Aiguille d’Entrèves guided climbing traverse-All Inclusive

The Aiguille d’Entrèves is a sharp and exposed rocky ridge climbing itinerary in one of the most spectacular scenario of Mont Blanc Massif: as all mixed climbing routes, it requires some recent previous mountaineering experience, especially a good confidence in rock climb and some ability in progression on short rope on exposed and steep terrain.

It is not suitable to beginners with any recent previous climbing and mountaineering experience, but we can suggest you some good alternative options, if you are interested in try a similar experience at your level!

About physical fitness, the ridge climbing could be done in 1 day, but it could be a challenging experience, with considerable effort (at least 5/6 hours of climb), in particular if you have never been on a glacier or over 3.000meters of altitude.

If you are at your first experience on a rocky ridge, we suggest you to take a look to the Aiguilles des Marbrées, as more suitable experience, especially for beginners or entry level climbers. Here you have the link to this trip: https://www.explore-share.com/trip/climbing-aiguille-des-marbrees-one-day/

We recommend a minimum of training to improve your endurance and your cardiovascular fitness before the trip (running, hiking, biking). At the same time, if you can get some climbing practices the adventure will be easier.

You need to have your personal technical equipment, that is essential to face this climb:

• mountaineering helmet

• mountaineering harness

• straight-hand ice axe

• crampons

If you don't have the required equipment, we can rent it for 30€ per person. Please advise in advance if you need any gear for renting: the Guide will bring it at the meeting point.

In addition, the Guide will bring the common safety gear, such as rope, ice screws, daisy chains and carabiners.

Please check and bring is your personal mountaineering clothing, including technical mountaineering boots, that must be waterproof, with rigid sole, warm and comfortable (NO hiking boots or running shoes, like jumpers/sneakers or similar will be allowed for this climbing!).

Trekking poles could be useful for the approach on the glacier: if you don’t have yours, we can provide for you.

After your booking confirmation, we will send a complete and detailed list of recommended equipment and clothing and, if you need anything for renting, we will recommend some shops where you can hire the necessary gear. Boots renting is around 20-22€/day, trekking poles are 8-10€/day.

Please consider that weather and conditions can change unexpectedly and, especially in recent years due to climate change, there are not always the best conditions for a safe ascent. In such cases, because your and our safety is our priority, we will propose an alternative trip to nearby mountains with better conditions. Note that you are booking our availability for the duration of the tour, this means that it will not be possible to cancel due to poor conditions. We will be careful to arrange an experience that lives up to your expectations. We understand that this may be a frustrating outcome, however, safety is a top priority, and every mountain has a lesson to teach.

Yes, there are several special requirements that you need to consider for this trip. Here are some of them:

• It is strongly recommended to have rescue and research insurance, after your confirmation we can recommend some solutions for you.

• There are no specific vaccine requirements for this trip, but it is always a good idea to check with your doctor or a travel clinic to make sure you are up to date on routine vaccinations. Also, there is no longer need to provide proof of vaccination, recovery from COVID-19 or negative test results.

• We finally invite all non-EU citizens to inform themselves about specific permits to enter Italy.

The maximum number of clients per single Guide is 2, thus giving a ratio of 1:2. This is the maximum number in order to ensure the safety during the trip and it is established by local regulations. Under any circumstances, we are not going to take more than 2 people for each guide.

If you are a group of more than 2 people, we have more Guides available to undertake the adventure: we will be happy to support your group with other professionals of our team!

The best time to realize this adventure is between June and September.

No, due to guide-to-client ratio (1:2), we only accept private requests for this trip.

The meeting point is the Skyway cable car station, in Courmayeur. If you are not familiar with this area let us give you some more information: we are in Aosta Valley, the smallest but highest Italian region. This is the realm of the Alps, here arise the most famous peaks of Europe: the Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, the Monte Rosa summits, the Gran Paradiso and many other lesser-known.

Courmayeur is the closest town to the Italian side of Mont Blanc, In Aosta Valley.

To get around Aosta Valley, if you don't have a car and don't want to use private transfers, you can rely on the regional bus service, with daily runs to all municipalities of Aosta Valley.

Depending on your country of origin, you can decide to reach Aosta Valley arriving from:

• Italy: the nearest airports are Caselle in Turin, Malpensa in Milan and Orio al Serio in Bergamo. Once you land you can reach Courmayeur by train (Trenitalia national services to Aosta town, bus to Courmayeur), directly with bus (Flixbus and Arriva companies operate coach runs every day), private transfer, or by renting a car.

• France: by car, by bus or by private transfer from Chamonix, passing through the Mont Blanc tunnel.

• Switzerland: by car or by private transfer, passing through the Great St. Bernard Tunnel.