

The history of the Chamonix Guides Company is inseparable from that of mountaineering and the valley where it was born. For 200 years, guides have risen to multiple challenges, making their organization a legend. Today, they are the actors of a changing mountain: overcrowding, global warming, loss of freedom—the causes are multiple. This film is at a crossroads. Between tradition and modernity, it traces the history of the Chamonix Guides Company, evoking the incredible challenges it has met with dignity and those it now faces.

Self (archive footage)

Self

Self

Movie / 1996

Movie / 1898

Movie / 2022

Movie / 1988

Movie / 2019

Movie / 2014

Movie / 1993

Movie / 2011

Movie / 2004

Movie / 2012

Movie / 2007

Movie / 2010

Movie / 2017

Movie / 2020

Movie / 1997

Movie / 2011

Movie / 2025

Movie / 1958

Movie / 1986

The history of the Chamonix Guides Company is inseparable from that of mountaineering and the valley where it was born. For 200 years, guides have risen to multiple challenges, making their organization a legend. Today, they are the actors of a changing mountain: overcrowding, global warming, loss of freedom—the causes are multiple. This film is at a crossroads. Between tradition and modernity, it traces the history of the Chamonix Guides Company, evoking the incredible challenges it has met with dignity and those it now faces.

Movie / 1996

Movie / 1898

Movie / 2022

Movie / 1988

Movie / 2019

Movie / 2014

Movie / 1993

Movie / 2011

Movie / 2004

Movie / 2012

Movie / 2007

Movie / 2010

Movie / 2017

Movie / 2020

Movie / 1997

Movie / 2011

Movie / 2025

Movie / 1958

Movie / 1986