Chamonix Mont-Blanc Hélicoptères

Chamonix Mont-Blanc Hélicoptères (CMBH) is a helicopter company established in 1992 and based at the foot of the Argentière glacier, at the top of the Chamonix valley near the Grands Montets ski area. It offers panoramic flights over the Mont Blanc massif and a range of professional flights.

Panoramic flights

• 30 minutes over the Massif du Mont-Blanc
• 20 minutes over Mont-Blanc
• 15 minutes over the Grandes Jorasses

Professional flights

The company says it has about 30 years of experience with aerial work in difficult terrain and asks clients to contact it for a personalised quote.

• Construction: building refuges, lifts and towers, lifting concrete, rock and chalets by sling, unwinding cables, monitoring power lines and installing avalanche barriers
• Mountain rescue: transport, medical evacuation, firefighting and preventive avalanche triggering, mainly in the Chamonix valley and Haute-Savoie
• Freight lifting: moving materials and people to remote places, resupplying refuges and construction sites, removing garbage and dismantling obsolete facilities
• Cinema and photo shooting for press, TV, sports and advertising productions
• Taxi flights: private transfers to and from airports and other destinations

History and approach

Founder Pascal Brun was born in Chamonix in 1960, obtained his helicopter rating in 1981 and became the permanent pilot of the new Chamonix base in December 1986. He left that post in February 1992 to start CMBH. The company lists availability, responsiveness, efficiency and professionalism as its core values and aims to limit helicopter noise and disturbance. The website does not state the fleet.