Mont-Blanc climbing course - Improvement

We will have checked the equipment together the day before in order to have just what we need in the bag. Meet at 8 am in front of Montenvers station to take the first train that goes up to the Mer de Glace. On the path that climbs through the glacier to the Couvercle refuge, we will find this beautiful path of Les Dalles de l'Envers ideal for a first contact with the Chamoniard granite. Slipper climbing and abseiling in the path. Night at the refuge.

The 400 m east face of Le Moine rises above the Talèfre glacier, barely 30 minutes from the refuge. This route was opened in 1954 by André Contamine and Pierre Labrunie, it offers classic climbing by cracks in an excellent rock. We will climb it on our shoes with the “big ones” in the bag, in order to go back down by the normal route. Night in Chamonix or at the refuge depending on the time spent on the way.

This day one of the most famous routes in Chamonix will be in the spotlight, it was opened in 1956 by Gaston Rébuffat and Maurice Baquet. However, La Rébuf remains surprising, here we climb on the purest granite of the massif, protogine, whose perfect cracks require a very specific technique of locking feet and hands. We will rappel down the lane before reaching the Cosmics' refuge to spend the night.

This path has the particularity of being entirely cracked, so you will have to protect yourself exclusively on jammers. Level 5 lengths will give us the opportunity to climb to the top in turn. You will have to be very focused to find where to put the best protections. Abseiling and night at the Plan de l'Aiguille refuge.

For this last day we will carry out a magnificent large-scale itinerary. The climbing is very sustained without being extreme, with first-class cracks in a beautiful red rock. Abseiling down the lane. Return to Chamonix and summary of the internship at the end of the day.