Mountaineering Insurance – Full Protection

Mountaineering Insurance: Essential Protection for Your Mountain Ascents

Mountaineering is an extreme sport that combines hiking, climbing, and high-altitude skiing. Whether you practice in France, the Alps, the Pyrenees, or abroad, the risks associated with this activity require specialized insurance. Severe weather conditions, rock face falls, and high-altitude accidents can create emergency situations requiring rapid rescue operations. Our mountaineering insurance covers search and rescue costs, mountain evacuation, repatriation, and medical expenses, ensuring optimal protection for all climbers, skiers, and high-altitude hikers.

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Comprehensive Mountaineering Insurance for Every Ascent

Transport and Repatriation

An accident in the mountains may require helicopter evacuation, high-altitude assistance, or emergency repatriation. Our mountaineering insurance covers medical transport, mountain rescue, and search operations, ensuring fast assistance for climbers, ski tourers, and high-altitude rock climbers.

Health Care Expenses

Fractures, frostbite, head trauma, and injuries from rock climbing are common in mountaineering, off-piste skiing, and high-altitude climbing. Our insurance covers up to €150,000 in medical expenses, specialist consultations, hospital stays, and surgical procedures, ensuring optimal protection for all your mountain activities.

Expedition and Professional Athlete Options

Mountaineers engaging in long expeditions, ski mountaineering competitions, or technical climbing courses benefit from our Expedition Option, tailored to the specific risks of high-altitude sports. Whether participating in a mountain hut training camp, glacier trekking, or technical ascents, our insurance provides enhanced coverage and full support.

Disability

A high-altitude accident can have severe consequences on mobility and the ability to continue mountaineering, climbing, or ski touring. In case of partial or total disability, our individual insurance provides compensation of up to €200,000, ensuring long-term financial security for mountaineers and extreme sports practitioners.

Why Is Mountaineering Insurance Essential?

Mountaineering, whether practiced through glacier trekking, ski touring, or technical climbing, involves significant risks, such as:

Rock face falls and crevasses
Avalanches and extreme weather conditions
Off-piste skiing and high-altitude accidents
Altitude-related injuries and extreme fatigue

Even with proper equipment and preparation, a mountain accident may require immediate assistance and specialized rescue services. Our mountaineering insurance protects you in France and internationally, covering medical expenses, repatriation, and compensation in case of serious accidents.

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Recognized Expertise in Mountaineering Insurance

We provide insurance coverage for mountaineers, ski tourers, ski mountaineers, and climbers, ensuring tailored protection for high-altitude risks. Our plans include mountain search and rescue, repatriation assistance, and medical care, offering optimal coverage for expeditions, alpine races, and mountain hut training camps. With our specialized insurance, you benefit from protection adapted to mountaineering and mountain sports, in France and abroad.

Does the insurance cover mountain rescue services?

Yes, our mountaineering insurance covers rescue and search operations, including:

Helicopter evacuations

Rescue operations on rock faces or glaciers

Medical repatriation in case of high-altitude accidents

Are medical expenses covered in case of a mountain accident?

Yes, our insurance covers medical expenses, emergency consultations, hospital stays, and rehabilitation, whether the accident occurs during glacier trekking, high-altitude climbing, or ski touring.

Can I take out temporary insurance for a high-altitude expedition?

Yes, we offer temporary plans ideal for high-altitude expeditions, mountaineering courses, and mountain trekking, ensuring comprehensive protection for the duration of your trip.

Does the insurance cover risks related to avalanches and falling ice?

Yes, our mountaineering insurance covers accidents caused by avalanches, falling seracs, and slips on snow and ice, including rescue and emergency intervention costs.