6 days Advanced 2:1 Dates: 17 Jun - 21 Sept     [see all dates]   Price: £1195 Fitness: 3 Experience: Previous alpine climbing experience and need to be capable of climbing grade IV rock (Hard Severe) and Scottish III on ice or above. Included: Guiding Fees and Expenses. Other Costs: Accommodation, food, travel and uplift ~ £400 Book Online Here

A varied week of technical ice and mixed climbing in the Mont Blanc Range. Routes are chosen to make best use of current weather and conditions, with client aspirations fully taken into account.

Climbing at 2:1 gives good flexibility to tailor each week to your particular ambitions, with typical grades in the range AD to D.

We base ourselves in the world famous alpine resort of Chamonix, climbing in the Mont Blanc range during the week.

Subject to weather and conditions, we follow the general format below:

We run all of our courses on a guiding & instruction only basis. Food and accommodation must be paid for seperately. Our recommended accommodation in the Chamonix valley is Ice and Orange - Chalet Tissières, who we will happily put you in touch with if you'd like to reserve a room. You are however free to make other accommodation arrangements if you choose (for a full hotel service, Hotel Les Lanchers in Chamonix Les Praz is another good option - Chamonix has numerous other hotels and rental apartments available at a wide variety of prices - click on 'reservation' at the Chamonix website for more details).

Chamonix is easily reached by flights to Geneva and an airport transfer, both of which are bookable online.

You should have previous alpine experience and be capable of climbing grade IV rock (Hard Severe) or above and Scottish III on ice to get the most from this week. Alpine mountaineering requires good levels of fitness & stamina (see fitness level 3) so we advise you to prepare well in advance with days out in the UK hills or other regular exercise and some climbing training.

We will supply you with a full kit list. All communal safety equipment (ropes etc) is provided by us. You are expected to come equiped with personal clothing and climbing equipment. For the more technical items (ice axe, crampons, harness, helmet, boots etc) local equipment hire is also available.