Advanced Alpine Course

Photos from 2 different advanced alpine climbing courses this summer. Building on to former skills our two students have climbed mostly as an independent rope team on alpine ridges and a few more technical faces. The aim is to improve the speed and transitions between different techniques in this variable terrain.

  • Open summer glaciers
  • Down the Aiguille du Midi snow ridge
  • Alpine summer times
  • Truly alpine conditions
  • Evening light
  • The sun is out again but the snow is deep
  • Alpine mixed climbing
  • Not so easy without a track
  • Mont Blanc du Tacul east face
  • Making the track on Cosmiques ridge
  • Wintery conditions in July
  • Morning views on the Italian side
  • Climbing independently
  • Friends at work
  • Managing bad weather
  • Aiguille d'Entreves
  • View from the dark side of Les Aiguilles de Chamonix
  • Alpine rock climbing in pitches
  • Alpine ridge climbing
  • Climbing chimneys
  • Our students for the week
  • Rappelling off Aiguille de Peigne
  • It has been snowy and windy at the Cosmiques hut
Activites: Alpine Rock Climbing and Mountaineering.
Locations: Chamonix.
Seasons: Summer.