Ski Mont Blanc with a Mountain Guide

Subject to change depending on weather and mountain conditions as well as participants' fitness.

Day 0: Telephone appointment with your guide for a Program briefing, plus gear check, and confirm meeting time in the morning of Day 1.***

Your guide will bring the gear you have requested from us on day 1.

Night in the hotel 2 or 3 *** depending availability (shared twin room) on Bed & Breakfast base. Dinner is at your charge.

Day 1: Grands Mulets hut

Take the cable car from Chamonix to the Plan de l'Aiguille (2310 m). With skins on skis, we traverse the Pélerins and Jonction glaciers to arrive at the Grands Mulets hut (3057 m).

Altitude range: +700m.
Hours: between 3 and 5 (depending on snow conditions and fitness)

Day 2: Ascent of Mont Blanc (4810m)

We ski across the glacier to the base of the Nord du Dôme ridge. From here we have to do some climbing while carrying our skis on our backpacks across short sections of 35 to 40 degrees.

We reach the summit of the Dôme du Goûter, then follow the Bosses ridge to the summit of Mont Blanc.

Depending on snow conditions, we sometimes need to climb the final section of the ridge.

With a rest and some time to take in the extraodinary view from the summit, we commence the ski descent-of-a-lifetime to the Mont Blanc tunnel if the snow cover allows, or to the Plan de l'Aiguille.

This is a long day at high altitude that demands fitness, endurance, and good ski and crampon technique.

Altitude range: +1700m and -3800m or -2600m
Hours: 8 to 10
The ascent can also be done by the three summits route (via the Aiguille du Midi cable car and the Cosmique hut) if conditions allow.

Mont Blanc itinerary

Option:

We highly recommend you to take one more day to enjoy more your climb and avoid a long and tiring return to "Plan de l'Aiguille" cable car in a very soft snow. You will sleep one more night in Grand Mulet hut, taking time to enjoy this unique moment in high mountain. It also allow to start the ascent a little bit later.

Required technical level

Gradients: 45/50° max. Ropes and crampons on the north ridge of Dôme du Gouter (200 m), with skis on backpack.

Efficiency in all type of snow conditions is required (your style is less relevant!), and you must already have a strong experience in ski touring / ski mountaineering (Haute route Chamonix-Zermatt Brg St Pierre etc....and also in using crampons and ice axe on steep slopes 45/50°. You must send us a list of your technical climb in the last 2 years before your booking.

The Mont Blanc cannot be your first ski mountaineering experience.

We highly recommend you to take one more day and sleep again at Grand Mulet Hut on the way down, to avoid the late and long return to Plan de l'Aiguille cable car with a very soft snow, but also to enjoy much more this unique moment.

Fitness level required to Ski Mont Blanc

Altitude ranging from 800 to 1700m. Days can be 6 to 12 hours skiing / climbing, we will be climbing about 350/450 vertical metres per hour.

This is most suited to people who practice endurance sports regularly, and who already have a strong ski mountaineering experience.

It's mandatory to send us back the ski touring questionnary

Meeting point

Day 1 in the morning ; the exact time will be reconfirmed by your guide Day 0 late afternoon by phone.

Access - by plane

Chamonix Mont-Blanc is 1 hour from Geneva International airport.

Accommodation

The night before, shared twin room in a hotel*** in Chamonix depending with breakfast included.

Night 1 is spent in a mountain refuge (Grand Mulets hut), with dinner and breakfast.

The accommodation is dormitory style; blankets and pillows are provided but you may want to bring your own silk sleeping bag liner.

There is no running water; bottled water must be purchased.

If you need additional accommodation before or after, we can propose different types for all budgets. Just let us know when you book.

Meals

Breakfast and dinner are provided at the refuge.

We supply you with picnic lunches (sandwich, cheese, biscuits and chocolate).

Vegetarian option on request.

Advisable to bring additional snacks, e.g. sports bars and dried fruit. Don't bring anything heavy or squashable.

Gear required to Ski Mont Blanc

We will provide you with the Mont Blanc Ski Touring list when you book. Anything you don't have, you can rent from us.

Skiing Mont Blanc Costs and Availability

• €1340 per person, based on 2 clients per guide
• €2320 per person, based on 1 client per guide (privately guided ascent, choose your dates)
• GET IN TOUCH directly by e-mail or phone / whats app +33 6 95 04 23 02 as we have other different dates and routes available too.

The price includes:

• Organisation
• State qualified High mountain guide
• Full board in refuge
• Hotel the night before (B&B), shared twin room with another participant
• Plan de l'Aiguille cable car
• Shared group equipment provided by guide (ropes, shovel, probe)

The price does not include:

• Transport to Chamonix meeting point
• Extra drinks and snacks
• Personal equipment hire
• Alpine insurance
• Gratuities