Opening dates : Summer 2025 - 24 may to 2 november

Schools

Teachers, school managers, students, throughout the school year our group service offers you to facilitate your cogwheel train excursion and to the Mer de Glace as a support for your pedagogical day!

There are many topics and themes to offer your pupils, middle school, high school or university students a memorable day rich in learning!

  • The history of the Montenvers site, and the fascinating history of the cogwheel train
  • The panorama: discovery of the mythical summit of the Mont-Blanc massif and mountaineering (the Drus, the Grandes Jorasses) and the Mer de Glace (the largest glacier in the French Alps, formed by the junction of the Leschaux and Tacul glaciers)
  • Climate change : The site is, in spite of itself, the witness and the place perfectly adapted to the effects of climate change and visit of the glaciorium.
  • ect..

Your benefits

Dedicated rates, heavily discounted, by level of education (Primary / Middle School / High School and Students)

1 rate identical to that of young people for accompanying persons!

Reservation of departure time and seats on the train

On the day of your visit, your tickets are prepared and waiting for you!

Skip-the-line access for skip-the-line boarding!

Our services +

Follow-up of your account and your personalized files

Zero administrative fees!

Optional service

Benefit from the services of a tour guide for a guided excursion (reading the landscape, impact of climate change on glaciers) for an even richer experience!

Contact us!

Do not hesitate to contact us by sending your requests via the form below.

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Opening dates : Summer 2025 - 24 may to 2 november

Opening hours From 02/10 to 02/11

Open every day 8.30 am – 4.30 pm

Last ascent : 4.00 pm
Last descent : 4.30 pm

Closure of the ice cave from September 29.

The gondola, the temple of nature and the Glaciorium will be open from 18 October to 2 November inclusive.

A train every hour or every 30 – or 20 minutes depending on demand.