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Mont Blanc on ski's or a board

Hike up with a board or ski a famous, such as "The Three Mont Blanc's", "The Descent of the North Face" or "The Corridor Route". The most frequented and most dangerous is the Classic Route via the Grands Mulet hut at 3051m.
The first ascent of the Blanc on ski's was via the classic route in 1904 by Ugo Mylius with Oberland guides; Tannler, Maurer and Zurfluh. The first descent from the summit on ski's was by a Swiss guide Elias Julen in 1930. Marco Siffredi popped up to the Blanc for a quick surf after returning from his first descent of Mt. Everest on a board in 2001with Himalayan Experience

The ideal months to attempt the summit on ski's is between March and the beginning of July. Two days are required to complete the trip. 1st day - 3-4hour ascent to the Grand Mulet hut. 2nd day - 2-6 hours ascent to the summit then 3-4 hours descent

Difficulty:
This is a serious undertaking over crevassed glaciers, some crevasses are in excess of 80m deep.
Operating at altitude requires a good level of fitness and acclimitisation.
There are many slopes of 35° with very high risk of avalanche and serac fall, particularly at the Petit Plateau. In bad weather navigation can be difficult especially on the Col du Dome and the Grand Plateau.

Itinerary:
Day 1
From the mid-station at the Plan d'Aiguille, traverse horizontally SW under the N. face of the Aiguille du Midi passing the derelict Gare des Glaciers lift station to reach the "Jonction" of the Bossons glacier. This is a heavily crevassed area.
Then ascend a steep uniform slope to a rock island and the Grands Mulet hut.
Day 2
From the hut climb up the glacier passing the "Rocher de l'Heureux" to the Petit Plateau.
At this point there is danger of serac fall from the ice cliffs high up on the right. Keep as far left as posible to avoid this danger and another steeper slope (the Grands Montets) brings you to the easier slopes of the Grands Plateau.
At 4000m climb up and right to the Col du Dome. Cross the bergeschrund and head left up to the Vallot hut, where the ski's are normally left. From the hut the Bosses ridge is ascended on foot, with crampons.
The Descent:
The descent is by the same route and can be very good. It is normal to get back to Chamonix in one day.
Guide Books These can be found in any of the sports shops in Chamonix  
Mont Blanc
Ski de Randonée
a Vamos guide
by:
Eric Delaperriére
Franck Gentilini
(in French)
Ski de Randonnée
Haute Savoie/Mont Blanc
Editions Olizane
by:
Francois Labande
(in French)
The Haute Route
Cordee books
by
Peter Cliff
(a small section on skiing Mont Blanc, in English)
The Alpine 4000m peaks
Diadem books
by:
Richard Goedeke
(The itinerary is on foot in summer and is the same in winter)
For reservations:
Grands Mulet hut:
alt 3051m: 68 places
end March - mid Sept
Tel: +33 (0)4 50 93 79 85
For further information on winter mountaineering:
Mountaineering Safety, Mountain huts, Mountain Guides, Snow, Mixed and ice routes
, Icefall Climbing, History of Alpine Climbing, Glaciers, Chamonix glaciers, Rock Climbing, Weather or check our Skiing pages.
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