Mont Blanc via the Goûter route: a practical guide
Excerpts from the ebook “Mont Blanc” on what to sort out before you go and how our climb went in June 2026.
How to book the Goûter and Tête Rousse hutsHow we booked the Goûter, Tête Rousse and Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele II: booking order, the FFCAM system, deposits, balances paid on site, the 17:00 rule and document checks.
How much does Mont Blanc cost without a guideThe budget of an independent trip to Mont Blanc by the normal route: shared costs, the Tête Rousse and Goûter huts, insurance. For us about PLN 4,100 per person without big gear purchases.
Mont Blanc via the Goûter route: day by dayNine days, six of them in the mountains: Gran Paradiso for acclimatisation, Bellevue, Tête Rousse, the Grand Couloir, the Goûter, the night start, the Vallot, the Bosses ridge, the summit and the descent. Times and data from GPS.
Acclimatising for Mont Blanc: Gran Paradiso and altitude sicknessWhy we chose Gran Paradiso (4,061 m) for acclimatisation, what the other options are and which altitude sickness symptoms you need to know before climbing Mont Blanc.
Mont Blanc gear: what worked and what was too muchA Mont Blanc normal route gear list from our June 2026 trip: a 20 kg rucksack and how I cut it down, personal and team gear, clothing layers, boots and crampons, and what was too much.
The biggest mistakes on Mont Blanc and a plan BA rucksack that was too heavy, too much food and electronics, faith in an app, summit pressure. The mistakes from our Mont Blanc trip, what I would do differently and how to prepare a plan B.