Tour du Mont Blanc Day 6 - Refuge Bonatti to La Fouly

Date	Distance	Time	Elevation Gain	Average Moving Time	Year to Date Miles
8/27/2019	13.1 miles	9 hours 2 minutes	2,758' ascent, 4,162' descent	1.4 mph	369.3

It was sad to leave Refuge Bonatti behind. Today was a hard day. It was supposed to be 7 hours of hiking. My legs were shot going uphill. Today's hike didn't look too bad on paper - maybe it was the altitude and just my general tiredness? We had steep climbs. We passed Refuge Elena, but I didn't stop. Glen took a rest there. I kept climbing. Sometimes I feel like its harder to get going again if I stop and rest, so I'd rather just keep climbing. Walking uphill, I was walking on my toes for a long time. That's how I judge if a trail is steep. If my heels aren't hitting the ground - it's a steep hike. We reached Col du Ferret - and have crossed over from Italy into Switzerland. I wanted to be greeted by Swiss chocolate on my arrival, but alas there was none. At the col we took a break - now the remaining hike was mostly downhill. We saw some horsepackers with 3 border collies. What lucky dogs. We saw a flock of sheep today - and a border collie occasionally moving a few. We followed the sheep who were starting to move down the trail. The shepherd and border collie just followed the sheep. I want that job! We did stop at another refuge - for a snack.

We had some road walking today & were approached by some goats. We were pretty tired at the end of the day. The town of La Fouly had a grocery store so we stopped there after dropping off our backpacks at our hotel. I took a bath after dinner to try and revive my tired muscles. Tomorrow will be an easier day.

Descending to Refuge Elena

No chocolate?

Horsepackers with their border collies

The shepherd with his dog - they didn't hike on trail

Can't remember the name of this refuge, but we stopped here for drinks and food

View from tonight's hotel

View from tonight's hotel

And a whole lot of sheep videos, lol

Even some of the sheep wore bells