MONT BLANC  AN EXCEPTIONAL SITE: SCAN HERE for more information A FRAGILE SITE TO BE PROTECTED on regulations VERY IMPORTANT PRÉFET The ascent of is not an initiation course in moutaineering. DE LA HAUTESAVOIE Mont Blanc is a fragile, natural site. It is extremely popular, attracting 15 000 It requires genuine high- experience, practice, expertise to 20 000 climbers per year. Over the years, this high attendance has resulted in techniques (progress, roping up, cramponning...), in environmental problems, as well as refuge and individual safety issues. good physical preparation and altitude acclimatization. The creation of a natural habitat protection area (APHN - by an order signed by the Prefect on 1st October 2020) and the implementation of regulations, THE RISKS aim at maintaining the existing balance. These latter should ensure the • Natural risks (avalanches, serac fall, rock slides, storms, zero visibility protection of this classified site (ministerial decrees of 5th January 1952 etc…): these are the cause of several deaths each year, particularly and 16th June 1976) and make climbing conditions safer. in the couloir du Goûter • Acute mountain tiredness, rapid variations in weather conditions REGULATING ACCESS TO MONT BLANC and risks, extreme cold... 80 to 100 rescue interventions each year, of which 80 % are caused by exhaustion due to poor physical preparation and/or a lack of ACCESS TO MONT BLANC - New rules apply to the normal route, but also to alpinists arriving from other acclimatization routes (Trois Monts, , Italian routes...) and staying in • Falls (a slip or fall with severe or even fatal consequences) one of the accommodation sites on the way down. Make sure you assess AN EXCEPTIONAL SITE: your physical capacity at high altitude and take the length of the routes into Between 40 and 100 % failure rate every day. Careful planning and consideration. hiring a state-registered high-mountain guide will considerably increase your chances of success. THE REALM OF ALPINISTS MANDATORY BOOKING IN THE REFUGES: GOÛTER, TÊTE ROUSSE AND NID D’AIGLE PROTECTION OF NATURAL HABITATS ¡APHN¢ £ • Individual bookings: the full identity of all the participants staying must IN AN EMERGENCY, ONE NUMBER TO CALL THE RESCUE SERVICES. be given when the booking is made NEW REGULATIONS • An individual booking receipt with the person’s name is issued and must be produced during any on-the-spot checks (automatically generated when the booking is made) • Should you cancel your trip, it is imperative that you cancel your booking on the internet site, in order to leave room for other alpinists • Abri Vallot and la Baraque Forestière des Rognes are shelters and are not to be DO YOUR RESEARCH AND MAKE A BOOKING used as refuges under any circumstances. Illegal occupation will be sanctioned. STAYING AT THE TÊTE ROUSSE BASE CAMP HIRE A GUIDE: GREATER SAFETY AND A BETTER CHANCE OF SUCCESS ! • 50-person limit at the base camp • Are you looking for a guide to accompany you ? • Group tents, no individual tents Contact mountain guide companies or independant guides • Mandatory booking and accommodation fee, as in the refuges via their unions: www.guides-montagne.org or www.syndicat-sim.com • Camping prohibited in the classified site of Mont Blanc, except at the Tête Rousse base camp ROUTES, RISKS AND PREVAILING CONDITIONS THOROUGH, COORDINATED, ONŸTHEŸSPOT CHECKS High Mountain Office (OHM) – Pôle Montagne Risk Booking receipts are checked by: Maison de la montagne, place de l’église in • The refuge keepers (on arrival, proof of identity must be provided) Tel. +33 4 50 53 22 08 - www.chamoniarde.com/activite/mont-blanc • The officers of the White Brigade ("brigade blanche") of Saint-Gervais Les Bains • General and practical information, rundowns, maps • The police officers of the "PGHM" (the high mountain rescue unit of the • An information area explaining risks in the French gendarmerie) • Specific and feasibility Information • The officers of the French Agency for Biodiversity The qualifications of the mountain guides who accompany clients are also WEATHER REPORTS AND AVALANCHE RISK ESTIMATE checked. • Web site: www.meteofrance.com • Answer phone: 3250 APPLICABLE SANCTIONS • High Mountain Office (OHM) and Tourist Offices • Any person who undermines the conservation of sites of geological interest, natural habitats, animal or plant species and their habitats, will be liable MEDICAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH MOUNTAIN to three years’ imprisonment and a 150 000 € fine (art. L.415-3 and R.415-1 - • Health info: www.mdem.org (mountain doctors website) French Environmental Code) • Any person who does not comply with the prohibition regarding camping on a classified site will be liable to two years’ imprisonment and a 300 000 € THE REFUGES fine (art. L.341-19 - French Environmental Code) • Refuge du Goûter (mandatory on-line booking) • Any person who rebels against the officers in charge of on-the-spot checks www.refugedugouter.ffcam.fr - +33 4 50 54 40 93 will be liable to two years’ imprisonment and a 30 000 € fine andup to three • Refuge and base camp of Tête Rousse (mandatory booking on-line) years’ imprisonment and a 45 000 € fine, if they are part of a group www.refugeteterousse.ffcam.fr - +33 4 81 91 86 56 (art. L.433-7 - French Penal Code) • Refuge du Nid d’Aigle (mandatory booking on-line) • Any person who acts fraudulently with respect to either intending to stay www.refugeniddaigle.ffcam.fr - +33 4 50 58 05 78 or actually staying in accommodation without paying, will be liable to six • Refuge des Cosmiques (telephone booking highly recommended) months’ imprisonment and a 7 500 € fine (art. L.313-5 - French Penal Code) www.refuge-des-cosmiques.com - +33 4 50 54 40 16

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