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Recommend an Alpine training course?

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  • 17-11-2015 10:49pm
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    hmmm
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    Can anyone recommend a few days long beginners Alpine mountaineering training course (crevasse rescue, rope-work, ice axe etc.), preferably somewhere like Chamonix? I did one in Scotland years ago which was a bit of a farce, and it's easier for us to get to Geneva/Chamonix than it is to get to someplace in the backarse of Scotland.


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    SomeFool
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    Depending on how many of you there are it might work out cheaper/better to hire a guide among yourselves and work from there, rather than spending a couple of days on a glacier with up to 8 others and having your experience diluted. If you're really keen on Cham consider a Mt Blanc week, you'll learn as much and have a famous climb to top off the week. Depending on your numbers/budget it might work out as cheap. Consider Saas Fee/Grund in Switzerland as a first Alpine experience too. Plenty PD 4000 metre peaks to learn on, better huts/food, free cable cars if you're staying in the valley.

    I'm assuming you mean summer? Winter in the Alps is a different game which is why people lean towards Scotland to learn.


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