Vie come alpinistica in Mont Blanc 4808m

The normal way up Mt Blanc and used in descent for most cases. Normal starting point is Les Houches where you take the cable car and then train to Nid d'Aigle 2372m. There is a couloir below refuge Gouter that is exposed to stonefall, caution. From refuge Gouter 3817m follow rigde to Dome du Goûter then ridge to summit.

A long and classic way to ascend Mt Blanc. Route is technically easy but a long glacial outing exposed to Serac fall which makes chosing good conditions and timing important. From Col du Midi some 600m up to Mt Blanc du Tacul. Then descending to Col Maudit 4029 and from here som 300m to pass around Mont Maudit and then finally 500m from here to summit.

A grand route on high altitude mainly on Snow up to 45 degrees. Starting point Ghiglione hut 3690m.

This ascent starts in the bionnassay parking lot and follows the ascent up to Nid d’aigle. Follow the trail above the Bionnassay glacier up to the Tete Rousse refuge. Put on crampons to cross the Grand Couloir while maintaining vigilance for rock fall, which is frequent. Remove crampons and ascend the Aguille Gouter to the Gouter Refuge. Ascend To Dome d’ Gouter toward the summit ridge. Follow the ridge to the summit. Average time for this route is 2-3 days with rest at one or more of the refuges. Best to rest at the Gouter Refuge after summit day before descending 2600 meters to the Bionnassay parking area, though some try to do it all in a single push. These days most people take the lift up but starting in Bionnassay is the original way summitted in 1786. This route is historically regarded as the beginning of mountaineering.

The route of the first ascensionists. A long glacier climb starting at Plan du Midi