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Best Maps For Mont Blanc?

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 Ben_Climber 17 Jun 2015
What are the best maps to buy for a trip to Chamonix covering Mont Blanc?
Cheapest place to get them online?

Cheers
 Franco Cookson 17 Jun 2015
In reply to Ben_Climber:

where do you live?
OP Ben_Climber 17 Jun 2015
In reply to Ben_Climber:

Near Stockport. Not far from Manchester.
 DaveHK 17 Jun 2015
In reply to Ben_Climber:

1:25,000 scale IGN maps. Numerous online retailers like Dash4it and Stanfords.
 Webster 17 Jun 2015
In reply to Ben_Climber:

Make your own for free!

https://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en
 DaveHK 17 Jun 2015
In reply to Ben_Climber:

Mont Blanc itself is on sheet 3531ET 'St-Gervais-les-Bains Massif du Mont Blanc'. You can also do screen grabs from the IGN website.
 rlrs 17 Jun 2015
In reply to Webster:

The Swiss "schweizmobil" link above is surely a very useful one, but note that even though you can print at 1:25,000, you do not get as much detail as on the equivalent Swiss paper maps you can buy at that scale. Most obviously the contour interval is 20m, which is what you would get on the paper 1:50,000 maps, rather than 10m. The 1:25,000 IGN maps as mentioned above are the best bet.
OP Ben_Climber 18 Jun 2015
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Cheers for the info folks.
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