Falaise de la Duchère(edit)

2,200 ft elevation gain from Les Houches right from the start. Beautiful views of Mont Blanc at the top. The rest of the trip was pretty smooth sailing mostly steep down hill. Bionassey was a cute town to walk through. We saw about 3-4 water spigots throughout. When we got into camp, we walked about 1.5 miles to Les Contamines. There's a nice grocery store there to restock. The town is super cute, highly recommend a visit! Camping Le Pontet has a lake, bouncey house, zip line, park, restaurant, etc. It's extremely family friendly and very established. The backpackers camp, however, is pretty crammed to say the least. It's a big open field, but backpackers come in throughout the day and snivvy into any "spot" they can find. We woke up to someone else's stake right on top of ours. Recommend getting there before 3pm to get a spot and finding one that's on the outer edge. We did this, but we were still packed like sardines!

Day 1: Les Houches - Les Contamines 12 mile hike (6ish hours)