The balcony above Courmayeur
Bertone to Bonatti balcony traverse
The signature Tour du Mont Blanc day: a high traverse facing the Grandes Jorasses the whole way.
Hard
- Distance
- 12 km
- Ascent
- 1,000 m
- High point
- 2,025 m
- Walking, not counting the bus
- 5 to 6.5 h
Reading your answers
How high
1,989 to 2,025 mhigh pointRifugio Walter Bonatti, Rifugio Giorgio Bertone
1,642 mLavachey
1,224 mCourmayeur, Piazzale Monte Bianco
The top stands 801 m above Courmayeur, Piazzale Monte Bianco. Total ascent is higher, because the path rises and falls on the way.
Before you go
- Rifugio Giorgio Bertone · 1,989 m+39 347 032 5785 · website
- Rifugio Walter Bonatti · 2,025 m+39 335 684 8578 · website
Worth knowing
Finish at Lavachey and ride line 924 home. The last bus down is 19:30 in high summer and 19:10 from 10 September.