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TMB day 10 : Le Moulin to Chamonix
Our goal for the final day was Lac Blanc. Resting on the upper ridges of Grand Balcones du Sud (the southern balconies), the lake is TMB’s THE photography spot. However, the Lac Blanc route was a more challenging variant than the standard run-of-the-mill route as it included a set of ladders and steep sections. The…
TMB Day 9 : Auberge Blanc to Le Moulin
Our penultimate day was drier than the previous day as we crossed back into France. The downpour alleviated the hiking conditions by dropping the temperature to a cool 20C. Our morning was spent zig-zagging up 2500ft, reaching just shy of the Carraye peak, standing at roughly 7000ft. To minimize the gradient, we took an alternate…
TMB Day 8 : D’Arpette to Auberge Blanc
On this day, we covered over 11 miles and 6000ft+ total elevation change going around the northern face of the Mont Blanc massif. And, by this point of the tour, the winds had changed direction, bringing in foreboding clouds. The previous day, Harry was caught in a rain storm and pelted by hail. Today was…
TMB Day 7 : Peule to D’Arpette
Day 7 was our day for Flora and Fauna. Since the Alpage (French/Swiss dorm) was also an active cow farm, our morning was occupied by watching the resident border collie. He was running around the bovines, shepherding them into a cow milking trailer. While the cows ambled on, bells clinking and munching on their breakfast…
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