Mountaineering clubs, guiding services and huts.

The Club Alpin Français - the local mountaineers

The Club Alpin Français run most of the Alpine refuges in the Mont Blanc area (as well as other places on the French side).

Club Alpin Français (CAF)
24 avenue de Laumière
F-75019 Paris
FRANCE

Telephone: +33 1 5372 8704 or +33 1 4202 6864
Fax: +33 1 4203 5560
Web: http://www.clubalpin.com/

The union of all French mountaineering clubs

Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l'Escalade (FFME)
8-10 quai de la Marne
F-75019 Paris
FRANCE

Telephone: +33 1 4018 7550
Fax : +33 1 4018 7559
Web: http://www.ffme.fr/

The guide company in Chamonix

Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix
190 place de l'Eglise
F-74400 Chamonix
FRANCE

Telephone: +33 4 5053 0088
Fax : +33 4 5053 4804
Web: http://cieguides-chamonix.com/

About 150 well qualified guys and a few girls are ready to guide you to the summit, or anything else you care to do in the area.
Prices depend on the trip, typically from 1000 to 2000 FFR a day.

A smaller, independant guide company in Argentière

Association independante des guides de Mont Blanc
98 rue des Moulins
Argentière
FRANCE

Telephone: +33 4 5053 2705

Guides with home pages on the Web:

Mark Seaton (speaks English and French)

The institution responsible for educating and authorizing guides

École Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme (ENSA)
1-35 route Bouchet
F-74400 Chamonix
FRANCE

Telephone: +33 4 5055 3030

The Refuge de l'Aiguille du Gôuter

This is the hut where most people using the Gôuter route choose to spend the night.
Telephone: +33 4 5054 4093
Outside season, try the head guardian, M. Guy Bochatay: +33 4 5047 2391

Thanks to Jean-Pierre Lafon for providing some of this info.
Last update 14-03-2001 by Jon Wikne,