Mont Blanc - Duo Package

Your stay consists of 2 days of acclimatization and 3 days of ascent. The main purpose of the acclimatization period is to allow your body to adapt to altitude. Through the acclimatization races carried out, this period is also the way to revise the essential basic technique and to test your physical capacities. The ascent of Mont Blanc is then carried out by the normal route of Goûter.

Day 1 and day 2 : Day routes - Acclimatisation
This first two days are designed to help you settle in and get to know your guide. It also gives your body some time to adapt to physical effort at altitude. Examples of routes include: Traverse of the Aiguilles Crochues (2840m), Traverse of the Pointes Lachenal (3613m). Nights in the Valley.
 
At the end of this acclimatisation period your guide will organise a debriefing. Based on your experience he or she may steer you towards a route other than Mont Blanc, if he or she judges that you are not sufficiently ready at that stage.
 
Day 3. Rock climbing then night in the Tête Rousse hut
We spend the morning at one of the valley’s rock climbing crags fine-tuning our technique on rocky terrain. We take the Bellevue cable car and Tramway du Mont Blanc to the Nid d’Aigle (2372m), from where we set off in the afternoon. A track leads us to the Tête Rousse Hut (3167m), and takes around 2½ hours. During the closing period of the Tramway du Mont-Blanc (in general before mid-June and after mid-September), this day is dedicated to the climb to the mountain hut, starting from Bellevue (1750m). 4 hours of effort to reach the hut.
 
Day 4 and day 5. Ascent of Mont Blanc with night in Goûter hut
We leave the Tête Rousse hut in the middle of the night at around 4am. The ascent of the Aiguille du Goûter is partially equipped with cables and leads to the Goûter hut (3835m), rebuilt in 2013. This takes around 2½ hours. We stop at the hut to lighten our packs and have something to eat. Our climb now continues via the shoulder of the Dôme du Goûter (4275m), the ‘abri’ Vallot (4362m) and the Arête des Bosseswhich includes a very steep section since 2020. We reach the summit in the middle of the day. From an altitude of 4808.7m (as measured in 2017) you are afforded exceptional panoramic views. It is now time to start the descent, which follows the same route. The round trip from the Goûter hut takes 6 to 7 hours. The next day we leave the hut in the early morning and continue our descent to the Nid d’Aigle, which marks the end of our trip. This takes around 3 or 4 hours of walking. During the closing period of the Tramway du Mont-Blanc (in general before mid-June and after mid-September), the return route goes all the way to Bellevue. 4-5 hours of effort in total.
 
Mont Blanc: a high-mountain ascent
As with all climbs in the high-mountain environment, the ascent of Mont Blanc is dependent on weather conditions. The high-mountain environment is directly impacted by global warming. The rise in temperatures leads to a reduction in snow cover, which causes more frequent rock fall. The normal route on Mont Blanc, and the climb to the Goûter hut in particular, is no exception. The mountains impose their own rules and, owing to bad weather or an unsatisfactory level of danger, the climb may not be possible. If this is the case, we will suggest an alterative objective depending on the conditions, such as the Gran Paradiso or Monte Rosa.

The programme above is intended as a guide only. It could be modified according to group level, opening periods of cable cars, weather and mountain conditions… Except from the periods where - under exceptional circumstances - the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix decides to suspend its ascents by the Goûter normal route, no modification of the programme can be the object of a refund.