TMB Day 11 - Plan Praz (Chamonix) to Les Houches
Word for the day - Finale
Leaving most of our gear at the hotel, we took the cable car back up to where we had left off. We climbed 2 hours up to Col de Brevent and on to Le Brevent where we had an amazing view of the entire Mont Blanc massif. It was so cool to be able to see Col de Tricot, our first pass, in the western horizon and Col de Balme to the East, Mont Blanc and the Bossons glacier were directly in front of us - never felt so close to the mountains! Had lunch at Refugio Bellachat, perched on a cliff with Chamonix 1500 meters directly below us. Next came the ¨knee-wrecking¨ descent ( over 1300 m for the day) to Les Houches, where we had started our journey 11 days ago. Picked up our suitcase at Hotel Campanules and on to the train station. Had a 50 minute wait, so Peter set off to get us a couple of beers so that we could celebrate. Back in Chamonix, had a victory dinner with our Aussie friends - John & Lynne, Margaret and Tahira.
The TMB trail was certainly tougher than expected but very satisfying and we have memories to last a lifetime.
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| Mont Blanc across the valley - the mountains felt like they were right there! |
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| Very rocky section between Plan Praz and Brevent |
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| Long steep descent to Les Houches. Thankful for the handrails. |
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| Part of Mont Blanc Massif |
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