Alpine Techniques

On the Aiguilles du Entreves, Alpine Techniques, June 2011 Photo: © Tomaz Jakofcic

"The course is undersold! Not being focused on peak bagging gave us enormous flexibility. So that dependent on weather and capabilities, we were able to exploit this freedom as conditions changed. Indoor wall, big boots on the Cosmiques, ice climbing Gr IV, rock shoes on L'Index. All in one week. Fantastic." RT, Alpine Techniques Sep '10

This course is designed to turn you into a fully-fledged, independent mountaineer. It is suitable for those who have completed an Alpine Introduction course or for mountaineers who have previously joined our 4,000ers courses, who feel they would like to spend more time on their Alpine Techniques. If you have climbed at Scottish Grade III/IV or equivalent and have plenty of experience of rock climbing, you may also consider this course instead of our Alpine Introduction.

Based in Chamonix, the emphasis is on instruction, rather than bagging peaks. The first half of the week is guided at a 1:4 ratio, with the second half at a 1:2 ratio, allowing us to climb routes graded Alpine AD. The course will cover alpine navigation, rope leadership on glaciers, lead climbing and how to extract yourself and party members from a crevasse. The Guides will provide the techniques and experience of covering slightly harder ground and placing learnt skills in context on a variety of rock and mixed snow and ice routes in the peaks of the Mont Blanc Range.

Course base: Chamonix, France

The skills taught and practised on the Alpine Techniques will include:

• Looking after yourself and your climbing partner on tricky rock and ice sectionsl
• How and why to bail out when things go wrong
• Jedi tricks to get the route in the bag
• Alpine navigation
• Crevasse rescue

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Sat 9 Jun - Sat 16 Jun '12 Sat 16 Jun - Sat 23 Jun '12 Sat 23 Jun - Sat 30 Jun '12 Sat 14 Jul - Sat 21 Jul '12 Sat 18 Aug - Sat 25 Aug '12 Sat 8 Sep - Sat 15 Sep '12 Sat 15 Sep - Sat 22 Sep '12

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