Summer
Alpine Climbing
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Beginner
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Mountaineering:
no experience necessary. Ice & Rock: no
previous experience is needed. Fitness: good
general fitness and stamina. |
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Acclimatisation
Weekend |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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| Alpine
Intro 4000m course |
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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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3
Countries
3 Summits |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Intermediate
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Mountaineering:
some experience as itinerary. Ice & Rock:
grades I/II gullies and / or rock 3 / V.Diff.
Fitness: high fitness and stamina. |
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| Alpine
Autonomy |
| 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 Autonomy |
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those with a little previous climbing experience,
the Mont Blanc Autonomy 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 Summit 4810m |
| 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
4000m Classics |
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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
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comfortable mountain huts on a half board
basis.
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| Monte
Rosa 4000m peaks |
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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 |
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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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| The
Zermatt Climber |
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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 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 |
| 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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Improver
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Mountaineering:
climbs around AD grade. Ice & Rock: grades
around III ice, and VS rock. Fitness: very
good to high fitness and stamina. |
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| Alpine
Classic Rock |
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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 |
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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
Course |
| 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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| The
Alpine Big 3 Trilogy |
| This
course is no amuse bouche, as the photo
galleries on the page show, of our clients
summiting the three Alpine giants of Mont
Blanc, Matterhorn and the Eiger. This fortnight
course enables you to ascend this mighty trilogy
with qualified IFMGA guides. |
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| The
Alpine Big 3 Extensions |
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are the guiding rates for two day 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 week |
| 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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| Ascent
of the Eiger |
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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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| Big
Wall and Artificial |
| For
those looking at climbing big walls, the amount
of new equipment, and skills to master can
seem daunting. These days allow you to learn
multi pitch aid climbing in stunning scenery,
or even to experience a night on a portaledge. |
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| Bespoke
Guiding |
| 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
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Mountaineering:
climbs D+ / TD grade. Ice & Rock: grades
around V ice, and E2 rock. Fitness: very high
fitness & stamina as minimum. |
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| 1:1
Advanced course |
| 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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| Walker
Spur ascent |
| 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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| Aiguilles
du Chamonix |
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complete traverse takes two very full days
after three days of training. |
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| West
Face of the Drus |
| Ascending
by the American Direct or another classic
route, after several training ascents. |
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| Bespoke
Guiding |
| 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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