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Summer Traverse

France · French Alps

A guide-led summer crossing for trekkers who want a more serious alpine line than the Tour du Mont Blanc.

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Trip snapshot

Days12 days
Distance180 km
Total climb12,500M
High point2,990M

What this trip is like

A guide-led summer crossing for trekkers who want a more serious alpine line than the Tour du Mont Blanc.

Stay style: Predominantly huts and high mountain inns.

Food and support: Hut meals are standard, with snacks and lunch carried between stages.

Nearby mountains on the same trip

Peak Mont Blanc Mont Blanc Massif Peak Dufourspitze Peak Matterhorn

Day-by-day itinerary

Mountain collections

Mountain Ranges 1200

Italian Alps Peaks

Italian Alps region spanning the western Alpine arc, the Dolomites, Ortler, Adamello, and Bernina sectors.

Mountain Ranges 247

Pennine Alps Peaks

Pennine Alps summits including the Matterhorn-Monte Rosa chain and surrounding Valais giants.

Mountain Ranges 2946

Swiss Alps Peaks

Swiss Alps mountain region spanning the major glaciated summits of Valais, Bernese Oberland, Graubunden, and central Switzerland.

National Mountain Lists 8

UIAA 4000ers

Recognised alpine peaks above 4000 metres.

National Mountain Lists 13

Alps 4000m Peaks

Derived collection of alpine summits at or above 4000 metres.