Our Introduction to Alpine Climbing Course covers all the essential skills and techniques of Alpine Climbing and glacier travel.
If it's your first time in the Alps, or you've been before but now want some technical instruction with IFMGA Guides, this course is for you. The low 3:1 guiding ratio all week means we can climb some of the classic Alpine Summits in the Valais region of Switzerland putting into practice skills like cramponning, glacier ropework and moving together on rocky ridges. We'll also learn crucial safety skills like crevasse rescue. Usually we'll do a rock climbing day with belaying, leading, abseiling and prusiking.
Experience of winter mountaineering and/or roped climbing is helpful but not essential. In fact many of our clients find their new Alpine skills transfer well to UK scrambling and Winter mountaineering.
The Introduction to Alpine Climbing course can prepare you to climb independently in the Alps, but also works well as training for more technical guided routes (eg our Alpine Progression course which can follow on as a 2 week trip) or simply as a first experience of Alpine climbing. Itineraries are kept flexible to suit group experience and aspirations and to make the best of the weather.
Read our blog to see more photos and discover more: Introduction to Alpine Climbing.
