Archive For The “Alpine Winter” Category

Avalanche Academy is dedicated to making you safer when off-piste and in the back-country For ‘off the shelf’ avalanche training in the Chamonix valley. Courses running throughout the winter. 1 day avalanche awareness courses run throughout the winter. Highly practical (on skis/boards), good value and recommended. For more info and booking go to the Avalanche…

Scottish Winter climbing is unique and people travel from all corners of the globe to experience it. From the mixed climbing of the Cairngorms to the thin ice routes of Ben Nevis. Scotland has something for everyone. Mixed conditions can come with the first snowfalls (as early as October) though ice normally comes after a…

We visit a number of areas in Norway, each different in the type of experience you can expect. Laerdal is situated close to Bergen on the western seaboard and experiences a maritime type climate that’s great for building ice. Cascades and gullies here are typically 200m – 600m in length and are in the IV…

The Ecrin is home to the International Ice Climbing Festival and for good reason. There are hundreds of cascades and goulottes reliably in condition from December through till February. The area is a National park and is without the cable cars and lifts of other resorts which give it a really wild and remote feel….

The Western Alps have a huge variety of ice venues at all altitudes. Within easy reach of the Chamonix valley is the mecca of the Aosta valley. Cogne is now famous throughout Europe and beyond for its quality ice climbing. Situated high in the Gran Paradiso Nature Reserve the cool air from its glaciers flow…

Easy to get to, accommodation to suit all types and world class mountains, it’s easy to see why Chamonix remains the number one spot for winter sports. The area is home to cascades which are reliably in condition from Dec – Feb and include III’s to introduce novices on to VI+’s to test even the…