HotelFRto be confirmed
1,460 m
Hôtel L'Olympique
Le Tour · TMB km 140.1
A small one-star hotel (9 rooms in 2022) in the village of Le Tour, not far from the Charamillon gondola station. It…
Elevation profile
1,250 m1,500 m1,750 m2,000 m2,250 m0 km1 km2 km3 km4 km5 km6 kmTête aux Vents 2,130 m
| Waypoint | Altitude | Km |
|---|---|---|
| Tré-le-Champ | 1,417 m | 0 km |
| Tête aux Vents | 2,130 m | 3.1 km |
| La Flégère | 1,875 m | 6.6 km |
The route
One of the most spectacular stages, and the airiest. From Tré-le-Champ, the trail climbs into the Aiguilles Rouges Nature Reserve and tackles a series of ladders and metal steps to reach the Aiguillette d'Argentière. The section is not technical but it is impressive: anyone prone to vertigo can avoid it by climbing up from the Col des Montets instead.
You then reach the Tête aux Vents (2,130 m), followed by the Grand Balcon Sud, facing the Aiguille Verte, the Drus and the Mer de Glace. The detour to Lac Blanc (2,352 m), where the Mont Blanc massif is reflected in the water, is all but unmissable: it adds about 1 hr 30 min of walking.
The stage ends at La Flégère, a high-altitude lift station linked to Chamonix (Les Praz) by cable car. Depending on the accommodation available, many hikers go down to sleep in the valley and come back up the next day.
Practical tips
- The Refuge du Lac Blanc has a small capacity and fills up very quickly: book as soon as reservations open.
- In the Aiguilles Rouges reserve, bivouacking is regulated from 1 June to 30 September (designated areas, booking required) and prohibited in the Lac Blanc basin.
- The La Flégère cable car takes you down to Chamonix if you want to sleep in the valley.
Variants on this stage
Stage map
Where to stay on stage 10?
Accommodation along the stage, at the finish or on its variants, in walking order.
Le Tour, Tré-le-Champ and Argentière 10 places to stay
GîteFRvariant
1,466 m
Chalet Alpin du Tour (FFCAM)
Le Tour · TMB km 140.2
A large Alpine Club chalet in the heart of the hamlet of Le Tour, at the foot of the glacier of the same name, where…
GîteFR
1,395 m
Auberge La Boërne
Tré-le-Champ · TMB km 142
An 18th-century alpine chalet nestled in the hamlet of Tré-le-Champ, exactly where the TMB comes down from the…
GîteFRvariant
1,350 m
Gîte Le Moulin
Montroc (Les Frasserands) · TMB km 142
Housed in a former 18th-century farm and mill in the hamlet of Les Frasserands, this gîte is 200 m from Montroc-Le…
HotelFRoff route
1,280 m
Hôtel Le Dahu
Argentière · TMB km 143.2
A family-run hotel with 16 rooms in the centre of Argentière, with balconies facing the Aiguille Verte, the Argentière…
GîteFRto be confirmed
1,245 m
Gîte Le Belvédère
Argentière (route du Plagnolet) · TMB km 143.3
A gîte listed at 501 route du Plagnolet, between the centre of Argentière and Les Chosalets, with some fifty places in…
HotelFRoff route
1,298 m
©Hôtel de la Couronne
Argentière · TMB km 143.3
Founded in the 1860s, this is one of the oldest hotels still operating in the valley, right in the centre of…
HotelFRoff route
1,226 m
Les Grands Montets Hôtel & Spa
Argentière · TMB km 143.3
A four-star chalet-style hotel to the south of the village of Argentière, near the Grands Montets cable car. An indoor…
CampsiteFRoff route
1,230 m
Camping du Glacier d'Argentière
Les Chosalets (Argentière) · TMB km 144.3
A two-star campsite in the hamlet of Les Chosalets, at 1,230 m, facing the Argentière glacier. TMB hikers on foot are…
HotelFRto be confirmed
1,225 m
Hôtel-restaurant Les Randonneurs
Argentière (opposite the Grands Montets) · TMB km 144.3
A simple hotel-restaurant opposite the Grands Montets lifts, south of Argentière, presented as a budget address with…
Lac Blanc and La Flégère 5 places to stay
GîteFRoff route
1,199 m
Gîte Le Nouveau Grassonnet
Argentière (Les Grassonnets) · TMB km 145.7
A large chalet completely renovated in 2014 in the Grassonnets district, south of Argentière, run by the association…
CampsiteFRvariant
2,220 m
©Aire de bivouac des lacs des Chéserys
Lacs des Chéserys · TMB km 146
This is the authorised bivouac area closest to Lac Blanc, around the Chéserys lakes, in the heart of the Aiguilles…
Mountain hutFRvariant
2,352 m
©Refuge du Lac Blanc
Lac Blanc · TMB km 146.1
The most photographed hut in the massif: perched at 2,352 m on the shore of Lac Blanc, facing the Aiguille Verte, the…
CampsiteFR
1,850 m
©Bivouac de la Flégère (retenue sous le refuge)
La Flégère · TMB km 148.3
La Flégère hut tolerates bivouacking around the small reservoir about 200 m below the building. No reservation for the…
Mountain hutFR
1,877 m
©Refuge de la Flégère
La Flégère · TMB km 148.6
A wooden building built around 1827 and set at 1,877 m next to the Flégère gondola station, with a spectacular balcony…
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 8 places to stay
CampsiteFRoff route
1,075 m
Camping de la Mer de Glace
Les Praz de Chamonix
A three-star campsite on the edge of the forest at Les Praz, chemin de la Bagna, less than a kilometre from the…
HotelFRoff route
1,060 m
Hôtel Les Lanchers
Les Praz de Chamonix
A small hotel with 19 renovated rooms at Les Praz de Chamonix, about 200 m from the Flégère gondola station. It is the…
GîteFRoff route
1,040 m
Gîte Le Chalet
Chamonix (Les Mouilles)
A 14-place guesthouse close to the SNCF station and the Montenvers station, a few minutes' walk from the centre of…
GîteFRoff route
1,045 m
Gîte Le Chamoniard Volant
La Frasse
A 66-bed gîte-inn in the La Frasse district, about 1 km from the centre of Chamonix. Rooms of 4 to 8 beds and a large…
HotelFRoff route
1,040 m
Hôtel Pointe Isabelle
Chamonix centre
A 72-room hotel on the avenue Michel-Croz, a stone's throw from the station and the centre of Chamonix. Rooms for one…
CampsiteFRoff route
1,045 m
Camping Les Arolles
Chamonix centre (chemin du Cry)
A small two-star terraced campsite, presented as the only one in the centre of Chamonix, at 281 chemin du Cry. Open…
InnFRoff route
1,080 m
Auberge de jeunesse HI Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Les Pèlerins d'en Haut
A youth hostel of the HI network at Les Pèlerins d'en Haut, south of Chamonix, with 120 beds in rooms of 2 to 6. Bar…
GîteFRoff route
1,056 m
Gîte Alpenrose
Les Pèlerins
A budget gîte on the route des Pèlerins, mixing private rooms and dormitories for 45 people. Equipped shared kitchen…