The authorities of Haute-Savoie recommend that mountaineers who wish to climb Mont-Blanc by the classic route, using the Goûter corridor, temporarily postpone their ascent due to repeated rockfalls.
“Due to the current exceptional climatic conditions and the phenomenon of drought that the department has been experiencing for several weeks, significant rockfalls occur in the normal route of ascent to the summit of Mont-Blanc, day and night, and especially at the busiest times, namely early in the morning”, write the prefecture of Haute-Savoie and the town hall of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in a press release.
A “wise decision”
The guide companies of this city and Chamonix have for their part temporarily suspended the ascent of Mont-Blanc by the classic route, a “wise decision” according to the authorities who invite mountaineers to turn to other mountain routes. high and medium mountains in the massif.
Calls for caution had been launched, for the same reasons, during the summers of 2018 and 2020.