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British
Mountain Guides (BMG)
All
the Alpine climbing and skiing courses offered
by Icicle, and all courses involving glacier
travel, are led by qualified International
Mountain Guides. The UK association of guides
is called the British Mountain Guides (BMG).
Internationally
many countries have guide associations, and
the umbrella organisation is the International
Federation of Mountain Guide Associations
(IFMGA). All full guides hold the international
IFMGA carnet for guiding.
The
BMG is the national association which trains
and assesses mountain guides in climbing,
mountaineering, and off piste skiing and touring.
It also sets out the professional standards
required for services offered by BMG members,
and promotes general good practice advice
for the mountains.
The
IFMGA is the umbrella organisation that coordinates
the standards and mutual recognition between
the twenty six member national mountain guide
associations across the world. As it says
on the front page of the BMG website "IFMGA
Mountain Guides are the most qualified and
experienced professionals to lead people in
the mountains with a training and assessment
that takes many years and exceptional skills
to achieve".
Many
BMG members are highly involved in the web
community, and you can see their latest news
from the Alps and beyond in the Twitter tracker
below.
Icicle
has been fortunate to have several BMG guides
working for them over the years, and we are
always happy and keen to work with more in
the future, so if you are a BMG member looking
for any work, then please don't hesitate to
get in touch via the Mountain
Guide Jobs page of the Icicle
website.
To
the right is the badge / medal worn
by all IFMGA International Mountain
Guides. It is your guarantee of the
highest standards in the mountains.
Click on the logo for more details,
and to visit the website of the British
Mountain Guides association, whose website
will open for you in a new window. If
you have any further queries about guides
and qualifications then please don't
hesitate to get in touch.
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