Tour des Combins
Description
- Length in days 6 days
- Start of trail Bourg-Saint-Pierre
- End of trail Bourg-Saint-Pierre
- Traildino grading SW, Strenuous walk, mountain trail
- Hut tour grading T2, Mountain walk
Circular tour from Bourg-Saint-Pierre, 6 days.
The Tour des Combins is a marked trail around the Grand Combin (4314 m) in Wallis. From the path you will be able to spot the Mont Blanc.
Map
Links
Facts
- SummitPost - Tour des Combins -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
Short description.
- Tour des Combins (German)
Some variants are described here. Furthermore lodging, maps, books etc.
- Tour des Combins (French)
The circuit is chopped in six day-walks here.
- Tour des Combins - accueil
Home page of the trail; you will find a sketch map and a list of huts here.
- Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta - Tour des Combins
Short intro.
Reports
- Tour des Combins 2004 (Dutch)
Diary, hike made in july 2004.
- Walkandtalk: 5 days, Tour des Combins
The pictures and the short day to day notes help you to decide.
- ~ Le tour des Combins, trekk réalisé en juillet 2007 ~ récit, photos & diaporamas de ce périple dans le Valais suisse et italien... (French)
Here's a blog-style report of the trail.