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Mont Blanc - Ascent
Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in France at 4808 meters and is a much saught after summit . Sandy and his team of mounatin guides have been sucessfully providing these courses for over 15 years and many other tour operaters have tried to emulate our itinerary and good sucess rate. Our six day itinerary consist of 4 days training and practise. The first day includes glacier travel skills, crevasse awareness, ice axe and crampon technique usually on high on the Mont Blac massif by traversing the Vallee Blanche and then a three day training/acclimatisation trip taking in two nights at high mountain huts and spectacular ascents of good training summits which provide excellent acclimatization and preperation for a two day ascent of Mont Blanc. Mont Blanc can be an easy mountain when the snow, and weather conditions are superb, however please be prepared for a very long summit day, as it's a tough day by the time you get back to the valley and if the weather is bad the summit can be hard and dangerous to reach. In that case we always offer alternative mountain days oranother activity and o fcourse we reserve the right to change the itinerary if the weather forecast predicts a better day for a summit attempt ! This week is suitable for beginners as long as you are fit and keen ! We say this with some confidence as training in basic skills are provided but please note that some walking/mountaineering experience is benificial and a good level of fitness is essential! Accomodation consists of 4 nights in a good quality hotel in Chamonix, with bed and breakfast. 3 nights in Mountain huts (dormatory style accom) with an evening meal and breakfast in the morning. We keep our guiding to client rations low to ensure you receive a good safe service. Our guiding ratio for teh mOnt blanc days are1 guide to a maximum of 2 clients.
Itinerary:
Evening prior to Day 1. Meet in Chamonix for brief with your guide and equipment preperation.( HOTEL) ( If your travel arrangments are tight, we can meet on the morning of day 1)
Day 1. Organise any equipment hire/checks and walk to cable car/ mountain railway station for a basic crampon, and ice axe skills day, Glacier travel skills, and if we have time crevasse rescue awareness. A usefull training day on the Vallee Blanche where we usually do traverse from Italy back to the Aig du Midi. If wetaher is poor at high altitude we sometimnes visit the Mer de Galce or a similar glacier. We return to Chamonix for the evening. ( HOTEL)
Day 2. We will meet you at around ten in the morning which allows you a relaxed start. We usually bus up to the village of Le Tour. A two stage cable car trip takes us high and then we have a nice walk up to a Mountain Hut , stopping to carry out some further training along the way. (Mountain Hut)
Day 3. From the Mountain Hut, glacier traverse, ascend a good training peak(s) and go to another high mountain Hut. ( Mountain Hut)
Day 4. From the Mountain Hut climb another mountain(s) and return to Chamonix. (HOTEL)
Day 5. From Chamonix go up to a Mountain Hut to stay overnight at the Hut en route to Mont Blanc normally via Goutier (although we often guide the Trois Mont Blanc alternative route via the Cosmiques Mountain Refuge) depending on snow conditions and the guides recommendation depending on your abilities. ( Mountain Hut)
Day 6. From the Mountain Hut ,an early start ( 2-3.00 am) to attempt Mont Blanc and return to Chamonix. Strong parties cvan eb back in Chamonix by 2 .00 pm others can be quite a bit later! (HOTEL) (overnight HOTEL and breakfast included) Our service ends after breakfast.
Date:
Summer season - 2010
Dates:
MBA001 : 13- 19 June 2010
MBA002 : 20 - 26 June
MBA003 : 27 June - 03 July
MBA004 : 04 - 10th July
MBA005 : 11 - 17 July
MBA006 : 18 - 24 July
MBA007 : 25July - 31 July
MBA008 : 1 - 7 Aug
MBA009 : 8 -14 Aug
MBA010 : 15 - 21 Aug
MBA011 : 22 - 28 Aug
MBA012 : 29 Aug - 4 Sept
MBA013 : 5 - 12 Sept.
(Please arrive in Chamonix for late Sturday afternoon/ evening and our service ends with breakfast on the following Saturday morning). Contact us direct if you wish private guiding or your own private personalised trip.
MBA Please quote our Trip code: MBA/ and date choice when making your reservation
Price:
PRICES: Euros 1785.00 TBC for 2010 :
This price is for a complete service including all accomodation in Chamonix on a bed and breakfast basis and dinner, bed and breakfast in the Mountain huts. Should you decide to provide your own accomodation, and feeding and pay for your mountain huts as you use them the price will be much less. Our maximum group size will be 8 person. Please email Sandy direct on info@teamascent.co.uk for further information.
Our Price Includes: B&B in a Chamonix Hotel and dinner, bed and breakfast in Mountain Huts. IFMGA Mountain Guide ratio 1:2 for Mont Blanc ascent and 1:4 for training/acclimatisation days.
Not Included: Your own mountain uplifts (Cable cars and rack railways. Budget £35.00 per person) evening meals in the valley, personal packed lunches, additional drinks and bottled water at mountain huts, your travel to and from Chamonix and your personal travel/rescue insurance.
Should you have your own accomodation in Chamonix please contact us for a reduced price.
We also offer this trip (or a shorter version for those who have their own acclimatisation plans) on a private guiding basis and can carry out any training and acclimatisation on other mountains if you wish to customise the itineary for your own specific objectives. Feel free to email us if you wish to have this flexible and customized private guiding service.
Documents:
Team Ascent provide a number of documents to assist you in planning your course with us:
Important: These particulars are in Acrobat pdf format. To print and view the schedule you will need " Acrobat" pdf Reader. If you are using Windows this should already be installed on your computer. If not, click this image for a simple free download:
