Ski and sail Svalbard

I had a wonderful time on Mont Blanc, thanks. Javier was a terrific guide – he was well prepared, skilled and, above all, he listened. He understood the importance of two-way communication on a climb. So refreshing to have a guide who doesn’t operate as though he’s in the military and who encourages rather than dictates. I really hope I can climb again with him. Thanks again for a wonderful (and great value) trip.

Pierre has been a fantastic guide throughout our time in Chamonix. After 3 days of rigorous training during which Pierre continuallly pushed us to our limits in order to ensure we were in good enough shape to climb the Matterhorn, we went to Zermatt and successfully summited. Pierre was a great to work with as he had a well established balance between fun and saftey, not hesitating to throw ouyt some banter when the time was right. We will be back next year to attempt the Eiger!

Macintosh Joseph 18 August 2023

I summited Mont Blanc with Logan and our guide Juan two days ago and had a blast. Juan was fantastic, knowledgeable and all about safety, the perfect guide. And you, thanks for your great customer service! Thanks for getting me a spot after I booked the wrong one. 

Thank you for putting together a wonderful guide trip for my European Trifecta climbs in France and Switzerland.

My guide, Yann Grava, was excellent and put the extra time in early to assess my skills for the mountains so as to insure my summit success and safety.

When we encountered challenges in the schedule, he was open and innovative to potential changes in order to give me additional options which resulted in our meeting our objectives.

I would certainly recommend Chamonix-Mont Blanc Guide Services to anyone wanting to attempt the mountains of Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn and the Eiger!

-25 with the wind near the summit! 
But we tried. That’s all anyone can do climbing a mountain. 
The late season, the huts closing and the bad weather all came together unfortunately. 
But we got 250 meters from the summit. That’s about as close as you can get. There was probably 13-15 climbers up there. None of us made it.So much new snow the first 2 days. Probably 35-40cm fell. Thank you for setting everything up. It was a great experience no matter. 
Thank you for finding another guide as well. He was a good guy. 
He was quite good in the mountains and a nice guy

I'm back home happy, healthy and in a good mood due the successful summit attempt. 

I consider we had the best possible weather to climb, a marvellous guide and a good alignment of the team in terms of being ready for this. 

Thank you for support and scheduling the days, the 2 days upfront were very necessary to prepare us individually and as part of team.

A special thank you to Jerome. I didn't experienced working with guides at this level before, but Jerome was seen by team from the first minutes when meeting to start as a good team builder and empathic with us to success. We were right, hope he had a good time with us, too.

Had a great experience with Chamonix Mont Blanc Guides last week with a successful ascent of Mont Blanc.

First and the most important – I was really pleased with the safety component. From the timing perspective – to avoid storms or warm temperatures which are melting the snow and creating it dangerous. Yes, we woke up early every night (up to 2am wake up for the Mont Blanc ascend), but were amongst the ones who made it without getting stuck in the thunderstorm on the top of the mountain and safely came back.

Our guide was very experienced who knew how to act within the specific sections of the mountain and was able to make it in the most safe manner, making mature judgement calls in a number of situations. He was also checking our equipment constantly and changed personal crampons of one of the group members due to its poor conditions.

First three days are not for getting into the shape as said on the web-site. Some of the group members were too slow / not fit within the test ascents in the Le Tour area and were offered to ascend another mountain – Grand Paradiso (in the end everyone felt great about the trip, otherwise it could’ve been a disaster on the way up to Mont Blanc).

On the day of the final ascent the weather started to get worse and we needed to go fast (we did the whole ascend from the Tete Rousse Hut in ~6 hours, vs planned 8). If all of us had stayed, none would have made it to the top. I do really appreciate a judgement call of the guide and was prepared to receive a no-go for myself. This shows the maturity.

The journey itself was super well organized and interesting for everybody: first three days were moderately challenging, although offered an opportunity to properly learn how to use an ice axe, crampons and walk in the group with a rope. There were also insanely beautiful views of the Swiss side of the Alps.

When approaching Mont Blanc our guide was showing his positive attitude all the way and cheering up the group in all circumstances even when we were close to the summit and had almost zero energy to go further. The journey was quite challenging and really physically demanding, but very rewarding with stunning views and never experienced before feeling of self-fulfillment after the ascent (which we fully felt over a drink organized by the guide at the bottom of the mountain).

Summarizing the above – I received well more than I expected and really appreciate efforts of the agency over this journey and would highly recommend them to others.

Had a great week climbing with Pierre and later Gaylord. Excellent guides which adapted our schedule to our abilities as climbers and also the weather to have the best possible condition on Matterhorn, which I also summited together with Gaylord.

The training climbs before Matterhorn were technically harder than Matterhorn but they built up your confidence and that way Pierre could also see that you would be able to do it. The pre climbing was also world class, beautiful routes on different peaks!

Their experience and professionalism made the climbs safe and a lot of fun. I will come back and climb or ski with them again!

"What an incredible adventure! This is just a quick note to say thank you to chamonix mont blanc guides for a most memorable experience.

Our guide, Pierre was outstanding. He taught us what we needed to know and because of his ability, commitment and experience I felt confident and safe throughout the climb.

Pierre also shared a lot of history background and stories about the region which made the trip even more interesting.The stunning view of French Alps from the summit was absolutely breathtaking."

A fantastic climb all in all, so thanks again!"

Best Regards,

Dear Sarah,

Just wanted to let you know that all went well. We reached the summit as planned and right now I'm in my hotel.

I wanted to express my gratitude to Antoine, and once again thank you for all the support you provided to me.

I could not have had a better experience than I did with Chamonix Mont Blanc guides. Pierre's infectious energy lightened up the day and his expertise made my dream of climbing the Matterhorn an exceptional experience.

"Climbing with Pierre and Luc of Chamonix Mont Blanc Guides was a great time. Their climbing experience is exceptional, they are both great guys, and we had fun bantering back and forth on multiple topics over the two days. The logistics were well managed and the climb successful. Thanks Pierre and Luc."

"Wow. What can I say about Chamonixmontblancguides and Pierre? Top athlete who knows his way around a mountain. Very personal service his company provide. If there are ways to get up a mountain within your capabilities he will make it happen.

From the minute we contacted his company about going up Mont Blanc, Sarah in the office was right on the pulse replying straight away and offering multiple options. Few companies we had contacted prior to them seemed to really want to help. Weather can always impact your trip, but they were always looking at alternatives to give you a chance.

The hotel they put you in centre of chamonix is first class (Pointe Isabelle). You are picked up and dropped off. Given a first class lunch bag for the expedition.

The experience Pierre shares with you is really amazing. Like all expeditions, you need to be fit and ready to take on the mountain. No company or man should or could drag you up. So always bear that in mind.

Would use Pierre and Chamonixmontblancguides again and recommend highly. Our objective was to climb Mont Blanc and they made it happen :)"

"Merci beaucoup !!! Thanks to you and your fellow guides I had a most incredible trek to the summit of Mont Blanc.

First, your guidance on the training days was highly invaluable especially to those of us where the use of crampons and ice and snow techniques was an unknown experience. Those days undoubtedly contributed to the success of our ascent.

Your guidance and complete attention to my safety on the mountain was outstanding. Not one footstep was missed and I felt completely confident in your care.

I was also particularly grateful for the way you were flexible with the program so we able to miss the bad weather and summit in almost perfect conditions.

An adventure I will never forget, we shall be back."

Cheers

"Everything was awesome, thank you very much for your help.

David is a great guide - I couldn't have done it without him, I underestimated a little how technical it can be and how dangerous it is... ;-) And I loved Chamonix - will have to come back one day!

I would certainly recommend your services to my friends in the future..."

Cheers,