes.
Highlights
- Flexible, exclusive itinerary daily hiking options in the Alps' most spectacular locations
- Expertise and guidance of Patagoniatiptop's certified UIMLA mountain leaders
- Relax and enjoy Chamonix after your hike, no need to repack
- An escape to Italy for a day hike at the beautiful Val Ferret
- Fares for trains, cable cars, and other modes of travel included
- 5 nights of accommodation
- All breakfasts, and welcome and final dinner in Chamonix included
- Park and other entry fees included
5 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: French, German, Spanish
Group size: Maximum of 7 participants
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
16:00
Check-out Time:
10:00
Facilities
- Parking lot
Chalet La Sapinière Hotel
The trip offers comfortable double room accommodations in a three-star hotel with the most common amenities, based in Chamonix, France at the foot of Mont Blanc. You'll stay in private rooms with ensuite bathrooms. Private parking and garages are available for your car, as well as a charging station for electric vehicles.
Program
Enjoy a great Alpine hiking week with the convenience of not having to change hotels every day. Your “base camp” for this hiking week will be a nice, handpicked hotel in the bustling alpine town of Chamonix at the foot of Mont Blanc.
With moderate to challenging hiking options selected by your guide each day, the itinerary will be flexible. They will make sure that you will enjoy the spectacular beauty of this part of the Alps - and spectacular it is! You'll see fabulous vistas of serrated peaks and glittering glaciers every single day!
The flexible itinerary will also allow you to “follow the good weather” in this region of microclimates. The hikes will be chosen according to where the best weather is. You might also want to take a day off to enjoy the local restaurants and shops if you'd like to.
Detailed itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival at Chamonix
- Night at hotel in Chamonix
- Organized welcome dinner in a local restaurant
You might want to explore the town of Chamonix a bit before meeting the guide and enjoying a welcome dinner and orientation of the tour.
Day 2: Aiguille du Midi-Montenvers (France)
- Hike: 7.2 kilometers, +201 meters, -733 meters
- Night at hotel in Chamonix
- No organized dinner
You will begin the hike from the hotel, crossing the town of Chamonix before taking a gondola up to Plan de Midi. Shortly after, the group will reach the Grand Balcon Nord trail. By this time above tree line, you will have fabulous views of the Chamonix granite Aiguilles towering above you.
Then, traverse below these peaks towards the Montenvers railway sitting high above the Mer de Glace glacier. You will walk up to a beautiful viewpoint to observe the famous Mer de Glace glacier. A short descent will bring you down to Monetenvers.
In 1741, the first tourists to Chamonix were transported to Montenvers on the backs of mules to admire the glaciers. Today, most travelers take a bright red cog train up the steep slopes to reach the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice), the second-largest glacier in the Alps. This train will bring you back to town.
Day 3: Mountain lakes at Aiguilles Rouges Natural Reserve
- Hike: 9.9 kilometers, +780 meters, -890 meters
- Night at hotel in Chamonix
- No organized dinner
The Aiguilles Rouges natural reserve, which lies north of Chamonix, offers beautiful views of the Mont Blanc massif. A telepherique will allow you to quickly escape the valley floor for hikes to deep blue mountain lakes.
According to the group’s hiking abilities (and the weather forecast), two hiking options are available: one to Lake Cornu, a five-hour hike with an ascent / descent of 1,500 feet; or a hike to Lac Blanc, an easier three-hour hike that offers a reduced 600-foot ascent and a 1,500-foot descent.
Day 4: Bella Italia and Bonattis mountain hut (Italy)
- Hike: 11 kilometers, +719 meters, -258 meters
- Night at hotel in Chamonix
- No organized dinner
Courmayeur (4,014′) lies on the Italian side of Mont Blanc and is only a 20′ drive away, thanks to the Mont Blanc tunnel. It is spectacularly situated beneath the Grand Jorasses and Brenva Glacier. There, the views of Mont Blanc are Himalayan in scale - the mountain rises in a breathtaking abruptness from the Veny Valley to the summit 10,000 feet above.
You’ll hike to a balcony trail above tree line, high up the Ferret Valley. This path is also part of the famous Tour du Mont Blanc hike. You will continue to the well-known Bonatti Refuge, which faces the famous peaks and needles of the Grandes Jorasses.
A delicious lunch break will be well-deserved before continuing to the end of the Val Ferret. From there, a bus will bring you back to Courmayeur and the shuttle to Chamonix for the night.
Day 5: Chalet Loriaz and Buet valley
- Hike: 10.2 kilometers, +582 meters, -628 meters
- Night at hotel in Chamonix
- Organized dinner in a local restaurant
You will take the Mont Blanc express train on this day to the village of Le Buet at the border with Switzerland. The hike will start with a stroll along the Buet River Gorge and to it’s waterfall.
Afterwards, you will wind up steeply through the forest and to the beautiful meadows around Chalet Loriaz. Once there, you can enjoy a delicious lunch on the terrace before heading down to Vallorcine.
The train will bring you back to Chamonix for the night.
Day 6: Aiguillette des Posettes, Col de Balme (Switzerland)
- Hike: 12 kilometers, +950 meters, -800 meters
The last hiking day will lead to one of the best viewpoints over the Mont Blanc valley which lies right on the border with Switzerland. Aiguillette des Posettes can be reached in many different ways. From there, you will head to Col de Balme for a lunch break.
Through Alpen rose fields, you will finish the hiking week in the village of Le Tour. You'll go back to Chamonix by bus, marking the end of the holiday.
Location
This hiking holiday will take you to different parts of the French, Italian, and Swiss Alps.
Chamonix, Haute-Savoie
This program will take place in Chamonix, which is in the Canton of Le Mont-Blanc and Arrondissement of Bonneville, in the department of Haute-Savoie in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Chalet La Sapinière Hotel
This three-star hotel is ideally located in a quiet area, five minutes from the town center opposite the Champs du Savoy, allowing direct access to the Brévent-Flégère ski area.
The sports center (swimming pool, ice rink, tennis, etc.), the cross-country ski trails, as well as the bus stop serving the top of the valley are in the immediate vicinity of the hotel.
Food
Included are all breakfasts as well as a welcome and final dinner in Chamonix. Most dinners will not be organized so that you can choose where you would like to go each night.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
What's included
- Expertise and guidance of Patagoniatiptop's certified UIMLA mountain leaders
- Park and other entry fees
- Fares for trains, cable cars, and other modes of travel as listed in the itinerary
- Select transfers as mentioned in the itinerary
- 5 nights accommodation as noted in the itinerary
- All breakfasts
- Welcome and final dinner in Chamonix
What's not included
- Flights, airport taxes, and excess baggage fees
- Airport transfers
- 3 dinners and all lunches (the guide will help you to make reservations for dinner and can organize picnic lunches and lunches at mountain huts during the hikes)
- Personal insurance (travel, hiking, cancellation, etc.)
- Personal expenses
- Single room supplement
- Tips
How to get there
Recommended Airports
GVA
Geneva Airport
67 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Chamonix can be reached with an one-hour shuttle from Geneva Airport (GVA). Please contact the organizer for more information about airport transfers.
Arrival by train
Chamonix can also be reached with the Mont Blanc Express train trough Switzerland.
Arrival by shuttle
Patagoniatiptop can help you organize your shuttle to Chamonix.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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