Winter Alpine Mountaineering Kit List
A summary of technical equipment & clothing required if you are joining us on an alpine mountaineering trip in either the autumn, winter and spring seasons. This ‘non summer’ alpine […]
A summary of technical equipment & clothing required if you are joining us on an alpine mountaineering trip in either the autumn, winter and spring seasons. This ‘non summer’ alpine […]
Monte Viso, ‘The Stone King‘. This magnificent rocky pyramid, dwarfs it’s neighbouring peaks of the Cottian Alps high on the Italian French mountain border. It provides an inspiring & iconic […]
The Gran Paradiso is the highest mountain entirely within Italy and a constant snowy companion on the southern skyline from the Mont Blanc Massif. Lying in the beautiful Paradiso National […]
The Monte Rosa chain forms a magnificent high alpine & glacial massif straddling the Italian & Swiss borders and presents the mountaineer with a superb series of snowy peaks just […]
This is a mountaineering equipment required for climbing the Hornli Ridge on the Matterhorn with a Mountain Guide in normal summer conditions. Equipment requirements may vary according to weather and conditions […]
The Bishorn is a classic Swiss alpine 4000m peak and its ascent combines a long and beautiful hut walk, from Zinal, with a night in a superb Swiss mountain hut. The […]
Whilst, at 4017m the Weissmies only just makes it into the exclusive club of Alpine 4000m peaks, it has many more attributes to recommend an ascent than just its altitude…The […]
A long, hard and brilliant days alpine mountaineering on the world’s most iconic mountain. This is…The Matterhorn. There can be few alpine climbers (or even armchair climbers!) who have not […]
Whilst Chamonix is the capital of world mountaineering, you do not need to be a great climber to enjoy its vast mountain attractions. On the contrary, one of Chamonix’s real […]
After Phil’s Bishorn ascent last month he was back on another short haul mountaineering trip to Chamonix and had brought a larger team with him this time, keen for some […]
The weather in Zermatt on the first morning of our 3 day Matterhorn training / familiarisation programme was even more uninspiring than the forecast had predicted, which was saying something! […]
On this inspirational alpinist training course we aim to tackle some enjoyable alpine terrain in a style that will offer you high quality mountaineering training along the way. This course […]
Awesome weekend! Totally met my expectations especially in preparation for my upcoming Mont Blanc trip with High Mountain Guides. First class guiding, knowledge sharing and a lot of fun. Thanks […]
Booking Procedures Contact us to confirm dates and a suitable course / itinerary Check the price details Check the terms and conditions (including mountain participation statement, repeated below) Place an […]
North Face of the Eiger Kit List The following list is purely a record of what equipment we took on our mid-october ascent in very good conditions. It is not […]
This is a suggested list for the mountaineering equipment recommended for Climbing Mont Blanc in normal summer conditions. Remember that whilst the equipment is important, mountaineering skill & fitness is […]
A summary of technical equipment & clothing required for summer alpine mountaineering. The alpine style involves climbing with a small & light pack that has all the essentials, sufficient emergency […]
The colourful history of the Eiger brings this mountain, like few others, in to the popular domain and means it is both famous and notorious not just with mountaineers but with […]
An enjoyable ‘end of term’ atmosphere was felt around the Aiguille du Midi today as the good snow conditions and last warm & sunny day for a while was enjoyed […]
Our alpine courses are based around some of the inspirational great peaks of the European Alps….Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Eiger, Gran Paradiso, Monte Rosa, Weissmies, Monte Rosa & Monte Viso. For […]