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#2017 climb trek ski run inspirational mountain adventures | www.icicle.co.uk | +44 (0)1539 44 22 17 | [email protected] #CosmiquesArete alpine intro & autonomy Alpine Introduction Glacier Haute Route trek Autonomy Techniques If you are a keen hillwalker who has Traverse the glaciers from Chamonix to If you have used crampons before, then always wanted to climb in the Alps, to Zermatt, staying in huts each night of the you should choose this rather than the venture onto glaciers, and to attempt a trek. Led by an IFMGA guide. Culminates Alpine Introduction. This is a fast track 4000m peak, this is the course for you. It with ascent of Breithorn 4164m. course that is designed to make you more [email protected] teaches a complete novice the skills autonomous. You cover the technical 01539 44 22 17 Sat: briefings, Sun - Sat: glacier guiding, Sun: depart. needed for the Alps, including glacier Price: £1499. Dates: 22-30 Jul, 19-27 Aug 2017 syllabus of the Intro course in greater travel, ropework, ice climbing, rock skills, detail, with smaller guiding ratios and a navigation, and crevasse rescue. You Glacier Safety Weekends focus on moving together and leading. At spend a night in a high mountain hut, the end of the week you have the choice Learn rope coils, crevasse rescue, belays, have an Alpine start for a route, and of two day routes, or a two day ascent of anchors, and use crampons and ice axes. ascend Gran Paradiso 4061m which is an Alpine peak with a night in a hut. We the highest peak in Italy. By the end of the Sat & Sun: guiding (1:2) and night in mountain hut. aren’t scared of making you autonomous. Price: £399 (inc. technical kit). Dates: 24-25 Jun, 29-30 week you should have climbed vertical Jul, 5-6 Aug, 26-27 Aug, 9-10 Sep 2017 Sun: briefings & kit checks. Mon: glacier travel & ice ice, learned key ropework, travelled over climbing (1:6). Tue: mountaineering ridge climb (1:3). glaciers, led a rock route, and climbed a Wed: altitude snow route and crevasse rescue (1:3). Thu: glacier ascent to mountain hut for the night (1:3). 4000m mountain. Great for a first Alpine Fri: main Alpine ascent (1:3). Sat: depart. Price: £999. trip! If you fancy climbing Mont Blanc after Dates: 18-24 Jun, 2-8 Jul, 16-22 Jul, 30 Jul - 5 Aug, 13-19 Aug, 27 Aug - 2 Sep 2017 this week, you could consider the two week Mont Blanc Achievement trip, or a Two person summer week two day Mont Blanc extension. Based in Chamonix, this week is tailored Sun: briefings & kit checks, Mon: mountain skills and to you. Learn to lead, develop autonomy, navigation (1:6), Tue: crampon techniques with glacier travel and ice climbing (1:6), Wed: mountaineering route or just climb some famous routes. at altitude (1:6), Thu: rock climbing and trek up to mountain hut (1:3), Fri: Gran Paradiso 4061m (1:3), Sunday: briefings, Mon-Fri: key Alpine ascents (1:2), Sat: depart. Price: £899. Dates: 25 Jun - 1 Jul, 9-15 Jul, Saturday: depart. Price: £1099. Includes a private flat 23-29 Jul, 6-12 Aug, 20-26 Aug, 3-9 Sep 2017 for the two of you. Dates: run on demand climb mont blanc #GouterMontBlanc summit Mont Blanc Summit Week Mont Blanc Achievement Apprenticeship Month Our most popular course tackles the A popular two week course for those who Four weeks of back to back courses, to highest mountain in the Alps. We summit need more time to acclimatise and learn fast track your Alpine career; Autonomy by either the traverse of Trois Mont Blanc skills, before their ascent of Mont Blanc. week, Mont Blanc summit, Monte Rosa over the shoulder of Tacul and Maudit, or The course is the Alpine Introduction 4000m peaks, and culminating with the [email protected] via the classic Aiguille du Gouter. We week climbing Gran Paradiso, followed by Matterhorn or Eiger ascent. 01539 44 22 17 carefully designed our itinerary to assist the Mont Blanc Summit course. More time Price: £4999 (save £396 from the separate courses). your acclimatisation, and to offer several for you to acclimatise and the training will Dates: 30 Jul - 26 Aug, 13 Aug - 9 Sep 2017 summit weather windows. The itinerary is increase your summiting chances. deliberately flexible to help maximise your Alpine Big 3 Extensions Price: £2199 (Intro + Mont Blanc = £2398. Save £199). summit chances. Your guide will suggest Dates: 25 Jun - 8 Jul, 9-22 Jul, 23 Jul - 5 Aug, 6-19 Aug, Two days guiding to attempt Mont Blanc, preparation routes tailored to your 20 Aug - 2 Sep 2017 the Eiger or the Matterhorn summit. experience, such as the Cosmiques Mont Blanc Autonomy Arête, Petite Verte, or Gran Paradiso. You Mont Blanc £999 (1:1 ratio) or £499 each (1:2 ratio), Matterhorn or Eiger £999 (1:1 ratio). Run on demand. should be in great physical shape for If you want more time to acclimatise and Mont Blanc, as the climb involves over train before an ascent of Mont Blanc, but 1300m of ascent on a snow ridge using have existing crampon and climbing skills. crampons, and your stamina and This course is the Autonomy Techniques determination will be tested to the limit. week, followed by Mont Blanc Summits Any previous mountain skills or altitude course. This trip will provide more skills experience will be beneficial to increase for greater autonomy, such as leading and your summit chances. Alpine short-roping, as well as attaining Sun: briefings & kit checks, Mon: glacier crampon skills the highest summit in the Alps. and ice climbing (1:6), Tue - Fri: preparation training routes and Mont Blanc summit, with one (inc) or two Price: £2299 (Autonomy week + Mont Blanc = £2498. nights in mountain huts (1:2), Sat: depart. Price: £1499. Save £199). Dates: 18 Jun - 1 Jul, 2-15 Jul, 16-29 Jul, Dates: every week between 18 June & 9 Sept 2017 30 Jul - 12 Aug, 13-26 Aug, 27 Aug - 9 Sep 2017 climb #Weisshorn technical alpine ascents Technical Ice & Classics Summer North Faces This course tackles a mixture of famous This course is run in early summer while snow, rock, ice and mixed routes to AD+ the north faces are in condition. Routes or D grade, such as Dent du Geant, the often attempted include the North Faces Rochefort Arête, or the Chere Couloir. of Tour Ronde or Gran Paradiso, Table [email protected] Each itinerary for this course is flexible to Couloir, Col Copt or Contamines Grisole / 01539 44 22 17 cater for the conditions, weather and your Mazeaud on Mont Blanc du Tacul. This aspirations. Push your grade, develop appeals to those with Alpine or ice your climbing skills, practice moving experience to PD+ or AD / III ice. together, gear placement and leading. Sun: briefings & kit checks, Mon-Fri: technical ascents of ice and mixed routes (1:2), Sat: depart. Price: £1099 Sun: briefings & kit checks, Mon-Fri: technical ascents (inc. night in hut). Dates: 18-24 Jun, 25 Jun - 1 Jul 2017. (1:2), Sat: depart. Price: £1099 (inc. night in hut). Dates: Extra dates for 2 people booking together to end of July 9-15 Jul, 23-29 Jul, 6-12 Aug, 20-26 Aug, 3-9 Sep 2017. Aiguille Verte Extra dates on demand, for 2 people booking together. This magnificent peak is considered the Advanced 1:1 week Alpine Technical Rock Alpine summit that makes a mountaineer. Climb Whymper Couloir or Moine ridge. Clients looking for 1:1 guiding have a Welcome to the granite pillars and faces range of different aspirations, and so this Sun: briefings & kit checks, Mon-Fri: technical ascents that overlook Chamonix. The infamous course is tailored individually. Previous (1:1 ratio), Sat: depart. Price: £2499 (inc. night in hut). routes include: Arête des Papillons, Frison The course is run on demand, normally in June & July. clients have climbed famous routes such Roche, Chapelle de la Gliere, or the as the Grand Capucin, the Weisshorn, Rebuffat on Midi. Advance your technical Grandes Jorasses Chardonnet, and the Frontier Ridge of skills and grades on different styles of Mont Maudit. We operate this course both The Walker Spur takes a plumb line to the rock, selecting from over 4000 routes! in Summer and in Winter, on all weeks. highest point. Descend into the Italian Val Sun: briefings & kit checks, Mon-Fri: technical Alpine Ferret via the Boccalatte mountain hut. Sun: briefings & kit checks, Mon-Fri:: technical ascents rock climbing (1:2 guiding), Sat: depart. Price: £999. (1:1), Sat: depart. Price: £1999. To ascend harder Dates: 2-8 Jul, 6-12 Aug 2017. Extra dates on demand, Duration: 7 days (5 days 1:1 Guiding). Price: £3999 routes (e.g. Brouillard Arête), book this and a for 2 people booking together throughout the summer. (Walker Spur), or £2499 (Normal Route). supplement is payable if conditions allow. climb matterhorn #MatterhornSummit & eiger Matterhorn 4478m Eiger 3970m traverse Alpine Giants Trilogy This iconic mountain attracts climbers The Eiger towers above the Swiss village This two week course attempts to ascend from all over the world. There are two of Grindlewald, with its foreboding North the three key Alpine giants of Mont Blanc, classic routes on the peak; the Hornli Face almost always in the shade. As you the Eiger and Matterhorn. The first week Arête from the Swiss side above the town look upwards from Kleine Scheidegg, the follows the Mont Blanc Summits course, [email protected] of Zermatt, and the Lion Ridge from Mittillegi runs along the top left ridge of then the second week is five days 1:1 01539 44 22 17 Cervinia in Italy.