Hikes near Chamonix – Les Chosalets
Chamonix – Les Chosalets (1214 m) sits in Savoie Mont Blanc, France. MR. ALPS lists 20 waymarked hiking trails starting from or crossing the area, 181 km of marked route in total. They run from 3.8 km to 15.1 km, the longest being 37-Chemin des cols alpins. 20 of them record their elevation gain, between 54 m and 2330 m.
The trail network at a glance
- Waymarked trails
- 20
- Total marked distance
- 181 km
- Shortest route
- 3.8 km
- Longest route
- 15.1 km
- Elevation gain
- 54–2330 m (on 20 trails)
- Difficulty recorded
- on 1 trails
- Route maps available
- on 20 trails
Walking times are estimates calculated from distance and elevation gain using Naismith's rule, and exclude stops.
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Mont Buet
path nr.12 from Rother Wanderführer, Mont Blanc
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Tour du Mont Blanc - Variante du Tour
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Tour Du Mont Blanc - Variante de Vallorcine
This variant of the Tour du Mont Blanc climbs through alpine meadows, conifer forests, and rocky slopes to the Col de Balme at 2,191 m, a pass straddling the French-Swiss border between the Vallée de Chamonix and the Vallée du Trient. From the top, the panorama takes in the Aiguille du Tour, the Aiguille du Chardonnet, and the Aiguille d'Argentière ranged across the Mont Blanc massif.
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Chalet du Chapeau
path nr.7 from Rother Wanderführer, Mont Blanc
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Lacs Noirs
Departing from the top of the Planpraz cable car, this route through the Réserve Naturelle des Aiguilles Rouges climbs through steep sections and névés to reach the Lacs Noirs at 2,540 m and Lac Cornu at 2,276 m. Throughout, the eyes are drawn across the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc valley to the glaciers of the Mont-Blanc massif — where the retreat of the ice is plainly visible.
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Rocher des Mottets - Montenvers
The route climbs through forest and switchbacks to a dramatic viewpoint above red rocks, with a splendid outlook over the Aiguilles des Drus and the Mer de Glace below. The path follows a corridor carved out in 1968 as a Vallée Blanche exit, passing the couloir d'Orthaz — where falling rocks are a live concern — before breaking out of the trees onto those vivid crimson crags.
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Chemin du Montenvers
The Chemin du Montenvers traces the Grand Balcon Nord, a high traverse delivering unbroken panoramic views of Mont Blanc, the Chamonix Aiguilles, the Aiguilles Rouges, Le Brévent, and the Chamonix Valley. The route ends at Montenvers, where the high peaks tower above the Mer de Glace glacier.
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GaB_TMB_S01
This route climbs from Chamonix-Sud at 1,033 m to the Plan de l'Aiguille at 2,314 m, then continues via cable car across the Glacier des Pèlerins to the Aiguille du Midi at 3,791 m — the highest of the Chamonix needles — where a terrace delivers the closest view of Mont Blanc without climbing it.
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Refuge Albert Ier
The trail climbs to 2,702 metres above the Glacier du Tour — the only hut managed by the CAF de Chamonix reachable in summer without crossing a glacier — with views spanning the Aiguille du Tour, Aiguille du Chardonnet, and Aiguille d'Argentière. It sits on the Haute Route between Chamonix and Zermatt, making it a crossroads for day hikers drawn by the Chamonix Valley panorama and alpinists bound for serious high-mountain routes.
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Sentier des Gardes
A tight forest singletrack loop on the hillside above Chamonix, the Sentier des Gardes threads through mostly smooth but root- and pinecone-strewn terrain, passing through silence broken only by the occasional sound of a garbage truck in the town below. The route traverses exposed forest singletrack all the way to Plan Lachat before descending back to the start of the Chamonix Vertical Kilometer course.
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Petit Balcon Sud
Mostly forested and hugging the southern aspect of the Chamonix valley at around 1,200–1,300m, the Petit Balcon Sud traces a low-altitude path from Les Houches all the way to Argentière. It presents very little difficulty and is considered an ideal choice even on rainy days.
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Plan de l'Aiguille - Montenvers
A balcony path threading beneath the sheer foothills of the Aiguilles de Chamonix, the route links Montenvers (1913 m) to Plan de l'Aiguille (2310 m) through a wild, mineral landscape while keeping Mont Blanc (4808 m) in view. Along the way, the panorama swings from the Mer de Glace and the Drus (3754 m) to the Grandes Jorasses (4208 m), with the perspective shifting abruptly as you cross from the glacier side to the Aiguilles — Charmoz, Blaitière, le Plan, l'Aiguille du Midi — and back again.
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Chemin des Diligences
Opened in 1792, this historic path traces the old coach route linking Martigny and Chamonix via the Col des Montets, threading through the authentic hamlets of Vallorcine where local traditions have been faithfully kept alive.
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Via Alpina Stage 80: Trient - Champex-Lac
From Trient to Champex-Lac
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37-Chemin des cols alpins
From Trient to Lac d'Emosson
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Alpenpässe-Weg: Trient - Emosson Barrage
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Aiguillette des Houches
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Boucle de Pormenaz
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Chalet de Loriaz
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Cirque des Fonts
More hiking near Chamonix – Les Chosalets
Other walking bases within 40 km of Chamonix – Les Chosalets, each with its own trail list:
- Argentière – Chamonix – Grands Montets, Savoie Mont Blanc — 20 trails, 0.5 km away
- Le Tour, Balme, Savoie Mont Blanc — 20 trails, 3.6 km away
- Chamonix – Brévent/Flégère, Savoie Mont Blanc — 20 trails, 4.3 km away
- Chamonix – La Poya – Vallorcine, Savoie Mont Blanc — 22 trails, 5 km away
- Chamonix – Les Planards, Savoie Mont Blanc — 18 trails, 6.5 km away
- Vallorcine, Balme, Savoie Mont Blanc — 23 trails, 6.6 km away