Pre-registration highly recommended for all activities via info@accessmontblanc.com. Places are limited and COVID restrictions might prevent on-site registration
Expeditions
DATES:
Summer 2022
LOCATION:
MONT BLANC, FRENCH ALPS
Our Annual Adapted Mountain Sports Festival – Limitless Days.
Horse Riding
Rafting
Climbing
Quadrix
Electric MTB
Para- gliding
About Us
Having a disability shouldn’t stop you experiencing the adventure and exhilaration of hiking in the mountains. Our expeditions aim to find safe paths for wheelchair users in the Pays du Mont Blanc region.
Mitch Webb
Founder
About The Expeditions
We are hoping to organise 2 expeditions.
The first will be at the end of June or beginning of July during which we are hoping to prove a highly accessible TMB option for those with severe mobility issues. We will use an all terrain electric wheelchair with a chin control for this trip. Accommodation will be in gites or hotels, depending on accessibility and cost. If you wish to take part in this expedition please email us; you can of course bring a carer with you.
The second will be later in July during which we want to explore other more technical but accessible trail options for the guide book in the wider Pays du Mont Blanc area. This will probably involve camping, to keep costs down, so if you would like to take part please bear that in mind before you apply!
The route might change – it is an exploration and so likely to change to find favorable terrain. The aspirational route is overlayed in the image above.
- Itinerary -
Day 1 (26th Jul): Les Houches to La Villette (via Col de Voza 1657m). 11km +600m -600m.
Day 2 (27th Jul): La Villette to La Balme. 14km +750m.
Day 3 (28th Jul): La Balme to Chalets de la Raja (via Col de Bonhomme 2329m and Col de la Croix de Bonhomme 2433m). 9km +700m -630m.
Day 4 (29th Jul): Chalets de la Raja to Refuge des Mottets. 8km +300m -400m.
Day 5 (30th Jul): Refuge des Mottets to Chalet du Miage (via Col de la Seigne 2516m). 15km +650m -260m.
Day 6 (31th Jul): Chalet du Miage to Courmayeur (via Col Checrouit 1956m). 15km +460m -1000m.
Day 7 (1st Aug): Courmayeur to Refuge Elena. 16km +830m.
Day 8 (2nd Aug): Refuge Elena to Ferret (via Grand Col Ferret 2537m). 10km +500m -850m.
Day 9 (3rd Aug): Ferret to Issert. 13km -700m.
Day 10 (4th Aug): Issert to Plan d’Au. 10km +550m -200m.
Day 11 (5th Aug): Plan d’Au to Col de La Forclaz (via Bovine 1982m). 10km +600m -400m.
Day 12 (6th Aug): Col de La Forclaz to Argentiere (via Col des Posettes 1997m). 16km +840m -820m.
Day 13 (7th Aug): Argentiere to Chamonix (via La Flegere 1856m). 17km +800m -950m.
Day 14 (8th Aug): Chamonix to Les Houches (via Chalets de Chailloux 1923m) 17km +/- 900m.
We are now taking bookings and would love to see you...
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- Frequently Asked Questions -
If the COVID restrictions do not allow a public gathering at Lake Chavants then time-slots will be allocated for each sport via electronic registration, such that individual activities can take place.
Cafe and mobile restaurant available throughout the weekend. Toilets and parking on site.
Experience the Quadrix
With special thanks...
With thanks to Diligence and the Invictus Games Foundation for their support and Loisir Assis Evasion for lending us the chairs.