DIARY   //   Alpinism_and_mont_blanc

 

MONT BLANC training Course
 

Day 1 
Walk to the Albert 1er Refuge. Rock climbing and ice climbing  school in the afternoon.

Day 2 
Walk to the Glacier du Tour and ascent of the “Tête Blanche”  (3724m), return through the Trient Glacier and evening and  night at the Cabane Trient (3170m).

Day 3
Ascent to the needle of the « Tour » (3 544 m) and walk back  to the valley. 

Day 4     
Day off  (if the weather cast is bad for the next days we  might use this day for a hike).

Day 5
We leave Megève at 6.30 a.m. to Saint Gervais. The Mont-Blanc Tramway will drive us in an hour to the Nid d’Aigle where we will start our hike o­n a steep path that will lead us to Tête Rousse shelter (3 167 m) in 2 hours and a half. We use to have a lunch over there. The main route to l’Aiguille du Goûter goes across a gully and then follows a ridge. Fixed cables and artificial steels steps will help you to go through more difficult passages. We will walk around 5 or 6 hours long.Keeping a constent walking rythme o­n an irregular terrain and in altitude is the main difficulty at this stage.At the « Gouter » refuge, the dinner is served between 6 p.m and 7 p.m.

Day 6
We wake up at 2 o’clock in the morning. We use to leave as soon as possible after we had breakfast, as the place is very busy at this time of the day. All the way up to the top of the Mont Blanc is entirely done o­n a snowed terrain, rope up to the guide. The ascent to the « Dôme du Goûter » (4304 m) is a gentle uniform slope. A stop a the refuge Vallot (4362 m) is essential before going to the « Arête des Bosses » which will drive us to the top at 4810 m (4 to 5 h). We will walk aproximately 10 to 12 hours.

The ascent of the Mont-Blanc must be done by anyone fit.

The training course booking is essential