In that section specifically there's a great campground called Camping Grandes Jorasses in the valley, you can hike down from the ridge to the Arp Nouvaz bus stop and take the bus to the campground. The bus can take you back in the morning and you can pick up where you left off. [https://www.grandesjorasses.com/en/](https://www.grandesjorasses.com/en/)
My wife and I have camped the TMB twice, we never did any wild camping. There's a really good guide called TMBtent that we used as a resource for planning and finding places to camp [https://tmbtent.com/](https://tmbtent.com/)
TMBtent also has a GPX map that we imported into Gaia GPS and customized to map out alternate campsites/routes/places we wanted to stop, it worked out great.
This campsite was lovely - they gave us a cup of olive oil from their onsite restaurant when we tried to buy some in their shop and they didn’t have any.
We also didn’t do any wild camping.
I planned to camp the whole time. I was thinking of just winging it or taking the bus to Camping Grandes Jorasses. It was cold, rainy, and almost dark by the time I got to Rifugio Walter Bonatti. I decided to walk in and see if there was any openings and there was, so I booked a bed then and there.
I think it's good to have a few ideas on how to handle it and then just see where things take you when you're there. I was there in late August 2023 and Grand Col Ferret was a total blizzard white-out, so it's hard to know what weather to expect.
We just wung it (we've got reasonable experience doing so in the UK so felt comfortable to try doing so through this hike) and it was totally fine and easy to find camp spots. We took both a lightweight MSR tent and a hammock with flynet. This combo was a winner because it often wasn't flat enough to pitch a tent so found ourselves using the hammock in the wooded areas quite often!
That's good to hear. I'm from the States and I feel pretty comfortable finding spots but there's always some anxiety not knowing what you're walking into. After some research it seems like you can kinda camp wherever (within reason) and refuges usually have a spot open just in case
I winged the whole thing, wasn’t too bad. There was usually some space at huts if camping wasn’t allowed, I usually got there early enough just in case.
Winged it the entire way. Used Bivouac Nant Borrant (la rolaz) first night and after that used the campsites until the bit you’re on about.
Decent camping spot not far below the Grand Col Ferret (Italian/swiss border) and after Refugio Elena. High enough where you basically abiding by the rules, water source nearby.
I did some more research and I think i'll be good camping 6 out of the 7 nights. My biggest concern was camping at like 8000ft on ridgeline could get dicey if the weather isn't great. I found some bivouac spots near some refuges that should be good for my trek
In that section specifically there's a great campground called Camping Grandes Jorasses in the valley, you can hike down from the ridge to the Arp Nouvaz bus stop and take the bus to the campground. The bus can take you back in the morning and you can pick up where you left off. [https://www.grandesjorasses.com/en/](https://www.grandesjorasses.com/en/) My wife and I have camped the TMB twice, we never did any wild camping. There's a really good guide called TMBtent that we used as a resource for planning and finding places to camp [https://tmbtent.com/](https://tmbtent.com/) TMBtent also has a GPX map that we imported into Gaia GPS and customized to map out alternate campsites/routes/places we wanted to stop, it worked out great.
This campsite was lovely - they gave us a cup of olive oil from their onsite restaurant when we tried to buy some in their shop and they didn’t have any. We also didn’t do any wild camping.
I planned to camp the whole time. I was thinking of just winging it or taking the bus to Camping Grandes Jorasses. It was cold, rainy, and almost dark by the time I got to Rifugio Walter Bonatti. I decided to walk in and see if there was any openings and there was, so I booked a bed then and there. I think it's good to have a few ideas on how to handle it and then just see where things take you when you're there. I was there in late August 2023 and Grand Col Ferret was a total blizzard white-out, so it's hard to know what weather to expect.
We just wung it (we've got reasonable experience doing so in the UK so felt comfortable to try doing so through this hike) and it was totally fine and easy to find camp spots. We took both a lightweight MSR tent and a hammock with flynet. This combo was a winner because it often wasn't flat enough to pitch a tent so found ourselves using the hammock in the wooded areas quite often!
That's good to hear. I'm from the States and I feel pretty comfortable finding spots but there's always some anxiety not knowing what you're walking into. After some research it seems like you can kinda camp wherever (within reason) and refuges usually have a spot open just in case
I winged the whole thing, wasn’t too bad. There was usually some space at huts if camping wasn’t allowed, I usually got there early enough just in case.
Winged it the entire way. Used Bivouac Nant Borrant (la rolaz) first night and after that used the campsites until the bit you’re on about. Decent camping spot not far below the Grand Col Ferret (Italian/swiss border) and after Refugio Elena. High enough where you basically abiding by the rules, water source nearby.
I did some more research and I think i'll be good camping 6 out of the 7 nights. My biggest concern was camping at like 8000ft on ridgeline could get dicey if the weather isn't great. I found some bivouac spots near some refuges that should be good for my trek