After 110 runs added to this site, this may be the very best, certainly in the top 5. That’s saying a lot in the company it keeps; The Mettelhorn, Hardergrat, and Val Müstair to name a few of the other contenders.

In addition to all-day views of the Italian side of Mont Blanc and the Grandes Jorasses, at least 90% of this trail is fast-flowing singletrack. What makes this run even more special are the continual surprises as you turn each of the many corners that come along your way.

We decided to start this run with a tram and lift ride from Dolonne, just next to Courmayeur. Ride the Dolonne lift and then, (why not?) take the Maison Vieille old-school chairlift to Ristorante Maison Vieille. There, you can pop in for one last cappuccino before dropping right onto the Tour du Mont-Blanc trail on which you’ll run your first 6km.

Not so many words are needed here, we’ll let the images do the convincing. 

And the backstory to this Run is that we had a Mexican-American close friend join us, one of his early runs in the Alps. Now he thinks all the running in the Alps is like this.

Now, your turn do this run!

While on vacation from your Chamonix vacation, be sure to run Tête de la Tronche on the opposite side of the valley.