Classic Tour du Mont Blanc Trek, from Chamonix

• All accommodation - you will spend 8 nights in hotels, 1 night in a guest house, 1 night in an auberge, 1 night in a refuge.
• breakfast & evening meals
• Cable cars and transport
• Luggage transfer on all but one night
• Qualified & experienced International Mountain Leader

Itinerary as follows:

• Day 1 - Arrive in Chamonix and team briefing
• Day 2 - Transfer to Les Houches. Trek to Les Contamines via Bellevue carbe car, crossing the suspension bridge at the foot of the Bionnassay glacier and crossing the Col de Tricot
• Day 3 - Trek from Les Contamines to Les Chapieux via the Col de Bonhomme and the Col de la Croix de Bonhomme
• Day 4 - Trek over the Col de la Seigne to Courmayeur via Refuge des Mottets
• Day 5 - Trek from Courmayeur to the Rifugio Bonatti via the Tete de la Tronche, the Col Sapin and the Col Entre Deux Sauts, weather permitting
• Day 6 - Trek from the Bonatti hut to La Fouly via the Grand Col Ferret with views of the Grandes Jorasses, the Grand Combin and Mont Dolent
• Day 7 - La Fouly to Champex, an easy day via alpine meadows and villages
• Day 8 - Hike from Champex to Col de la Forclaz or Trient via the Fenetre d'Arpette, depending on conditions and fitness of the group
• Day 9 - Forclaz or Trient to Argentière via les Grands or Les Tseppes and the Col de Balme back into France
• Day 10 - Trek from Argentière via the Lac Blanc to Chamonix with descent via the Flegere cable car
• Day 11 - Chamonix to Les Houches via the Flegere cable car and along the Balcon Sud to the Col du Brevent and descent via Merlet
• Day 12 - Depart Chamonix

• "Emma - you are wonderful!! Thank you. Travelling the Haute Route with you from Verbier to Zermatt we could not have chosen a better guide. Just the right balance between fun and safety. I would not trek again without you and would recommend you to anyone. Thank you for taking my son on the next leg without me!! Until next time!!" - Sir Richard Branson
• "Although we were experienced Scottish hill walkers we hadn't snowshoed before and weren't familiar enough with the hills near Chamonix to be able to pick suitable objectives. But Emma, at Cloud 9 Adventure, understood what we wanted to do. She quickly had us moving confidently around on Snowshoes and guided us up three tops (Tête de la Sallaz, Mont de l'Arpille and Le Petit Croisse Baulet) all within easy reach of Chamonix. As well as being a very knowledge guide Emma was easy and entertaining company, we would definitely recommend Cloud 9 Adventure and Emma to friends." - Trip Advisor
• "Emma is delightful company. But more importantly, her experience as a trained mountain guide meant that I felt completely safe, in spite of fresh snow and serious avalanche risks in the area. Emma also came prepared with a few extra things like gloves, and she was generous with information about the region, mountaineering and her own personal experiences (I asked a lot of questions!!). She made my day in the mountains something to remember for a lifetime. Thank you Emma!" - Trip Advisor
• "We were put in contact with cloud 9, via our mountain adventure accommodation booking and we are so glad that we chose to do this activity. We had a wonderful full day hike, we were picked up at 830am from our accommodation by the friendly guide Emma. Emma drove us to a bakery to pick up our lunch and snacks for the walk. We were concerned about our booking because there was very little snowfall in Chamonix when we arrived, however, Emma had located an alternative snow walk experience in a nearby area (about an hour drive away) which was equally beautiful. We had made a private booking for four and the walk was appropriate for all our abilities. We could have walked to a higher peak depending on the overall group fitness. We had a great day, a lot of fun and I highly recommend this activity to folks of all fitness and ability. It's a wonderful alternative to skiing and we managed to walk into places that felt relatively untouched which was a great change from the bustle of the ski slopes. Emma was friendly and informative giving advice about appropriate footwear in advance of the day and equally friendly throughout the walk. I really appreciate the efforts she went to in order to find a suitable hiking venue for our day hike despite the lack of snow in Chamonix itself. It was about 5 to 10. Degrees C throughout our walk so we were all warm enough with normal hiking gear and waterproof footwear. I wore thermals and a vest with a hiking jacket that could be removed when we were in the sun. Remember your glasses and sunscreen as it gets bright in the sun!" - Trip Advisor
• "We recently booked Emma for 2 days of snowshoeing We are seasoned walkers but had never done any snow shoe walking before. Our first day was introductory and we did a relatively easy ascent up to the top of a mountain. Day 2 was harder but there is no gain without pain and we did the most brilliant walk up quite a challenging mountain. The weather and the scenery were awesome with snow up to the top of the signposts. Our experience was superb in every respect. Emma runs her company Cloud 9 and she is a very professional qualified mountain leader. She is very personable, well informed and knowledgeable. Being a small business you get very personal service, her group sizes vary but are never big and she also does personal guiding. Client safety is an important issue and we wore tracking devices at all times in the snow. For an amazing day out in the mountains or the Tour de Mont Blanc then check her out." - Trip Advisor