Ice Climbing

Ice climbing is an exciting winter activity that should not be overlooked when in Chamonix. It is available for a relatively short period of the season: from December to early March.

Ice climbing is often perceived as something difficult, and only accessible to advanced levels of mountaineering. But this is not the case at all.

Give it a try!

Thanks to a proper and personalized approach from your guide, you will see that it is, on the contrary, quite interesting, accessible even for beginners.
The waterfalls that freeze for the winter offer something unique, sometimes unexplainable in their beauty, a creation of nature.

Just as water becomes solid in winter, turning to ice, so your mountaineering skills are perfected when you go through the experience of climbing frozen waterfalls!

Ice climbing classes can be held in one of three areas:
- Chamonix Valley (Switzerland)
- in the Cogne Valley (Italy)
- in Switzerland

These three areas offer some of the best ice climbing routes in this region of the Alps. You will be able to appreciate it!

There are two places in the Chamonix valley that are particularly well suited for a first introduction to ice climbing. The approaches are short and not difficult.

But perhaps our favorite ice climbing spot is the Cogne Valley in Italy.
There are more than 130 routes of varying difficulty on some of the best cascades in the world.

We are happy to organize both individual and group lessons for climbers of all levels - from beginners to advanced.

Our qualified UIAGM mountain guides are experts in ice climbing and will be happy to share their experience with you.