This was our second year of hiking part of the Tour de Mont Blanc, a km circular route that passes through France, Switzerland and Italy.
This article may contain affiliate links that provide commission on purchases you make at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Rather than take the route to Trient as advised by our Cicerone Trekking the Tour du Mont Blanc guidebook , both Monsieur from the Refuge and the other walkers there strongly advised us to take a different route to Col de la Forclaz, which they assured us would be shorter and easier.
We skirted around the edge of the mountain keeping the height, with views onto the rooftops of Trient in the valley below.
After a couple of hours we came around the bend and caught sight of the Glacier du Trient in front of us, hanging above the valley. From here the path ran downhill, past another small refuge where the Swiss flag was flying, to confirm that we had crossed the border into Switzerland.
It was tempting to lie in the sun or buy a drink on the terrace. But with long walk ahead to reach Champex, we pressed on, deciding to stop once we reached the valley.
