13/08/2026
Mont Blanc: our position on the Goûter closure.
A few days ago, the mayor of Saint-Gervais decided to close the Goûter and Tête Rousse huts due to the increasing danger of rockfall.
As a guiding company directly involved in climbing Mont Blanc — with groups up there every week — we want to share our position clearly, for our guests and for anyone planning the climb.
The decision came as no surprise: conditions in the couloir had deteriorated significantly.
This has happened before — 2003, 2015, 2022.... That doesn’t mean the season on Mont Blanc is over.
Mountain conditions can change quickly, and as in past years, the huts may well reopen before the season ends.
We stopped our Mont Blanc ascents well before the mayor’s decision. For the past three weeks, our groups had already been heading to alternative objectives rather than Mont Blanc, because the conditions had worsened weeks ago.
Our job is, above all, to manage the risk of the climb and bring our guests safely home — ideally with the summit in the pocket, but that always comes second.
The mountains don’t care about our plans. Understanding when conditions are simply too dangerous is exactly our job — and the reason our guests put their trust in us.
You shouldn’t need someone to close a hut to tell you that when you’re a mountain guide.
The mountains will always be there. Life is only one.
Right now, all our groups are heading to Monte Rosa as our first alternative — and they’re having a fantastic time (see the photo), even without the Mont Blanc summit.
As soon as conditions change, we’ll reassess and, when it’s right, return to Mont Blanc.
The summit is a bonus. Coming home is the goal.
