The Tour of Mont Blanc is dedicated to riders not afraid of long climbs or to carry their bike, downhills can be technical in places, but the scenery is breathtaking and you will soon forget the pain...

We propose an original route known to us like the back of our hands. We ride in the opposite direction to other tours, giving us the benefit of rideable ascents and fantastic descents free from crowds and close to nature, you will be awed by this legendary location

Day 1: Saturday:

arrival geneva airport and tranfert to your hotel in Chamonix town center

Day 2 Sunday:

From Le Tour, top of Chamonix valley , in the mornig ,we'll take the gondola to col de Balme and start with a “Skills Clinic” and pratice on balance, braking, improve position on the bike, how to ride a tigh corner, optimization of the driving post etc....
The goal is to prepare you to the alpine sriding so you can fully enjoy your experience in the Alps. In the afternoon we will ride the first technical descent down to the village of Trient in Switzerland and work to improve your skills in technical singletracks.
We will ride down to Martigny ( Switzerland) where our assistance van is waiting for us to drive us our hotel above the valley
 Ascent: 400m     Descent: 1100m  Distance:  30 km

Day 3 Monday :

Start by a short climb for warming up the legs, followed by breatahtaking view over the swiss Alps and the valley of Martigny and its wineyards.Descent to Val de Bagnes through wine yard and climb in the direction of the “Val Ferret”, just  below glaciers and snowy summits!!  Sleep in La Fouly ( Switzerland), at the foot of the Grand Col Ferret: the Italian Border.
Ascent: 1400m     Descent: 1100m   Distance : 45 km

Day 4 Tuesday :

Climb of “Grand Col Ferret “ ( 2500m) to Italy: one the 3 majors passes of this Tour of Mont Blanc . Stuning scenery at the top of the col on the “italian val ferret” and on italian side of the Mont Blanc. Descent to Arnuva and,depending of everybody’s shape , additional climb to ride one of the most beautifull singletrack in the Alps, involving less then 10mn of hike to bike  thanks to the E-Bike to finish with a fantastic descent in Courmayeur  Night in Courmayeur Italy.
Ascent: 1000m to 1400m    Descent: 1000m to 1600m   Distance: 40 to 50 km (depending on options)

Day 5 Wednesday :

After a short transfer, we will warm up on a dirt road than we hit the trail to arrive to Lake Checroui  facing the italian side of Mont Blanc: the Mont Blanc of Courmayeur 4704m.
A Balcony trail will give the chance to see famous summits as “Noire de Peuterey”,“la Blanche”  and the italian glacier and lake of Miage (one of the biggest glacier of Mont Blanc range).
The climb of Col de la Seigne (french border) is mostly riddable, the end is quite steep and you’ll have to push the bike for 5 mn!!
The downhill to Les Chapieux is a fanstastic, technical in places singletrack.  A last short climb and we will be soon at the accomodation, a beautifull hotel facing the turquoise blue lake of Roselend!
Ascent: 1100m    Descent: 1600m     Distance: 45 km

Day 6 Thursday :

Morning warm up with a dirt road climb then a short descent to Lake de la Gittaz. A second long climb on a 4x4 track will drive us to Col de la Gittaz ending pushing up the bike for 10mn. We' ll ride a technical singletrack to col du Joly and will finish with a great singletrack to the village of Contamines Montjoie: 1500m of descent very technical in places.
Night in Contamines Montjoie (France)
Ascent: 1700m    Descent: 1500m     Distance: 55 km

Day 7 Friday :

Last day but not the least !! From Contamines Montjoie we’ll climb to Chalet de Miage, an summer altitude mountain village at the foot of the french glacier of Miage: the place is absolutly breathtaking!! We feel  small compared to this massive glaciers!
From there we’ll climb the col de Voza above les Houches and Chamonix valley with the Mont Blanc on our right side... Last technical downhill to Chamonix to end up is beauty!
Night in Chamonix (France)
Ascent: 900m    Descent: 1200m     Distance: 40 km

Day 8 Saturday : transfert to Geneva airport