Chamonix Experience is offering a 5% discount on any 6 or 7 day-long programme (winter and summer 2009) if you book before the 31st of December 2008. In order to book you simply need to fill in the booking form on our web site. Alternatively, you can e-mail or call our office and we will fax, e-mail or post you a booking form.

So, get your calendar out and pencil in your winter and/or summer holiday in the Chamonix mountains. Benefit from this fantastic offer and book your winter mountaineering course, off piste course or ski touring adventure like the Haute Route or Bernese Oberland. For the summer you can chose between Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Alpine climbing course or the high level Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route.

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news Martina Palm 08 Nov 2008 No Comments

It is snowing outside our office window in Argentiere in the Chamonix valley! I just went for a drive up to Le Tour (1450m) and took these photos and according to the Compagnie du Mont Blanc website there is 40cm of fresh snow at the Aiguille du Midi (3842m). Winter is definitely on its way!
  

With that in mind you should take a look at Chamonix Experience winter activities. We will continue with our 6 day Off Piste Course, which has proved successful over the years. This all-inclusive course is an ideal start for you who are in the beginning off your off piste career and want to learn better technique and mountain safety and experience some world class off-piste skiing.
New this year is our Winter Mountaineering course, also all-inclusive, which consists of six days of ice climbing, mixed climbing and mountain awareness in Chamonix and its surroundings.
Some more news to check out is our 2 day Vallee Blanche itinerary, two days guided off piste skiing and an overnight in a high mountain refuge. And for you who would like to venture further in the backcountry we have some great trips and ideas. Check out the Bernese Oberland ski tour! No more demanding than the Haute Route but so much quieter. We also have a general Ski Touring page that will give you some inspiration and ideas of other areas in the Alps that offer fantastic ski touring.

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news Martina Palm 29 Oct 2008 No Comments

Chamonix Experience’s last 6 day Mont Blanc course for the summer of 2008 is running the 14th to 19th of September. There are still two places available on this course. The route we will take is going up via the Gouter hut to avoid any avalanche and serac danger on Mont Blanc du Tacul. For more details look at Climb Mont Blanc.

Please contact us to book!

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news Martina Palm 05 Sep 2008 No Comments

We had 12 people on Chamonix Experience Mont Blanc course the 3rd to the 8th of August. They headed up to the Albert 1er hut for training and acclimatisation.

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photo-blog Martina Palm 15 Aug 2008 No Comments

Les Aiguilles Rouges in the Chamonix valley has a lot of great rock climbing. We set off to do one of the old classic routes, the Chapelle de la Gliere. It is easily graded with most pitches being around 4 and 5 but it has got a real “big mountain feel” to it  (more…)

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photo-blog Martina Palm 14 Aug 2008 No Comments

Would you like to climb Mont Blanc this summer? We have last minute availability on the 6 day Mont Blanc courses starting the 10th, 17th and the 31st of August.

Our Mont Blanc course is all-inclusive with very nice accommodation at the comfortable Yeti Lodge in Argentiere. All you need to do is fill in the booking form (more…)

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news Martina Palm 04 Aug 2008 No Comments

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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photo-blog Martina Palm 29 Jul 2008 No Comments

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