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 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.
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 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 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.