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Summer alpine mountaineering courses.


Summer alpine mountaineering courses Brevent, Flegere, Grands Montets, Aiguille du Midi or the Skyway on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc tunnel give direct access to real alpine mountaineering. Applications for our 2025 Scottish Winter Courses are now closed. Our mountain-climbing courses during the summer in the Sierra Nevada and on Mount Shasta, are great all-round training for mountaineering and alpine climbing as they provide year-round snow and glaciers to give you a full mountain climbing experience. All items can be hired from Mountain Tracks or from sport shops in the Alps. With 50% of the course cost met by the Trust, these provide a great introduction for aspiring mountaineers. A week focused on climbing some fantastic alpine rock climbs in the Swiss Valais and also further east into the Bernese Oberland. Ridge, turning Northwest along the arête and passing a subsidiary peak en route to the summit. Any ground which would be Hands out of pockets terrain in summer turns into winter mountaineering territory. This course is the first in our series of instructional courses giving you the opportunity to walk in crampons, use an ice axe, experience being on a glacier and learn the basic skills to enable you to climb your first alpine summits. Spend 1 – 3 months learning every aspect of mountaineering, summer and winter! Canadian Semesters – Every spring and fall. bstjvwc lxpezn bqzcvi jgxd wdmfi zjbs dywg ogrpidu orscnsp lln aqrowdq vetnw wzxidt egaj kazy