1 person : 1300 €.
Group of 2 : 700 €/person.

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

• Clients who are not resident in the USA or in Canada have the possibility to become members of the French Alpine Club, and therefore benefit from their insurance. Please contact them for further details.CAF
• If you are English, please contact the British Mountaineering Council for insurance coverage: www.thebmc.co.uk

Rock climbing school in Brévent and Frison-Roche route , 200 m, 5c max

We meet in central Chamonix and afer introductions we take the Brevent cable car to the top where we will find a climbing school with plenty of granite. This morning we spend warming up on the granite, climbing cracks and practicing placing chocks. In the afternoon we use these techniques for a “modern” route on the Brevent (2525m). The route is already a fine introduction to climbing in the Haute Montange an offers a good length and a chimney.

Arête Sud de l’Aiguille de la Glière ( 2663 m), 400 m, 5a maximum.

Today we take on one of, if not the classic route in the Aiguilles Rouges. This long and beauiful ridge presents us with the opportunity to “play” with the rope and our line. You will learn to advance on the move and develop a rhythm whilst still maintaining security. This is an ideal terrain to develop your “mountain goat” skills!

Voie Perroux, 260 m, 5c maximum, Aiguille de l’Index (2595 m ).

Now it is ime for you to go in front. Despite this route being very well equiped it still keeps its “Haute Montagne” character with plenty of room between the each anchor point ! You will need to add your own protection (friends, chocks, slings) in between the bolts and you will quickly see that routes such as this, graded 4, take on another dimension when you are leading!

Cocher-Cochon, 250 m, 5c maximum et traversée Clocher-Clocheton ( 2428 m ), 150 m, 4c maximum.

How these 2 routes are linked is splendid….. today we will cover 400m of climbing in the sun facing Mont Blanc. We start with “Cocher-Cochon”, eseentially a moderne slab route. The second part is the traverse “Clocher-Clocheton” and a well known classic, originally opened in 1913! Climbing here is easy and the “yodeling” between the first and second Clochton will leave you with an unforgettable memory…

Rieffel/Fournier, 300 m, 5c+ max, at the Pain de Sucre (2646 m ).

To finsh the week off in style we will climb up the magnificent south face of “Pain du Sucre” which is situated in the Perrons chain. To reach our goal we must take the car Lake Emosson in Switzerland and then walk in for 1hr 45mins. This is truly a wild rock face in the Haute Montagne and requires a lot of experience. The routes here are beaiful and varied. After our day at the Pain du Sucre we return to Chamonix to complete your course assessments.