FRANCE

GENEVA TO CHAMONIX

2024 TOUR de FRANCE RUNNING TOUR

TOUR DATES: 9TH JULY - 16TH JULY 2024

TRAIL TYPE: End to End

TOTAL DISTANCE: 130km (approx)

TOTAL ASCENT: approx 9,000M ascent stunning mountains

HIGHLIGHTS: travelling part of the French section of Grande Traversée des Alpes (GR5), too many passes and peaks to name, waterfalls, gorges, beautiful French/Swiss Villages and of course Chamonix. And cheese. Lots of cheese.

HIGHEST POINT: 2525m - Le Brevent

DIFFICULTY: 25-30km days in the alps (run when you can, hike fast when you can’t)

TRIP DURATION TOTAL: 8days/7nights

ON TRAIL TOTAL: 6 days

ACCOMMODATION ON TRAIL:  Accommodation is in a mixture of traditional refuge’s (mountain huts) and hotels, pending availability when tour is booked.

Mountain Refuges: 1 night on trail will be spent in a high mountain refuge due to our remoteness. This is a traditional communal lodgings at altitude, set in some of the most picturesque surroundings you can imagine.

Hotels: 6 nights of the tour you will be staying in either 3*/4* hotels, with some villages being fairly remote. Rooms will be twin share and include an en-suite. Single occupancy tariff is not available on this tour due to the limited accommodation in villages.

FOOD: Breakfast & lunch are included in the tour price. Dinner, alcohol and extra drinks are to be paid by guest.

COSTS

AU$5400 twin share in hotel accommodation *$1000 deposit taken at time of booking

INCLUSIONS: 

• Mountain Refuge (1N) & 3*/4* Hotel Accommodation (6N)

• Private Bus Transfers Geneva > Evian (start)

• Private Bus Transfers Chamonix (finish) > Geneva 

• On ground luggage transfer

• Gondola cost (as planned within the itinerary)

• Guides x 3

• Emergency management (sat phone, first aid kit etc carried by guides)

• Breakfasts and Lunch x 7

• Visit to a Spa in Chamonix

• Tour de Trails Buff

EXCLUSIONS: 

• Flights / transfers to Geneva

• Dinner x 7 - TdT has made the decision to exclude dinner on the 2024 tour. This allows the guest more flexibility in their choice for dinner.

• Alcohol

• Extra drinks

• Insurance

• Evacuations (in the event of)

• Souvenirs & extra activities
   

RUNNER HANDBOOK DOWNLOAD

Available for download HERE once finalised

ITINERARY

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ITINERARY IS INDICATIVE ONLY AND MAY CHANGE TO SUIT CONDITIONS, NEW INFORMATION OR REGULATIONS.  THE FINAL ITINERARY WILL BE CONFIRMED CLOSER TO DEPARTURE (and indeed daily according to conditions).

ARRIVAL DAY / 9 July

Your tour guides will meet you either at the airport or a central location in Geneva (TBA). Bus transfer to our Accommodation at Evian. Shake out run close to Lac Leman. 8-10km

RUN DAY 01 / 10 July

La Fetiuere Car Park - Refuge de Bise
10km 1000m+ 1000m-

RUN DAY 02 / 11 July

Refuge de Bise - Croix de Culet
31km 2050m+ 1950m-

RUN DAY 03 / 12 July

Croix de Culet – Morillon
27km 750m+ 2000m-

RUN DAY 04 / 13 July

Morillon – Passy
30.5km 2000m+ 1350m-

RUN DAY 05 / 14 July *Bastille Day

Passy – Chamonix
25km 1800m+ 2450m-

EXPLORE DAY / 15 July

Chamonix and surrounds
Spa Visit - Final crew dinner

TRAVEL DAY / 16 July

Chamonix to Geneva Airport
Departing Chamonix 9:30am - Arriving Geneva Airport 11:00am

*You will arrive in GENEVA approx. 11AM in time for AFTERNOON/evening flights. We can drop directly to airport.

**Note that many clients choose to stay longer within Chamonix, which is totally fine (why wouldn’t you play in the mountains longer?!) but Onward travel from the 16th if staying in Chamonix is at your own cost.

TOTAL KM: 130km

TOTAL VERT: approx. 9000M Ascent