Is It Difficult Going To Mont Blanc In December?
Dec.18, 2009 in
mont tremblant
I would like to go to Mont Blanc in December .I ‘m an advanced amateur.I want to know climbing in the December is more difficult than the August.
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December 18th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Haha yeah of course December is more difficult than August!!
I assume you mean summiting Mont Blanc via the easier route - the trudge up the snowslope with no particular technical aspects?
The snow will be ridiculously deeper in December than August - may be too deep to walk on without snowshoes.
The weather will be worse - in Summer you need to wait for weather windows of a couple of days so that you can do it safely and nicely, these weather windows will probably be harder to find during the Winter.
It will be a Lot colder, so you’ll need a lot more gear, which is heavier and hence a lot harder on your body (given the altitude).
The days are a lot shorter, you may find yourself doing most of it by headtorch light.
Are Alpine huts open during winter? I assume so, but I don’t know if they’re more or less busy than the summer..
Have you done it in summer before? I would recommend doing that first before moving onto winter ascents.
December 18th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
If you’re serious about undertaking a climb like this, you need to see in person an expert, somebody who knows what they are doing, not a bunch of strangers on Yahoo! Answers.
Hope this helps - happy climbing!
December 18th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
OK…if you were really an “advanced amateur” you would know that climbing Mont Blanc in the middle of winter is more difficult than summer.
Hire a guide…