Mountain Biking Guides
How difficult is it to climb mont blanc?
I’m in reasonably good shape and go on 20mile hikes in the Scottish hills most weekends, mountain biking, a bit of climbing etc. but have no mountaineering experience.
Is mont blanc just a long walk up glaciers and snow requiring crampons or are there more technical sections? Will I need mountaineering training or will a good level of fitness and a competent guide get me to the top? Can anybody suggest a good guide or any training i might need first? Do I even need a guide? Will altitude be a problem? How much does it cost and how long will it take?
It will probably be a couple years before I have the time to try it due to my work, but I want to start researching now so any advice would be helpful. Especially interested to hear from people who’ve been up.
Ta
There’s two main routes to the Mont Blanc. One is from the bottom, from Chamonix, and requires some knowledge and ice walking skills. The other is from the Aiguille du Midi. You climb to the top with the cabin car and then you walk to the top of the Mont Blanc. That one is a real motorway, with groups every 20 minutes or so. You still need to in good shape. The Chamonix guides do not offer the second option by the way.
What you could do is take a five days training, which ends with a climb of the Mont Blanc. The first three days is for training, the last two for the Mont Blanc (you do most of the way the first day, sleep in a refuge and finish the climb the next morning and go back down the same day). You will have one guide for two people. Price is actually 900 Euros not including the hotel in Chamonix.
I didn’t climb the Mont Blanc (weather problems) but climbed a few other routes in that valley. Well worth it. But do NOT attempt it alone, or without a guide unless you are professional level yourself. The emergency relief people are tired of picking up lost, broken or dead bodies every year.
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