Alpine Autonomy
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Got some climbing and crampon skills, and want to move to the next level to become autonomous? Join our Alpine Autonomy weeks in Chamonix.

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📆 23 - 29 June (2sp), or 4 - 10 Aug (2sp)

#chamonix #climbing #ifmga #frenchalps

Watch Free Solo
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Evening TV watching sorted? An intimate and unflinching portrait of free solo climber Alex Honnold as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream – scaling the famous 3,200ft vertical rock face of El Capitan in Yosemite.

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Sunrise Mont Blanc
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Perfect. Cold. Elated. Fatigued. A smorgasbord of emotions and a memory that will last a lifetime. Magical moments on the roof of the Alps.

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📍Mont Blanc 4810m

#chamonix #montblanc #climb

Ropework Homework
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With many getting ready for the Alpine summer season ahead, here’s your school night ropework refresher, with tips and tricks of how and when to use each knot.

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Roof of Switzerland
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Panorama from the summit of Dufourspitze, across a magnificent sea of cloud. Not a word spoken, just a breath of wind, as climbers silently take in the special moments on the summit. Just wow!!!

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#climbing #zermatt

Crevasse Rescue!
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Train hard. Climb easy. Falling into a crevasse is one of a climbers worst fears, but the essential skills of crevasse rescue and safe glacier travel, are easily learned.

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📅 Dates; 6-7 or 20-21 July

#chamonix #france

Cosmiques Arête
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One of the Chamonix über classic routes, and a brilliant warm up before a Mont Blanche ascent to develop your crampon and movement skills. Oh, and the views aren’t too shabby either!

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#chamonix #montblanc #climbing

Morocco Summer Week!
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Looking for a Summer Half Term escape with a difference? Fly into Marrakech on EasyJet, and spend 8 days in Morocco. Trek the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains. Next date 25 May - 1 June 2024.

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📍Mt Toubkal 4167m

Game changer! 🏔️😎🥾🪢 Try this method of tying the laces on your mountain boots, and you’ll never have heel lift climbing or black toe nails descending. Adapt a correctly fitting boot to your feet. Give it a try…
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Eiger Traverse
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Climbers high on the Mittellegi ridge, close to reaching the summit of the Eiger, before making the full traverse by descending the long South ridge. An epic Alpine summit day. Are you up to the challenge?

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#eiger #climbing

Intro Ski Touring
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Last call for final 2 spaces on our Chamonix based introductory ski touring week, 12-17 April, which includes a three day mini ski tour with 2 nights in mountain huts. Join us…

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📍Chamonix

#chamonix #skitouring #alps

Matterhorn Summit
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Climb the mighty Matterhorn with us this summer! It’s as steep as you’d imagine, tougher physically, but epic in every way. No wonder it’s one of the most iconic mountains in the world. Are you up for the challenge?

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Italian Gourmet Ski Tour
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Photos from IFMGA guide Luca, from our Gourmet Ski Tour above the Aosta valley, including stays in the amazing Bonatti and Benevolo huts. Awesome snow, perfect weather, Italian food.

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📍Punta Galisia 3,346m

Barkley Marathons - Jasmin Paris
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Jasmin becoming the first female finisher of the infamous Barkley Marathons. She shares some amazing insights into her nutrition plans, that are as useful to mountaineers as runners. Some top tips…

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Lightweight Boot Revolution
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What boots for mountaineering? Lines are blurred, rule books are ripped up, and the weight plummets. Is thermal capacity loss outweighed by technical performance & less weight?

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#lasportiva #aequilibrium #B2

Summit Of Switzerland
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Icicle teams last summer on the roof of Switzerland, climbing the mighty Dufourspitze, the highest peak in the Monte Rosa massif. Did you spot the Matterhorn looking comparatively small in a couple of the photos?

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Matterhorn Sunrise
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Summit day starts at 4am, and to respect safety timings, you climb to the Solvay hut in 2 hours, which you reach around sunrise, then it’s 2 hours more to the too. Are you up to the challenge?

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#zermatt #matterhorn

Mont Blanc summit ridge!
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“Oh but Mont Blanc’s just a high walk” - really? Give your head a wobble. It’s really high, with an awesome exposed summit ridge, and with objective risks for the guides to constantly juggle to keep you safe.

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Anna Wells Winter Munros Epic!
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Massive congratulations to Anna for her epic Winter Munro’s round in 83 days. She becomes the 1st woman and 4th person ever to summit all 282 Munros in a single astronomical (21 Dec - 20 Mar) winter season!

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Scottish Winter Skills
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Easter date 29-31 March just 2 places still available, on our Fort William based weekend, climbing in the Nevis range or Glencoe, for the best conditions. Price £499 inc. guiding and B&B…

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#scotwinter #bennevis