Mountaineering
Léa Fontaine
Mountain guide
Specialist in first 4,000 m peaks. Known for calm summit days and very precise rope work.
Background
A life in the mountains.
Léa came to the Alps from Grenoble as a geology student and never really left. She qualified as an IFMGA guide in 2013 and now leads most of our first 4,000 m ascents, from the Gran Paradiso to the Dôme des Écrins.
Her teaching is quiet and exact. Guests on her courses learn to read a glacier, place a snow anchor and pace a long summit day, and they usually leave knowing why each step matters.
In winter she guides ski tours in the Aiguilles Rouges and teaches avalanche courses for the local ski clubs.
On the rope
Tours with Léa Fontaine
Mountaineering
Easy
Alpine Basics
Five days on the glaciers above Chamonix. Crampons, ice axe, rope work and a first summit on the Aiguille du Tour.
5 days
From €690
Mountaineering
Moderate
Gran Paradiso Ascent
Your first 4,000 m summit. Three days in the Valsavarenche, with a night at the Vittorio Emanuele hut and a dawn start for the Madonnina.
3 days
From €980