Tour du Mont Blanc — Stage 1: Courmayeur → Rifugio Giorgio Bertone
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1 / 24.7 km
+767 m
−36 m
3 h
Nivel físico
Mapa y ruta
Traza GPX — verifica sobre el terreno antes de caminar
Descripción
Puntos clave
Salida
Courmayeur · 1227 m
Llegada
Rifugio Giorgio Bertone · 1992 m
From the centre of Courmayeur (1,224 m) the TMB trail climbs steadily through the Villair woods to Rifugio Bertone (1,989 m), overlooking Mont Chétif and the Mont Blanc chain. A short but steep stage, ideal for finding your trekking rhythm.
The trail leaves from Villair, Courmayeur’s old upper hamlet, and gains height through fir forest on an endless series of well-graded switchbacks: nearly 800 metres of steady climbing, best tackled early in the cool hours. At every bend the view widens, until the trees thin out and the Bertone terrace appears, with the Dent du Géant and the Grandes Jorasses suddenly within reach. Water and food only at the hut, so start well supplied. Early arrivals can climb half an hour to Mont de la Saxe for sunset over the massif.
Ciencias de la Tierra
Geología y paisaje
Mont Blanc hanging valley: gneiss, granites and Miage moraines; glaciological views of the Italian flank of the massif.
Historia y cultura
The hut is dedicated to Giorgio Bertone, a Courmayeur guide central to the great Mont Blanc climbs of the 1970s; Villair was the guides’ and muleteers’ quarter.
Fuentes de agua
Water at the stage's support points (Courmayeur, Rifugio Bertone, Rifugio Giorgio Bertone). On the high ground and at the passes springs are not guaranteed: fill bottles in the valley and at the huts.
Cómo llegar
VITA buses and connections from Aosta; check seasonal timetables at vita.it.
Aparcamiento
Refugios y vivacs
Galería de fotos
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Flora del sendero
Etapas contiguas
AEditado y verificado por Andrea Rama
Fuente de datos: Tour du Mont Blanc — itinerario internazionale segnalato · Traccia calcolata su rete sentieri OpenStreetMap (ODbL); verificare sul terreno
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