Mont Blanc massif, France
Aiguille du Midi & Vallée Blanche
Route detail
About this route
Rope work, crampon technique and classic routes on the Midi ridges, run out of the 200-year-old Chamonix guides' company.
Daily activity
5–7 hr/day; longer alpine objectives up to 9 hr.
Terrain
Glaciers, mixed ridges, ladders and roped snow travel.
Best season
June to September
Your guide office
Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix
Based in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
What's included
UIAGM guide, lifts, hut half board, technical gear.
Not included
Flights, lunches, rescue insurance.
Itinerary
- 1
Chamonix briefing
Time: 2–3 hr
Gear fitting at the Maison de la Montagne, acclimatisation walk.
- 2
Glacier school
Time: 4–5 hr
Crevasse rescue and ice technique on the Mer de Glace.
- 3
Cosmiques ridge
Time: 5–7 hr
Classic mixed climbing from the Cosmiques hut.
- 4
Midi–Plan traverse
Time: 6–8 hr
The long snow arête with the massif all around.
- 5
Summit objective
Time: 7–9 hr
A 4,000 m route chosen with your guide from the forecast.
- 6
Vallée Blanche descent
Time: 6–8 hr
Long glacier descent back to Chamonix and a final debrief.
Questions about this route?
Talk to the guides who run it — gear, fitness, weather windows, private dates. We answer within one working day.
€2,380
per person
UIAGM guide, lifts, hut half board, technical gear.
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