The Tour glacier
Ice descending directly toward the village.
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One of the world's most famous long-distance walks: about 170 kilometres circling the Mont Blanc massif through **France, Italy and Switzerland** over ten to twelve days, sleeping in mountain refuges and villages. It requires no technical climbing but does demand good fitness and sustained daily ascent. It passes through Le Tour, so you can walk a **single-day section** without committing to the whole route — which is what most visitors do.
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Le Tour is the last village in the Chamonix valley before the Swiss border, at 1,450 metres at the foot of the **Tour glacier** — the valley's quietest and most rural corner: wooden houses, meadows and farms, with none of Chamonix's noise. The **Balme** area above it has broad, sunny slopes suited to beginners and families (with Les Houches, the gentlest in the valley), and one rare advantage: from its summit you cross the border and ski down toward **Vallorcine**, or look straight into Switzerland. In summer it is the starting point for lovely paths toward the **Col de Balme** (a walking crossing into Switzerland) and forms part of the famous **Tour du Mont Blanc**, the trek that circles the massif in eleven days through three countries. For families and walkers seeking quiet: the best of Chamonix.
Ice descending directly toward the village.
A pass looking into Switzerland, and crossing into it.
Part of the trek circling the massif in eleven days.
Le Tour, 74400 Chamonix