Tour de Mont Blanc

7/5 Stage 9: La Fouly – Champex –Arpette

7/5 We left La Fouly at 7:30a and crossed over the river and then turned right onto a path that followed the river downstream coming to the little village of Prayon at 8:05a. From there we continued down to the village of Praz de Fort arriving at 10:30a. We pressed on to Issert (1055m – 3461ft) (11:00a). We had refreshments at a roadside bar and then started for Champex. Just outside Isset we turned left up a road past some farms and then picked up the trail which climbed steeply up the hillside and then traversed on around and up into Champex (1466m – 4810ft) (12:30p) Here we regrouped and had a couple of beers and started on up the trail to Relais D’ Arpette (1627m -5338ft) (2:45p). We got a room for the night and enjoyed a big meal on the patio contemplating our hike up and over the Fenetre d’Arpette the next day.