1 week + Intermediate 2:1 Dates: By Arrangement Price: Private Guiding Rates Fitness: 3 Experience: UK mountain experience, plus ice axe + crampon experience reqd Included: Guiding Fees Other Costs: Accommodation, food, travel and uplift ~ £400/week Guides Expenses: You are also responsible for meeting the guides expenses - see alpine costs for info. Book Online Here

Private, bespoke Mont Blanc itineraries of a week or more duration. We tailor each trip to your group requirements, but we need to ensure that you are acclimatised for the ascent in order to stand a reasonable chance of summiting - see notes below.

We base ourselves in the world famous alpine resort of Chamonix, climbing in the Mont Blanc range and other venues nearby in Italy and Switzerland.

The key requirements for a sucessful and enjoyable ascent of Mont Blanc are that you have the right mountain skills, are fit enough and are sufficiently acclimatised. 2 or 3 days acclimatisation is just not enough for a comfortable ascent for the vast majority of people, which is why we don't run 5-6 day scheduled Mont Blanc itineraries.

If we are going to organise a one week itinerary for you, then ideally you should arrive a few days early and spend some time climbing independantly or on a course, in order to arrive pre acclimatised.

We run all of our courses on a guiding & instruction only basis. Food and accommodation must be paid for seperately. Our recommended accommodation in the Chamonix valley is Ice and Orange - Chalet Tissières, who we will happily put you in touch with if you'd like to reserve a room. You are however free to make other accommodation arrangements if you choose (for a full hotel service, Hotel Les Lanchers in Chamonix Les Praz is another good option - Chamonix has numerous other hotels and rental apartments available at a wide variety of prices - click on 'reservation' at the Chamonix website for more details).

Chamonix is easily reached by flights to Geneva and an airport transfer, both of which are bookable online.

You need good general fitness and and experience in UK mountains, plus some ice axe and crampon experience. To make a successful ascent of Mont Blanc you need good cardiovascular fitness and plenty of stamina - as the summit day will involve 10 - 12 hours climbing at high altitude (see fitness level 3) so we advise you to prepare well in advance with full days out in the UK hills and other regular exercise.

Several days acclimatisation are essential to make an enjoyable ascent of Mont Blanc, so we recommend you arrive a few days early to spend some time at altitude before starting the course.

We will supply you with a full kit list. All communal safety equipment (ropes etc) is provided by us. You are expected to come equiped with personal clothing and climbing equipment. For the more technical items (ice axe, crampons, harness, helmet, boots etc) local equipment hire is also available.