Alpine Mountaineering Courses

All Alpine Mountaineering Courses

Alpine Mountaineering Introduction Course – Gran Paradiso

The Gran Paradiso provides a great introduction to Alpine Mountaineering and your first 4000m peak.

Alpine Training – Arolla

This course is aimed at regular hill walkers who want to broaden their experience to include glacial regions of the Alps as well as those considering trips to the Greater Ranges.

Alpine Training – Chamonix

This is a good Course for the fit mountain walker/scrambler who wants to develop the skills to travel beyond the British mountains. You will be given instruction by our professional guides on the use of crampons and ice axe, glacial movement and crevasse rescue, rope work and the use of Alpine mountain huts.

Saas Fee 4000m Peaks

We will climb no fewer than four Alpine 4000m peaks, weather dependant of course, including the Strahlhorn 4190m, Allallinhorn 4027m, Weissmies 4023m and the classic Lagginhorn 4010m.

Zermatt 4000m Peaks

The attractive resort of Zermatt nestles amongst many of the largest, most impressive mountains in the Alps including the Matterhorn. It provides an ideal base from which to tackle a variety of popular 4000m peaks.

Bernese Oberland 4000m Peaks

The course provides a magnificent week of Alpine mountaineering in the shadow of the Eiger and its great North Face. We aim to climb the Mönch, the Jungfrau, the Findsteraarhorn and possibly the Gross Grünhorn, all 4000m.

Peaks of Zermatt

One of our most intensive Alpine weeks which gives the experienced mountaineer the opportunity to summit nine spectacular Alpine peaks over 4000m.

The Alpine Big Three

When you think of the Alps everyone’s dream is to climb the big three; the Eiger, the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc. We have combined these and more into a two week adventure.

Mont Blanc Summit

This course will recap on essential skills whilst undertaking a careful programme of acclimatisation. It will take in two peaks from Aiguille Rouge (2800m), Petit Fourche (3520m) and Aiguille du Tour (3554m) thus giving you the best possible chance of a successful ascent of Mont Blanc.

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Background information

Our Alpine Courses will provide you with the skills to travel beyond the British mountains, learn Alpine skills and gain confidence to join an expedition or book a more advanced Course.

Getting there

Prices exclude flights but relatively cheap flights are available to Geneva from where buses, trains, taxis and private transfers run regular services to Chamonix, Arolla and Saas Fee.

Accommodation

Valley accommodation is booked from the night of your arrival, with guiding starting the following morning. Check out is normally the morning after your Course finishes. This is booked on a twin or double room basis; however single rooms will be provided where there is not a member of the same sex to share with. Single rooms can be requested at an extra cost. Additional nights in valley hotels can be booked through Adventure Peaks at a preferential rate. When in the mountains, we use Alpine huts where rooms are normally on a dormitory style basis.

Inclusions

Our price includes instruction/guiding, Guides expenses, hut accommodation (half board) and valley accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis.

Exclusions

Transport to Course venue, insurance, all lunches and valley evening meals, telepheriques, transport during the Course and personal equipment.

Equipment

On booking we will send you an equipment list which contains plenty of information on the kit required. We have an extensive range of specialised equipment for hire which is also available for purchase following your course. We will deduct the hire cost from the second hand price.

A 15% discount is available off the RRP price on all equipment and clothing from the Adventure Peaks shop from the time of booking to 1 year from the date the course ends, (excludes maps, books electrical goods, courses, treks, expeditions and hire kit)