We had three strong climbers, Sean, Rachel and Richard and two Chamonix Experience guides, Jerome and Julien who all climbed Mont Blanc together on the 15th and 16th of July. The stable weather and the physical strength of the group allowed them to do the summit attempt in a slightly different way than normal. They went all the way from the Tramway at Nid d’Aigle, 2372m, past the Gouter hut and straight up to the summit of Mont Blanc 4807m, in one day to then return to the Gouter hut in the evening for a good sleep.

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photo-blog Martina Palm 30 Jul 2008 No Comments

 As the Chamonix Experience office was quiet last week we thought we should take the opportunity to benefit from the nice weather and have a staff outing in the mountains. Martina, Elizabeth and Anne headed up to the Albert 1er refuge for the night to climb the Aiguille du Tour. (more…)

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The Chamonix Experience Alpine Climbing course from the 6th to the 11th of July was led by guide Dave Etherington. Our international group consisted of Steffen from Germany, Hanan from Israel and Esten from Norway.

One of the days the group climbed the Petite Aiguille Verte on the Grands Montets. This is a great training peak

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photo-blog Martina Palm 29 Jul 2008 No Comments

New in our programme for winter 2009 is the Ski Tour of the Western Bernese Oberland. This tour is much quieter than the famous Haute Route, the huts are very good quality and the scenery amazing! It is equally as challenging as the Haute Route, therefore some previous ski touring experience is required to join this trip. (more…)

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news Martina Palm 21 Jul 2008 No Comments

Chamonix Experience Mont Blanc week that made it nearly to the summit. They had great weather most of the week (more…)

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photo-blog Martina Palm 17 Jul 2008 No Comments

We have posted dates and prices for most Chamonix Experience courses and adventures winter 2008/2009. Please check out the various pages for our Off-Piste course, Haute Route, Ski Touring course and Winter Mountaineering course as well as our daily activities such as ski the Vallee Blanche, Crevasse Rescue course and Avalanche Awareness course.

We are pleased to be able to offer an all-inclusive package this winter for our week-long programmes based in Chamonix. We will be using the very comfortable Yeti Lodge here in Argentiere. We already use this luxury chalet for our summer Mont Blanc courses.

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news Martina Palm 06 Jul 2008 No Comments

The weather was on our side this week. The first acclimatisation trip up to the Aiguille du Tour gave nice views of the summit. After that we had a glorious day at the Point Lachenal by the Aiguille du Midi, which provides great training ground for alpine climbing.

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photo-blog Martina Palm 06 Jul 2008 No Comments

The start of the Mont Blanc climbing season this year was exceptionally snowy, cold and rainy. Despite that, the group led by Chamonix Experience guide Sebastien pretty much managed to stick to the programme. They walked up to the Albert 1er refuge in the mist and did a snowy and windy ascent of the Aiguille du Tour. (more…)

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photo-blog Martina Palm 06 Jul 2008 No Comments