Mont Blanc summit with acclimatization on Gran Paradiso (8 days)

If you’ve ever wanted to climb the world-famous and majestic Mont Blanc, but didn´t feel ready for a challenge of this magnitude, I invite you on my guided tour where we will accomplish this goal through days of acclimatization through spectacular ascents and descents amongst the snowy alpine delight of the Alps.

Mont Blanc towers high above the Alps, standing at an impressive 4809 metres, and we will gradually make our way to the summit via days of preparation, including an ascent of The Gran Paradiso, the only mountain whose peak is over 4000 metres high located entirely in Italy.

On the first day we meet in Chamonix/Argentiere, where safety information and gear is dispensed before we spend the night in a hotel.

We set off in earnest the next morning, as we walk together to the Chabod Hut, 2700 metres high. It is here we trial our crampons and harnesses on the rocks surrounding the hut, in order to gain confidence for the routes ahead. We will also be staying in this hut for 3 nights.

The next three days are spent incrementally acclimatizing to the high altitudes, as we practice our snow and ice walks and climbs amongst beautiful scenery, the idyllic surrounds, cold and fresh air and epic views making it a delightful area to train in.

The climax of this initial training is the ascent of the awesome alpine summit of Gran Paradiso, a challenging 10-hour round-trip walk that will give us the ideal preparation for attempting Mont Blanc.

After a day of heading back down the valley and back to Chamonix for a much-needed overnight rest, the 7th day is when we climb up the ambitious and grand Mont Blanc, a 10-12 hour climb that will physically and mentally test you, but give you an enormous sense of well-being and satisfaction once you make it to the top.

We rest our shattered bodies in the Gouter Hut overnight, before descending down the valley where the trip concludes, hopefully with memories to last a lifetime!

Ascending Mont Blanc is on many people´s bucket lists – book to tick it off yours!

For those who enjoy this, I also offer 1-Week Mountaineering on Wildspitze, here!

Alternatively, I offer 7 Days, 7 Summits on Monte Rosa, here!