
Mont Blanc vs Kilimanjaro: 2 VERY different climbs
Both Mont Blanc and Mount Kilimanjaro are iconic mountains and major climbs. Yet they're very different challenges! Mont Blanc is for mountaineers, Kilimanjaro for hikers. Yet Kilimanjaro is higher and takes longer! Here's what it takes to summit each one.

by Paul Kelly
11 min read
Overview:
- Mount Blanc facts
- Kilimanjaro facts
- Climbing Mt Blanc vs climbing Kilimanjaro
- 1. Highest altitude
- 2. Guides
- 3. Mountaineering experience
- 4. Climb duration
- 5. Routes and elevation gains
- 6. Summit success rate
- 7. Accommodation
- 8. Climbing seasons
- 9. Dangers
- 10. Cost
Mount Blanc facts

Kilimanjaro facts

Climbing Mt Blanc vs climbing Kilimanjaro
1. Highest altitude
2. Guides

3. Mountaineering experience

4. Climb duration

5. Routes and elevation gains
The Goûter is the most popular route up Mont Blanc. It's the ideal route for most climbers as it's not technical.

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Climate zones


6. Summit success rate

7. Accommodation


8. Climbing seasons


9. Dangers
Often people try to climb it alone even though they're not experienced enough to do so. This is when most accidents happen. You walk some narrow ridges and the sides of the mountain are very steep. A fall on Mont Blanc can be fatal. Stonefall, seracs, crevasses and avalanches are real dangers.

Acute mountain sickness
