Day 3 - Chamonix to Les Contamines
This hike is an alteration from the itinerary as the tram had not
yet started for the summer. We did this trip at the end of mud
season for Chamonix. We took a van ride up to the bottom of
another ski area, and hiked up to a "pass" where the bottom of the
"Tramway du Mt. Blanc" (a cog railroad). Up to this point it had
been partly cloudy, but as we started down, the rain
began. Even though it was not steep going down, we were
last. This turned into a benefit as the bridge Marie wanted to use
in the valley we were descended into was not put in yet, so she and
the rest of the group hiked back up to us and we took a detour up
river to a place where the bridge was in and crossed over the river.
We continued downhill and had our box lunches in a little hamlet
called Le Champel. The rain had stopped for our lunch. Afte
lunch we started again and continued down to the bottom of the next
valley where Les Contamines is located. As we got to the bottom, we
were still some ways from the hotel and the rain started up again.
At one of the crossings the trail had with the roads, we met the van
and finished the last couple of km in the van while the rest of the
group trudged on in the rain. David took the hike and took an hour
longer to get to the hotel than we did.
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