With routes ranging from classical mountaineering to rock faces, soaring alpine ridges, snow, ice, mixed and anything you an imagine, the towering spires of the Mont Blanc Massif are the birthplace of alpinism. A short lift ride into the mountains and you’ll be blown away.

There can be no doubt that the Alps, the very namesake of the alpine world, are one of the great homes of mountain climbing. For those who haven’t been, it’s hard to really appreciate the scale, diversity, and quality of the climbing and mountain culture the Alps have to offer, and nowhere is that truer than Chamonix. Each summer we make our home beneath the slopes of Mont Blanc, center of it all and the beating heart of the alpine climbing world, and invite climbers to join us in the most amazing alpine playground on Earth.

There is simply nowhere else where one can step out of the patisserie and ride a lift ninety-three hundred vertical feet into the mountains.

At the heart of Chamonix’s climbing is a stunning lineup of towers and spires home to some of the most iconic and adored routes in the world. The Frendo Spur on the Aiguille du Midi, the Kuffner Arête on the Mont Maudit, the Supercouloir and Geravasutti Pillar on the Mont Blanc du Tacul, the Arête Grands Montets on the Aiguille Verte, the Arête Rochefort, Walker Spur, Droites, Courtes, Jorasses – the list goes on and on. Needless to say, there is enough climbing to satisfy any climber for any amount of time.