THE ALPS 2007 — 2008

The Alps

Over the years I have made many trips to the Alps of France and Switzerland. These spectacular mountains with their pointed summits offer fantastic climbing and ease of access to routes in every grade of difficulty. From easy ridge scrambles to the steepest and most difficult of technical alpine climbs. No where else in the world can you leave your hotel or mountain hut early in the morning after a prepared meal, walk less than an hour across a white glacier beneath a starry dark sky, begin and complete your route of choice, either rock, ice snow or mixed, and return to town in time to enjoy a hot shower and well-deserved celebratory gourmet dinner. There just isn't another experience quite like it anywhere else.

Because there is so much variety for climbing here and everyone is different in what they seek to find in these mountains the programs we offer are all personal and customized to the individual's desires, physical fitness and time allotment. In this way we are better able to help individuals or private groups achieve their climbing goals more efficiently thereby making their time with us more rewarding.

Because there are so many incredible routes in the Alps we have chosen just a few of our favorite climbs. These are not the only routes we guide so if you have a particular "tick list" in mind send it to us for review and we'll tell you what we think.

Many routes can be best accessed from mountain huts and sometimes, depending on our chosen itinerary, we will just spend several consecutive nights in the same hut in order to get the most rest in-between climbs.

France

Italy

Switzerland

PRICES

Our prices reflect the cost per day to be guided up any of the above routes. For an extended itinerary of say, one week or more a customized itinerary with full cost will include lodging in town, hut fees, food, transportation and the fee for being guided. The following are guidelines only.

Per day fees for four of more consecutive days of climbing
1:1 ratio $500 per person per day
2:1 ratio $350 per person per day
3:1 ratio $275 per person per day

Per day fees for one, two, or three day booking
1:1 ratio $600 per person per day
2:1 ratio $450 per person per day
3:1 ratio $320 per person per day

SKIING IN THE ALPS

CHAMONIX to ZERMATT HAUTE ROUTE-Verbier

Skiing the Haute Route is a unique and fantastic experience. Here in the Alps you can ski Unencumbered with light packs, through the heart of the mountains, over immense glaciers through knee deep fresh powder snow, arriving at your deluxe hut at the end of the day. Here you spend the night in comfort drinking wine and eating delicious prepared meals. Only in the Alps can you travel this light. Only on the Haute route do you have so many choices of which hut to stay and which route to travel. The route we have chosen is our favorite because it combines wonderful views with some ot the the nicest huts. Aditionally, the Verbier version of the tour allows a few more options should poor weather come our way or if we desire a change in skiing difficulty.

Our Haute Route trips have a low skier to guide ratio of 3:1. This low ratio increases our safety on steep slopes, allows us to move quickly when we need to and gives us more flexibility should our itinerary require a last-minute change.

Chamonix to Zermatt Haute Route-Verbier Itinerary
Day 1 Vallee Blanche ski Descent. Night in Chamonix.
Day 2 From the Grands Montets, over the Col du Chardonnet, Fenetre de Saleina, to the Trient Hut.
Day 3 Over the Col des Escandies to Champex. From Champex we travel to Verbier via taxi, ride the lifts, then ski down to the Mont fort hut, where we spend a comfortable night.
Day 4 Mont Fort hut to the Rose Blanc which we ski and then descend to the Prafleuri hut.
Day 5 Prafleuri hut to Dix hut.
Day 6 From the Dix hut we ski over the Serpentine and the Pigne d'Arolla and descend to the Vignettes hut.
Day 7 A great day's skiing to the Bertol hut. Mostly downhill with a long uphill just before the hut. Fantastic views into France and Switzerland.
Day 8 We leave the Bertol hut early and quickly cover easy ground across a glacier and ascend the Tete Blanche. From the summit of the Tete Blanc we descend down steep slopes of the Tiefmatten glacier. Continuing down to the interserction of the Zumatt glacier we pass under the Matterhorn and into Zermatt.

Program Cost is $3,000 per skier.

Program Cost Inclusions

Program Cost Exclusions

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