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Trip code: Blanc8
Classic course - Guide Ratio 1:2 : € 1,935
VIP course - Guide Ratio 1:1 : € 2,580
Grade: 3 : Arduous
Duration: 08 days
Maximum altitude: 4,810m
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Mont Blanc 8 days - Chamonix Valley
Trip details
Destination :
Mountain skill training & Mont Blanc Climb - Chamonix - France
Grade : 3 : Arduous
1 : Easy | 2 : Moderate | 3 : Arduous | 4 : Strenuous | 5 : Very arduous
Duration : 08 days
Dates :
- 23 - 30 June 2010
- 02 - 09 July 2010
- 11 - 18 July 2010
- 19 - 26 July 2010
- 28 July - 04 August 2010
- 07 - 14 August 2010
- 15 - 22 August 2010
- 23 - 30 August 2010
- 01 - 08 September, 2010
- 11 - 18 September 2010
Best season :
June | September
Trip Price 8 day course
Classic course - Ratio 1:2 : €1935 euro
VIP course - Guide Ratio 1:1 : € 2580 euro
Group size : 2 - 8
Recommended previous experience :
Opened to all fit climbers who can walk at least 6 hours/ day with a backpack
Further info :
Extra service (with supplement) :
- Hotel accommodation in Chamonix
Climbing Mont Blanc is a dream of a life time! The itinerary is tailored to offer the best acclimatization possible. With 3 days mountain training skill course, you improve your mountain climbing skills and built up your knowledge about safety on glciated terrain.
Itinerary
- Day 01 : Welcome by your guide. Gear check and briefing about your week in the mountain.
- Day 02 : Ecole de glace on the Glacier du Tour. (alt. 2,702 m). Dinner & O/N Gite in Chamonix.
- Day 03 : Ascent of Tête blanche (alt. 3,429m). Dinner & O/N Albert 1 hut.
- Day 04 : Ascent of Aiguille du Tour (alt. 3,542 m). Dinner & O/N Trient hut.
- Day 05 : Climb to Tête-Rousse Hut (alt. 3167 m). Dinner & O/N in hut.
- Day 06 : Climb to Goûter Hut (alt. 3,863m). Dinner & O/N in hut.
- Day 07 : Ascent Mont Blanc (alt. 4,807m). Celebration dinner & O/N in Chamonix.
- Day 08 : Contingency day
Why would you choose the 8 days itinerary ?
We have tailored an all inclusive itinerary. No extra expenses. The best chance of success.
- you focus on acclimatization to be fully prepared for the summit day
- 3 days mountain skill training to learn the basics of mountain climbing
- 2 easy summits to reach during your training session to improve your technique
- 3 days climb on Mt Blanc to gently acclimatize and help your body to adapt to altitude
- breakfast & dinner included to get delicious meals with local specialities
- picnic lunch included during your training course
- 1 contingency day to allow a second attempt in case of poor weather conditions
- a delicious celebration dinner to enjoy a great moment after your climb
Climbing program
This course is opened to beginners climbers with no previous mountain experience. This program is designed to introduce fit walkers to the mountain environment in allowing sufficient time to appreciate superb mountain views.
Under the supervision of your guides, you learn the use crampons on glacier terrain and get ice axe skills to give you the basic knowledge of the mountain technique. The training program is designed to get the ideal preparation while giving you the best chance of success. You have 3 days of skill training with Ecole de Glace along with 2 summits to climb towards Tête Blanche and Aiguille du Tour to enjoy the mountain panorama.
On this 8 days itinerary, you sleep three nights in altitude to acclimatize carefully. From The Nid d'Aigle, you reach Tête Rousse hut through an easy rocky track for an overnight at 3,167m to ease acclimatization. Then you head to the Gouter Hut already acclimatized. Benefit from several hours of rest to perfect the process of acclimatization. At 2am when leaving the hut, your body is fully ajusted to altitude with less AMS effects.
Qualified UIAGM mountain guides
For your saferty we provide 1 guide for 2 clients (ratio 1:2) to lead you on the Mont Blanc climb and 1 guide for 4 clients (ratio 1:4) during the Training Skill program.
You will be assisted by UIAGM qualified mountain guides that have a wide experience of the mountain terrain. We work with professional guides from the Chamonix valley, registered at the Compagnie des Guides and that have climbed numerous technical altitude peaks in Europe and worldwide.
Training & Acclimatization program
Although the climb does not require any previous mountaineering experience, climbing Mont Blanc is a challenging adventure. The ascent requires that climbers are physically and mentally fit with a strong determination to face the long hours of walk in high altitude.
Climbing in the Alps is risky and hard training workouts weeks before the climb will help minimizing the risks of injuries and Acute Mountain Sickness. Training should be based on long runs and cardio workouts to improve your stamina and resistance. Go climbing and jog for at least one hour in the hills increasing incline. Be prepared for long walks and strenuous efforts.
During the ascent, drink a lot to stay hydrated and eat energy bars. Bring a vacuum flask filled with hot liquid to get extra warmth during the short breaks on the way.
With a good preparation, you will enjoy magnificent views over the snow-dusted peaks for dawn.
Climbing route
This is the most popular of all routes to the summit of Mont Blanc. You take the Tramway du Mont Blanc from St Gervais station to the Nid d'Aigle where you climb up to the Tête Rousse hut for overnight.
After Breakfast, you climb for about 6 hours along straightforward trail to the Gouter Hut. Have a good night sleep andwake up by 2am to start your ascent through a glacier terrain to the Bosses Ridge using crampons and ice axe. This snow ridge is exposed and requires that your are determined, fit and acclimatized. You arrive to the summit at dawn for an awe-inspiring view of the surrounding peaks and the Chamonix valley.
Season and weather conditions
The best season is from July to mid of September. However, July and August have experienced very warm temperatures that reduce safety on snow slopes increasing the number of opened creavasses, fragile snow briges, falling seracs and melt snow in lower slopes.
Since recently, June and September seem to be a more ideal time to attempt the summit of Mont Blanc with better freezing conditions and lower temperatures in altitude insuring more stable snow terrain.
What If we have poor weather conditions ?
Weather conditions are often incertain in the Alps. To give you the best chance of success, we have planned a contingency day if the weather conditions does not allow you to climb to the summit. You have an extra day at the Gouter Hut, waking up at 2am on the next morning for the second attempt.
Some climbers come from long way to climb Mont Blanc and are sometimes desappointed with instable weather conditions experiencing storms and rain falls in the valley. Your guide could then propose you an alterntive itinerary based on the initial journey.
The guide will have the ability to alter, modify or change your itinerary at all times. For safety matters, his decision is final.
What does the trip include
Price Includes
- Professional UIAGM guides
- Mont Blanc Tramway train to/from the Nid d'Aigle
- Lift
- Hut accommodation in dormitory - Half board basis, breakfast & dinner included
- Gite accommodation in Chamonix in double or triple occupancy - Half board basis, breakfast & dinner included on day 01 & 07 on set menu
- picnic lunch during your training course
- Basic rental gear
- Celebration dinner on day 07. Set menu with a choice of local specialities
Price does not include :
- All transport to/from Chamonix and transfer from/to Airport
- All drinks and bar bills
- Personal clothing, equipement and climbing gear
- Travel / Personal / Medical insurance including mountain rescue
- Rescue evacuation in case of emergency
- All personal expenses (internet, laundry, telephone ...)
- All options not mentionned in the "price includes" section
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