Climbing in Chamonix

Chamonix is a world-class area for mountaineering and rock climbing that is famous all over the world. Dominating Chamonix is Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe at 4,810m. The Mont Blanc Massif is home to 27 peaks over 4,000m that offers an abundance of long alpine routes on granite rock. The 4,000m Peaks of the Alps Guidebook describes routes on all 27 of these peaks over 4,000m. Chamonix is famous as the cradle of mountaineering and has many outdoor crags which are equipped for climbing.

The rock climbing in Chamonix is world famous both for the quality and position of the high mountain routes as well as the variety and accessibility of many other styles of rock climbing. From lovely easy roadside climbs to extreme granite big mountain walls, Chamonix, has it all. Due to the close proximity of the Italian Vallee d'Aoste; Swiss Rhone Valley and Chaines des Aravis, Chamonix is also an excellent base for exploring interesting neighboring valleys adding further interest and diversity to the climbing here.