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Acclimatisation
Weekend
This
is a two day course that can either be done in its
own right as a weekend, or before a course to enhance
acclimatisation. It is perfect for those booked
on the one week Mont Blanc Summits or Matterhorn
courses.
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Chamonix
Intro Via Ferrata
The
course is aimed at beginners on via ferrata, and
is carefully designed to develop your skills during
the week. You are led throughout by qualified leaders
and guides, so are in the best of hands at all times.
Option of night in mountain hut.
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Bochette
Way Via Ferrata
This
is the most famous via ferrata route in the world,
immortalised in the Cliffhanger
film. Five days guiding with an IFMGA mountain guide,
with four nights spent in mountain huts in the Italian
Dolomites. For those with previous via ferrata experience.
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Introduction
4000m 'Summits & Skills'
Even
if you have had no previous contact with ropes,
or any experience of ice or rock climbing, by the
end of the week you will have climbed vertical pitches
of ice, led a rock route and climbed an Alpine 4000m
mountain.
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Three
Countries, Three Summits
This
course does exactly what it says on the tin. Over
the course of a week, you will ascend three summits
in three different countries, with up to two nights
spent in mountain huts. This course is popular for
those with some experience.
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Mont
Blanc 'Achievements'
The
Achievements course is the Intro 4000m 'Summits
& Skills' Course with the Mont Blanc Summits
course bolted on the end. It gives a total climbing
novice the skills for a realistic chance of summitting
Mont Blanc.
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Summer
Haute Route
In
the summer months the famous Haute Route, from Chamonix
to Zermatt, can be made on foot as most of the deep
winter snows have melted. The traverse requires
no mountaineering experience, as all are taught.
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Glacier
Safety Weekends
The
weekend is designed to teach a total novice the
key safety considerations for travelling over glaciers,
focusing on the skills that you will require including
Alpine ropework, crevasse and self rescue, glacier
travel, crampon and ice axe techniques.
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Bespoke
Guiding & Instruction
If
you have specific objectives, consider bespoke Guiding
or tuition. We
provide Mountain Guides or International Mountain
Leaders by the day, as well as running our wide
range of scheduled courses and expeditions in summer
and winter.
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Alpine
Autonomy Course
If
you have previous climbing or crampon experience,
and want a fast track course that is designed to
make you more autonomous in the Alps, this is the
course for you. You cover all the technical syllabus
of the Introduction course in greater detail.
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Mont
Blanc Intermediate 'Snow & Ice'
For
those with a little previous climbing experience,
the Mont Blanc Intermediate course is the Alpine
Autonomy Course with the Mont Blanc Summits course
on the end to give a good chance of summitting Mont
Blanc.
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Mont
Blanc 'Summits'
Mont
Blanc 4810m is the highest summit in Western Europe.
To get to the 'roof of Europe', we ascend by either
the 'Royal' route of the Trois Mont Blanc from the
Aiguille du Midi, or the classic Gouter route.
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Saas
Classics, 4000m Peaks
This
course ascends famous routes around the PD/ AD grade
in the Saas Fae. Examples include famous
routes on the Weissmeiss, Lagginhorn, Nadelhorn,
and Alphubel, based
in
comfortable mountain huts on a half board basis.
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Big
Wall & Artificial in Verdon
For
those looking at climbing big walls, the amount
of new equipment, and skills to master can seem
daunting. The course allows you to learn multi pitch
aid climbing in stunning scenery, and to experience
a night on a portaledge.
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Monte
Rosa 4000m Peaks
The
Monte Rosa massif has the largest land area, and
the greatest concentration of peaks, above 4000m
in the Alps. The course lets you ascend as many
of these peaks as you can during the week, staying
up to four nights in huts,
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Oberland
4000m Peaks
The
Oberland massif boasts some of the most famous peaks
in the Alps including the Monch, Jungfrau and Finsteraarhorn.
The course lets you ascend as many of these peaks
as you can during the week, with up to four hut
nights,
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Zermatt
Climber, Technical Alpinism
This
course ascends famous ridge routes around the AD/
D grade above Zermatt. Examples include the
East ridge of Breithorn, the
Zinal-Rothorn, Dent Blanche, Treverse of the Nadelgrat,
or the Rimpfischhorn.
An alternative to the Matterhorn course.
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Hot
Rock in Provence & Calanques
Want
five days of climbing on sun drenched rock in the
south of France? Who doesn't. This course is run
on demand throughout the summer. It is priced by
the day and run at a 1:1 or 1:2 ratio.
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Bespoke
Guiding & Instruction
If
you have specific objectives, consider bespoke Guiding
or tuition. We
provide Mountain Guides or International Mountain
Leaders by the day, as well as running our wide
range of scheduled courses and expeditions in summer
and winter.
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Alpine
Rock
To
experience the best routes you should be capable
of seconding a UK Severe or US Grade 5.9 on rock.
All
of these famous or classic routes are around the
Alpine D+ grade meaning exposure and excitement!
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Technical
'Ice & Classics'
This
course ascends famous routes around the AD+/ D grade.
Examples include the Dent du Geant, Midi-Plan
traverse, Chere
Couloir, Gervasutti Couloir (Tour Ronde), S. Ridge
of Aiguille du Moine, N. Face Gran Paradiso.
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Matterhorn
The
Matterhorn is probably the most recognised mountain
in the world, due to its unique triangular shape.
Towering above the Swiss town of Zermatt, the mountain
is fairly difficult to ascend by any route. Climbing
1:1 on the actual ascent.
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Big
3 Extensions
These
are the guiding rates for two day weekend ascents
of the Mont Blanc, Matterhorn or the Eiger. These
extensions are ONLY available to those who have
just completed a week long Icicle course, to ensure
your acclimatisation and safety.
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Aiguille
Verte
This
week trains and acclimatises you, before taking
the best weather window for the ascent. We only
offer this course between mid June and mid July
each Summer, as the conditions are at their best
in the Whymper Couloir at this time.
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Eiger
Week
The
Eiger is one of the most famous and feared mountains
in the world, due to the renowned difficulty of
the routes on it's North face or 'Nordwand'. We
offer choice of routes up the mountain, namely the
Mitilleggi Ridge and the West Arete.
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Bespoke
Guiding & Instruction
If
you have specific objectives, consider bespoke Guiding
or tuition. We
provide Mountain Guides or International Mountain
Leaders by the day, as well as running our wide
range of scheduled courses and expeditions in summer
and winter.
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Advanced
Some
of the hardest and most famous routes in the massif are only possible in the summer
months, notably some of the great rock routes such as the Grand Capucin, the South
Face of the Aiguille du Midi, and the Gervasutti Pillar on Mont Blanc du Tacul.
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Spur
The
finest climb of the six is the Grandes Jorasses due to the quality of the rock,
the stature of the mountain, the location, and the amazing line that the classic
route up the North Face (the Walker Spur) takes.
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du Chamonix
The
complete traverse takes two very full days after three days of training.
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Face of the Dru
Ascending
by the American Direct or Bonatti Pillar after several training ascents.
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Guiding & Instruction
If
you have specific objectives, consider bespoke Guiding or tuition. We
provide Mountain Guides or International Mountain Leaders by the day, as well
as running our wide range of scheduled courses and expeditions in summer and winter.
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