Distance: 22km
Time: 10 hours (including a leisurely lunch in Courmeyeur)
Cost: 60 euros (room and board at Refuge de Nant Borrant)
The highlight of our fourth day on the Tour de Mont Blanc was the morning hike across Val Veni, which was stunning beautiful in the morning light. A great start to a fairly easy day, though we did tackle 2 climbs. The first was a 400m climb up from Val Veni to Mont Favre Spur which, though short, was pretty steep. The second was from the resort town of Courmeyeur up to the lovely Rifugio Bertone, my favourite refuge of the all the refuges we stayed at on the TMB.
The climb up to Bertone was very steep, but the well worth it. The views from the patio of the rifugio were out of this world. We also enjoyed having reliable wifi access for the first time on the hike and a topped off the evening with a terrific dinner of pasta, polenta, sausage, ratatouille and creme anglaise.
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