PROGRAM
This day on the glacier is dedicated to beginners in mountaineering who have little or any previous experience in a mountaineering environment and, above all, for those who have never been on a glacier.
The training program is particularly suitable for those who need to best prepare for their first mountaineering trip, such as the Gran Paradiso, the Capanna Margherita or the Breithorn.
It is also very useful to have a review of the ascent and descent technique before the ascent of Mont Blanc
Thanks to the support of a Guide, it is perfect for practices in high altitude with crampons on snowy slopes. The training will help you to acquire greater confidence and improve skills in progression techniques on the glacier with rope, crampons and ice axe, moreover to test the physical response to altitude. This will allow, consequently, to increase the possibility of success in a consequent mountaineering ascent of a 4,000m peak, guaranteeing greater chances of reaching the summit and helping to acclimatize at high altitudes.
In case you are training for a more demanding mountaineering trip, with higher technical difficulties, a part of the day will be dedicated to training on mixed terrains (easy rock ridge) or on equipped trails.
note: in case of bad weather or non-optimal conditions, the training could be moved to Cervinia (AO).
GROUP DEPARTURES
Ascent/descent: 5-6 hours
Meeting point: meeting around 8:30 am at the SkyWay-Monte Bianco ticket office for equipment distribution and check
- short briefing with the Guide at the upper arrival station and approach to the Mont Blanc glacier by using rope and crampons on
- practices of alpine skills, such as use of ice axes and crampons on ice and snow (fresh, hard, iced) and technical training test trip on mixed itinerary (easy rocky ridge)
- back to Torino hut for a short lunch break before taking the gondola down to the Skyway ticket desk (morning meeting point) around 15:30/16:00 pm
Ascent/descent: 5-6 hours
Meeting point: meeting around 8:30 am at the SkyWay-Monte Bianco ticket office for equipment distribution and check
- short briefing with the Guide at the upper arrival station and approach to the Mont Blanc glacier by using rope and crampons on
- practices of alpine skills, such as use of ice axes and crampons on ice and snow (fresh, hard, iced) and technical training test trip on mixed itinerary (easy rocky ridge)
- back to Torino hut for a short lunch break before taking the gondola down to the Skyway ticket desk (morning meeting point) around 15:30/16:00 pm
DETAILS
RATES
- the assistance of a UIAGM/IFMGA certified Mountain Guide
- liability insurance
- loan of personal equipment (harness, ice axe and crampons)
- booking assistance service (including assistance for refuges and lifts reservation)
- Skyway Mont Blanc tickets return (for all participants, including the Guide)
- the Mountain Guide’s expenses (lifting facilities, transfers)
The rate does not include
- research and rescue insurance with UVGAM coverage (recommended): €5 per person for 3 days
- transfers, meals and accommodation
- anything that is not mentioned under "The rate includes"
