Start: Rifugio Deffeyes/Finish: Hotel Paramont@Planaval, 15.7km, +1207, -2135 Today is the dreaded two-days-rolled-into-one, with two...

Start: La Thuille/Finish: Rifugio Deffayes, 9.5, +1033, -48 If yersterda'ys hike is anything to go by, today should take me 3.5 hours....

Start: Rifugio Elisabetta/Finish: Albergo Rolland, La Thuile, 16.9, +451, -1140 I've made it to the top. More accurately, I've made it to...

Start: Rifugio Maison Vielle/Finish: Rifugio Elisabetta, 10.0, +678, -464 Today my trail overlaps with the Tour de Month Blanc again....

And that's a literal spa. In what is becoming a tradition, today I head out to the Pré Saint Didier thermal spa. I've done this once...

Start: Rifugio Frassati/Finish: Courmayeur , 19.6, +679, -2006 It rained last night. Heading out of the hut, I see the young volunteers...

Start: St. Rhemey en Bosess/Finish: Rifugio Frassati , 10.7, +1021, -107 When planning this trip it was very important to me to spend my...

Start: Rifugio Champillon/Finish: St Rhemy en Bosses , 13.4, +420, -1300 It rained overnight, and as I walk up towards Col Champillon,...

Start: Ollomont/Finish: Rifugio Champillon , 4.9, +1035, -0 I have a 10am date with the taxi driver down in Aosta, so it's a lazy...

A friend asked me what do I do on a rest day, and was almost comically surprised by the answer: "rest". I've come to learn that there is...

Start: Rifugio Cuney/Finish: Oyace , 14.6, +488, -1771 There is something about Rifugio Cuney that enhances the feeling of remoteness,...

Start: Rifugio Barmasse/Finish: Rifugio Cuney , 15.8, +1360, -881 With yet another long day ahead, I set out early, when the fog from the...

Start: Rifugio Grand Tournalin/Finish: Rifugio Barmasse, 13, +977, -1369 From Rifugio Grand Tournalin it's a short hike up to Col de...

Start: Rifugio Vieux Crest/Finish: Rifugio Grand Tournalin, 11.1, +1176, -552 It's a strange reality, realising you start treating any...

Start: Rifugio Alpenzu Grande/Finish: Rifugio Vieux Crest , 17.4KM, +567, -1260 I wake up exhausted. Not physically, somehow physically...

Start: Niel/Finish: Rifugio Alpenzu Grande, 18.4KM, +1320, -1132 Was the post about yesterday's hike too much? too revealing? too...

Start: Rifugio Barma/Finish: La Gruba hotel, Niel. 14KM, +1093, -1573 The book says 7 hours. The sign next to Rifugio Barma says 8, I...

Start: Rifugio Coda/Finish: Rifugio Barma, 7.4KM, +493, -708 There's no sign of last night's storm as I head out of the hut. Today is...

Start: Hotel Etoile du Berger/End: Rifugio Coda, 7.8KM, +1098, -268 I wake up to another clear and sunny day. Retracing my steps down...

Start: Tour de'Herdez/Finish: Hotel Etoile du Berger, 6.2KM, +855, -50 I started by cheating. Are you a purist, believing that every inch...