6 days Advanced 2:1/1:1 Dates: 08 Jul - 24 Aug     [see all dates]   Price: £1795 Fitness: 3 Experience: Previous AD alpine climbing experience required, as well as ability to climb V Diff rock easily in big boots with a rucsac on. Depending on conditions, some Scottish III mixed climbing may also be involved. Included: Guiding Fees and Expenses. Other Costs: Accommodation, food, travel and uplift ~ £425 Book Online Here

This is a dedicated guiding week focussed on climbing the Eiger. All routes on the mountain are long and committing days, so good conditions are required to safely reach the summit.

The acclimatisation and training program at the start of the week is guided at 2:1, with the Eiger guided at 1:1.

We meet in Chamonix at the start of the week as it is easier to reach and offers better acclimatisation opportunities, then move to Grindelwald to make our ascent.

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 need previous AD alpine climbing experience as well as being able to climb V Diff rock easily in big boots with a rucsac on. Depending on conditions, the routes involve high quality ridge climbing with pitches up to grade III rock or scottish III mixed. Climbing the Eiger requires good levels of fitness and stamina, as the summit day involves 8-10 hours technical climbing at altitude (see fitness level 3) so we advise you to prepare well in advance with regular exercise and training.

Some pre acclimatisation is useful but not essential, as the Eiger is quite achievable following the acclimatisation program at the start of the week.

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.