Between flamboyant forests and soothing mountains, autumn in Megève is a…

Alpinism in All Saints’ Day: mountains in all their purity 🏔️
In autumn, the Mont-Blanc massif is adorned with golden lights and regains its tranquillity.
The days are still beautiful, the summits quieter: it’s an ideal season for magnificent mountaineering adventures.
The Bureau des Guides de Megève can help you with your vertical projects: long routes, via ferrata, or mixed ridge races around the Aiguille du Midi.
Technical, aesthetic and deeply human experiences.
🧗 Long route climbing: vertical freedom at Toussaint
When the mountains are tinged with autumn and the walls are bathed in soft light, the long route takes on a whole new flavor.
Our guides offer multi-pitch outings in the Aravis, Val Montjoie or Chamonix areas, according to your level and desires.
Working in pairs with your guide, you’ll learn how to progress efficiently over several pitches, manage belays, rope manoeuvres and communication.
Whether you’re discovering or perfecting your skills, each outing becomes a moment suspended between sky and rock.
👉 Long route climbing – Bureau des Guides de Megève
👉 Tailor-made supervision – equipment supplied (helmet, harness, ropes, quickdraws) – safety assured by our qualified guides.
🧗♀️ Via ferrata: verticality accessible to all
Via ferrata is the ideal way to experience the mountains in a playful, aerial way.
Wearing a harness and connected to a safety cable, you progress along specially-designed walls, between rungs, footbridges and suspension bridges.
It’s a complete mountain experience, accessible from the age of 10, perfect for gently discovering verticality.
Our guides will accompany you on different half-day or full-day itineraries, according to your wishes and level.
👉 Via Ferrata & Nature activities – Megève guides
👉 Personalized outings, supervised by a qualified guide – equipment supplied (helmet, harness, lanyards, carabiners).
⛰️ Aiguille du Midi mixed ridge race
At All Saints’ Day, the first snows redraw the ridges of the Mont-Blanc massif.
Conditions are often perfect for mixed ridge races, combining rock, snow and ice.
Our guides propose several mythical itineraries starting from the Aiguille du Midi, among the most beautiful high mountain classics.
Arête à Laurence – aerial access to the Cosmiques hut
This beautiful, aerial, mixed route leads from the upper station of the Aiguille du Midi to the Cosmiques refuge.
It’s an aesthetic, varied climb often used as a first contact with mixed terrain, with an exceptional high-mountain atmosphere.
👉 Level F/PD – approx. 2h30 to 3h – equipment supplied (helmet, harness, crampons, ice axe, rope).
Crossing Pointe Lachenal
A short, panoramic glacial and rocky route, facing Mont-Blanc du Tacul and Mont Maudit.
👉 Level PD+ – approx. 4h – very good introduction to mountaineering in the massif.
👉 Equipment supplied: helmet, harness, crampons, ice axe, rope.
Cosmiques ridge
A great classic of Chamonix mountaineering, perfect for those who want to experience a real high-mountain race.
Snow, rock, aerial passages and technical maneuvers follow one another in a unique atmosphere, in the heart of the Mont-Blanc massif.
👉 PD level – approx. 5h round trip from Aiguille du Midi.
👉 Alpinisme au Mont-Blanc – Bureau des Guides de Megève
👉 Equipment supplied: helmet, harness, ice axe, crampons, rope.
🎒 Prepare for your mountaineering adventure
✅ S upervision: qualified UIAGM guides, specialists in the Mont-Blanc massif.
✅ Equipment provided: helmet, harness, ropes, quickdraws, longines, ice axes, crampons depending on the activity.
✅ Level: beginner or advanced – each course is adapted to your experience.
✅ Season: autumn (subject to favorable conditions), can be postponed until spring.
🍂 All Saints’ Day, an ideal season for altitude enthusiasts
Far from the hustle and bustle of summer, All Saints’ Day offers bright, peaceful days conducive to high-altitude adventures.
It’s a time to reconnect with the essence of mountaineering: silence, precision of gesture, the beauty of the void and the sharing of the rope party.
The Bureau des Guides de Megève will accompany you in all your mountain pursuits – rock, snow and ice – for a unique, committed and authentic experience.
📍 Bureau des Guides de Megève
76 rue Ambroise Martin – 74120 Megève
📞 04 50 21 55 11
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