Day 1 - Les Houches to Les Contamines via Clo de Tricot
There were two options for today. The main TMB trail (which involved a fair bit of road walking and would go over the Col (pass) de Voza) or the TMB variante which would be very scenic but much more demanding. We woke up to low cloud cover over the mountains but the forecast was good, promising clear skies by mid-morning, so we opted for the variante. The scenery was awesome - suspension bridge over rushing glacial rivers, the Domes de Miage covered with snow and many glaciers. We stopped for an awesome lunch at Refuge du Miage. We don't regret taking this route but was it ever a togh climb and descent. We both think it was the most difficult day of hiking we've ever done. We gained about 1000m in height and dropped down over 1300 meters. We're pretty tired campers after day 1 and are all settled into the small Hotel du Clef des Champs in Les Contamines. Hope we're not too sore in the morning.
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| We are headed towards the U shaped pass |
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| Domes de Miage |
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| We just came down this steep section from Col de Tricot to our lunch spot at Refuge du Miage |
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| Another view of long descent |
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| Church at Les Contamines |
1 comment:
So, how were the legs this morning?
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