Yorick Vion

Yorick supervises our mountaineering courses in the Alps and some of our climbs at very high altitude.

A freeride ski competitor on the IFSA world tour from 2005 to 2010, Yorick is a specialist in steep skiing, with several openings in the Vanoise and extreme descents in the Alps. He has first-rate experience of mountaineering and very high altitude.

He has climbed Everest (8849 m), Lhotse (8516 m) and Manaslu (8163 m) that he skied down. He stopped at 7600 meters on Annapurna (8091 m) in an unassisted solo attempt. He took part in the opening of an Icefall bypass on Everest.

In France, he has climbed the north face of the Grandes Jorasses - Combinaison Polonaise and Colton Mac Intyre, the north face of the Eiger via the Heckmair route, the north face of the Matterhorn via the Schmidt route, the north face of the Tournier, Ginat and Colton-Brooks spurs, the central pillar of Mont Blanc at Le Freney and the integral of Peuterey. He has also climbed several rock openings in the Vanoise region.

In Central Asia, he climbed Khan Tengri (7010 m), Chapayev (6150 m) and made an attempt on Pobeda Peak (7439 m), all solo in Kyrgyzstan.

In Nepal, he has climbed Baruntse (7129m) and Sundari Peak (5880m).

With Yorick, all your most ambitious mountain projects can take shape.