Tour du Mont Blanc | Stage 3 - to Rifugio Elisabetta | TMB 2016

[@patrickmulhern4089]

A wonderful series of videos on the TMB. Fantastic. Joe Mulhern. Belfast. Ireland

[@GermanDiManzo]

Thank you Joe! Hope one day I can make a similar one of Ireland! 🇮🇪

[@xianjunzeng6532]

I finished my TMB in Y2019 with my family. Thanks for sharing, perfect memory. Now it is lock down everywhere in the world, expect re-open soon with vaccine's help.

[@judithplotkin9519]

the videos are so pleasant watching! thanks for sharing!

[@GermanDiManzo]

You are welcome! Day 3 was long but also one of my favorites. Have you done the TMB? are you planning/dreaming about it? :-)

[@judithplotkin9519]

Dreaming for a long time now... Starting to plan next June :-)

[@avitalbaronizackov666]

lovely videos!

[@GermanDiManzo]

Avital Baron Izackov Thank you! Glad you like them and hope they help if you are planning doing the TMB !

[@avitalbaronizackov666]

Thanks yes' i'm planning to start juin 24. we're going to hike the furst 4 days. :)

[@chri701]

lovely, i am about to make this trek in july. it helped me to get the big picture

[@GermanDiManzo]

Thank you Chris! glad you found the videos helpful. Enjoy your TMB, looks like the weather is great this year over there! :-)

[@chri701]

that will be brilliant after a heavy winter!

[@christophevervaet846]

These videos are helping me alot! Doing the tour from 15 June to 25 june! I hope the snow is do-able this year :)

[@GermanDiManzo]

How was the snow this year!? Hope you had a great hike!

[@noelcruz6276]

Ciao German! I've been following your videos and I find them very informative and helpful. I'm doing the TMB this September 14-23 , hopefully the weather is good. I had the mistake of booking refuge Dela nova in Les Chapieux instead of Bonhomie like you did. Do you think I can get to Les Chapieux from Les Contamines before 5pm?

[@GermanDiManzo]

Ciao Noel! Refugio de la Nova (you can see it in the video as the place we stopped for coffee) looks like a nicer place than Bonhomme ;-) So no mistake made in that sense. You will have a long day but is doable. We were pretty much delayed because of the snow, but you will see the Contamines to Les Chapieux listed as a common stage in many TMB guides and websites. If you feel you are not the faster hiker just consider getting an earlier start! Have a wonderful trip!

[@noboundaries845]

German. I've watched these videos over and over. Love them. Do you know of a train or bus that will take me from Chamonix to Les Contamines to start the trip from there?

[@GermanDiManzo]

Thank you Tricia! Glad you liked them :-) I understand that to get to Les Contamines using public transportation you have to take the train to St Gervais (45 minutes from Chamonix) and then a taxi / transfer from there. There's no train station at Les Contamines. Hope that helps!

[@noboundaries845]

German Di Manzo That's perfect thanks. Do you think we could combine stages three and four if we take a shuttle up to Ville des Glaciers to cut out that portion and then take a chairlift from Rifugio Maison Vieille to Courmayer. Would that be too much for one day? We will be there in September so no snow. I was telling my husband last night. I've been talking with the guy in all those videos we've been watching!

[@GermanDiManzo]

I think it can be done! You will have a 12.5 miles (20 kilometers) stage. Regarding elevation you will have a climb at the beginning, from Ref Des Mottets to Col de la Seigne and later after Lake Combal. The chairlift will leave you in Dolonne I think, about 15 min walk from Courmayeur. Ref Elisabetta will be a good place to stop for lunch as there's no much else from Col de la Seigne to Maison Vielle. Isn't that great for planning!? I saw Leigh-Anne Marie video quite a few times while planning our trip and it's funny to get to talk with her too :-)

[@BradGuth2688]

Thank you for posting, love your videos of TMB. You mention that your intended destination on stage 2 was Des Mottets. So you were able to get a bed at Ref de la Croix du Bonhomme without a reservation?

[@GermanDiManzo]

Brad G we changed our minds a few days before while considering the news about snow that year and called ahead. Bonhomme has a lot of beds, some upstairs, some below the main dining room, so I doubt it gets full. But never a bad idea to call ahead the day before if you are going without reservations. Your previous ‘host’ might help you with the call.

[@BradGuth2688]

German Di Manzo thank you for your reply! Your videos have been very helpful as we plan our hike.

[@CRyan71]

Hi. I've just uploaded my trip of the TMB. You might be interested in watching and bring you memories of your own trip which I enjoyed watching.

[@GermanDiManzo]

Thank you Garry, for sharing it! I started to watch it and is nice to see it from a different perspective. As you know we didn't take the higher route the first day (that bridge looked like a traffic jam!). Now I feel like I need to go back hehe. Your ascend to Bonhomme also looked very different! I see we climbed all those rocks that were covered under the snow!