1 person : 1500 €.
Group of 2 : 750 €/person.

The price includes the cost of a Guide, harness and helmet crampons and ice-axe

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Rhodo-Dindons pilar , 280 m, TD inf, 5+ max>Refuge du Couvercle.

Together with you, in the early morning, we will check over equipment in order that you have just that is necessary in your bag. We meet at 8 o’clock in front of the train station at Montenvers to take the first train up to the Mer de Glace. On the track crossing the glacier to the Couvercle mountain hut we will find a beautiful route called the Dalles de l’Envers which is ideal for making our first contact with the Chamonix granite. We climb is rock climbing shoes and abseil back down the route to spend the night in the “refuge”.

Directe route Contamine, 400 m, TD, 6a max, Est face l’Aiguille du Moine ( 3412 m ).

The 400 metre face of the Est du Moins rises up from the Taléfre glacier, barely 30 mins from the refuge. This route was opened in 1954 by André Contamine and pierre Labrunie and offers clasic climbing with excellent cracks. Again we climb in clibing shoe but this time with out mountain boots in our ruck-sacs allowing us to descend via the “normal route”. We spend will either spend the nigh in Chamonix or back in the refuge depending on the time taken to climb and decsend.

The Rébuffat, 200 m, TD+, 6a max, at the Aiguille du Midi ( 3800 m ) > Cosmiques Hut

Today we will be honoured to climb one of the best known routes in all of Chamonix. It was first climbed in 1956 by Gason Rébuffat and Maurice Baquet. “La Rébuf” is still amazing. Here, we will climb on the purest granite in the massif, “la protogine”. The perfect cracks mean you must employ your feet and hands as crambing devices using a very specific technique. We abseil down to the Cosmiques refuge where we will spend the night.

Harold et Maud, 250 m,TD+, 6a max, Lachenal spire( 3613 m ) > Plan de l’Aiguille hut

This particular route is comprised entitrely of cracks and our only protection will be the use chocks. In the pitches of level 5 you will have the opportunity to lead. You will have to concenrate hard to find or place the best protecion. At the end of he climb we abseil down to spend the night in he refuge at the Plan d’Aiguille.

Le Maillon Manquant, 400 m, ED-,6b max, l’Aiguille du Peigne ( 3068 m ) > Chamonix

For our last day we have a magnificient full itinerary. The rock climbing requires sustained effort without being too extreme, with first class cracks in beautiful red rock. We descend the route abseiling and return to Chamonix for an assessment of the course.