{"id":2504,"date":"2012-03-11T19:08:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T19:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ultimatesk2stg.wpengine.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/chamonix\/ski-schools-guiding"},"modified":"2025-02-03T13:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T13:28:44","slug":"ski-schools-guiding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/chamonix\/ski-schools-guiding\/","title":{"rendered":"Ski Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jumplinks\">\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Chamonix has a wide choice of ski schools, although Ecole de Ski Fran\u00e7ais (ESF) is probably still the largest. For off-piste mountain guides, look no further than the\u00a0Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix, established in 1821, and the oldest and largest association of\u00a0mountain guides\u00a0in the world.<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a title=\"Chamonix Ski Schools\" href=\"#section-chamonix-ski-schools-2\">Chamonix Ski Schools<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a title=\"Chamonix Off-Piste Mountain Guides\" href=\"#section-chamonix-off-piste-mountain-guides-3\">Chamonix Off-Piste Mountain Guides<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2 id=\"section-chamonix-ski-schools-2\">Chamonix Ski Schools<\/h2>\r\nEcole de Ski Fran\u00e7ais (ESF), France\u2019s biggest ski school company, has the largest presence with ski schools and offices at all the major domains in the Chamonix Valley, although it faces fierce competition from the likes of Evolution 2, Oxygene, British Alpine Ski School (BASS), SupremeSki, Ski Factory and others. The Chamonix Tourist Board also offers good value <a href=\"https:\/\/en.chamonix.com\/activities\/winter\/skiing\/ski-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1<sup>st<\/sup> Ski Experience <\/a>packages that include tuition and lift passes for absolute beginners.\r\n<h2 id=\"section-chamonix-off-piste-mountain-guides-3\">Chamonix Off-Piste Mountain Guides<\/h2>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_72299\" style=\"width: 1190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72299\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72299\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chamonix_Loic-Thivierge_Compagnie-des-Guides-de-Chamonix-cMicklethwait.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1180\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chamonix_Loic-Thivierge_Compagnie-des-Guides-de-Chamonix-cMicklethwait.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chamonix_Loic-Thivierge_Compagnie-des-Guides-de-Chamonix-cMicklethwait-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chamonix_Loic-Thivierge_Compagnie-des-Guides-de-Chamonix-cMicklethwait-529x353.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chamonix_Loic-Thivierge_Compagnie-des-Guides-de-Chamonix-cMicklethwait-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chamonix_Loic-Thivierge_Compagnie-des-Guides-de-Chamonix-cMicklethwait-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lo\u00efc Thivierge of the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix on the Vallee Blanche<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\nChamonix\u2019s off-piste terrain attracts experts from all over the world, but no matter how good a skier or boarder you are, it\u2019s worth hiring a guide to keep you safe off-piste, especially on the glaciers.\r\n\r\nThe Compagnie des Guides, established in 1821 is the oldest and largest mountain guiding association in the world with more than 200 self-employed mountain guides including some of the best in the business.\r\n\r\n<strong>Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix<\/strong>\r\nMaison de la Montagne\r\n190 place de l&#8217;Eglise\r\nF74400 Chamonix Mont-Blanc\r\nT +33 4 50 53 00 88\r\nWeb:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chamonix-guides.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.chamonix-guides.com<\/a>\r\n\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chamonix has a wide choice of ski schools, although Ecole de Ski Fran\u00e7ais (ESF) is probably still the largest. For off-piste mountain guides, look no further than the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix, established in 1821, and the oldest and largest association of mountain guides in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":501,"featured_media":72302,"parent":2501,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"template-ski-schools.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2504","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chamonix Ski Schools - Learn to Ski in Chamonix | Ultimate Ski<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/chamonix\/ski-schools-guiding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chamonix Ski Schools - Learn to Ski in Chamonix | Ultimate Ski\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chamonix has a wide choice of ski schools, although Ecole de Ski Fran\u00e7ais (ESF) is probably still the largest. 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