A lone ski tourer on a ridge line at dusk
The Mont Blanc massif above the Chamonix valley

Mountain

The Mountain

Four faces, twenty-two marked runs, and a lift that starts ninety metres from the door.

Four faces, twenty-two marked runs, and a lift that starts ninety metres from the door.

240 cm

240 cm

Base

Base

−8 °C

−8 °C

Summit

Summit

9 of 9 open

9 of 9 open

Lifts

Lifts

Two days ago

Two days ago

Last snow

Last snow

02 — The Terrain

Four faces, each with its own weather and its own hour of the day.

Four faces, each with its own weather and its own hour of the day.

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04 — The Pass

Season 25 / 26 — Nine lifts

One pass, nine lifts, and the whole valley if you can stand the cold.

Collected at the desk on the morning you arrive, or left in your room if you get in after the lifts have stopped. It opens every barrier at NORD and both cable cars into the Vallée Blanche.

Included

Every lift at NORD, and both cable cars

Collect

The desk, from 07:30 on the morning you arrive

If lost

Replaced once, without comment

Take the pass and swing it

04 — Guiding

Nobody skis the Vallée Blanche alone. We keep three guides on the house books.

Nobody skis the Vallée Blanche alone. We keep three guides on the house books.

Private guiding

Full day — €640

A guide to yourself, on the face that is working that morning. Booked the night before.

Off-piste & touring

Full day — €780

Skins, transceiver, shovel and probe. We supply all of it, and the judgement to go with it.

Lessons

Two hours — €190

Two hours before lunch, for anyone who wants their technique looked at honestly.

Private guiding

Full day — €640

A guide to yourself, on the face that is working that morning. Booked the night before.

Off-piste & touring

Full day — €780

Skins, transceiver, shovel and probe. We supply all of it, and the judgement to go with it.

Lessons

Two hours — €190

Two hours before lunch, for anyone who wants their technique looked at honestly.

Private guiding

Full day — €640

A guide to yourself, on the face that is working that morning. Booked the night before.

Off-piste & touring

Full day — €780

Skins, transceiver, shovel and probe. We supply all of it, and the judgement to go with it.

Lessons

Two hours — €190

Two hours before lunch, for anyone who wants their technique looked at honestly.

05 — Plan

Tell us what you ski. We will tell you where to be at nine.

Conditions are posted in the house each evening at six, with the following day’s plan beside them.

Written about in

Alpine Review

Maison & Montagne

The Cold List

Vertical Quarterly

Guide Blanc

Alpine Review

Maison & Montagne

The Cold List

Vertical Quarterly

Guide Blanc

  • Alpine Review

    Maison & Montagne

    The Cold List

    Vertical Quarterly

    Guide Blanc

  • Alpine Review

    Maison & Montagne

    The Cold List

    Vertical Quarterly

    Guide Blanc

  • Alpine Review

    Maison & Montagne

    The Cold List

    Vertical Quarterly

    Guide Blanc

  • Alpine Review

    Maison & Montagne

    The Cold List

    Vertical Quarterly

    Guide Blanc

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