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Welcome to Mountainvision, Guiding in the Alps and Scotland

Mountainvision

For dates in the Alps and Scotland during 2012 contact us for availability.

In Scotland we have been providing Winter mountaineering, climbing & walking courses, based in Torridon & Glencoe, for the last 15 years.

Toby, Tim & Winky on the Upper Connecting Ridge, Beinn Bhan, Applecross.

In the Alps we have been providing all-inclusive Alpine mountaineering courses and guiding since 1994. Our base
is Saas Grund in the Swiss Valais Alps. We use the Hotel Schoenblick for
client accommodation.

Our ALPINE COURSES run from early May until the end of September, are run from Saas Grund, in the Valais Alps. Surrounding the Saas & Zermatt valleys is a huge selection of some of the best & most famous Swiss 4000 metre peaks, including Monte Rosa, the MATTERHORN, Ober Gabelhorn, Zinal Rothorn, Weisshorn, Dom, Nadelhorn, Alphubel, Allalinhorn, Strahlhorn, Rimpfischhorn, Weissmies, Lagginhorn & more!

For Mont Blanc we use some of these marvellous 4000 metre peaks for acclimatisation & training, before driving over to Chamonix for the ascent of Mont Blanc. So clients have the opportunity to experience
& get to know two contrasting Alpine areas.

The Eiger, the Bernese Oberland & the Gran Paradiso are all within a couple of hours drive.

Our Courses in Scotland during the Winter, Spring & Autumn, are run from our base in Kinlochewe, and from Carbost on Skye. We are a few miles south of the Torridon mountains - with the 'big three' - Liathach, Beinn Eighe and Beinn Alligin dominating. We have Beinn Bhan and the Applecross hills on our doorstep, with Sgorr Ruadh and Fuar Tholl nearby. Across the way is Skye and the Cuillin hills. In the Spring & Autumn we run Cuillin Traverse, Scrambling, and Cuillin Munro courses from Carbost, a village at the head of Glen Brittle.

Our past Nepal Expeditions include the Khumbu Lobuche East & Pokalde in 2005, and Mera & Island Peak in 2006, 07 & 08

Aconcagua ascents during January 09 & 10

Our Corsica trekking holidays include the traverse of the GR20 - a super Cuillin Ridge, but with lots of sun & no midges!

Start by finding out who we are on the Background page -

Alpine courses AND SCOTTISH WINTER

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Photos 2011

John and Declan on the Alphubel at 8am. We left the Tasch hut at 3.30am, and enjoyed perfect weather. It tured out to be the last day of the Autumn good weather spell. The next day a cold front brought snow and wind.

6th October, 8am. John and Declan on the summit of the
Alphubel. In the background the Matterhorn and in the
far distance Mont Blanc.

4th October, 8am. Left - John arriving at the summit of the Weissmies.
Right - Declan and John on the summit of the Weissmies, 4017m.

24th September, Gabriella on the Mittaghorn Via Ferrata.
The Taschhorn, Dom, Lenzspitz and Nadelhorn behind.

13th September, 11am. Barry Speed on the summit of the Matterhorn.

Tuesday 23rd August. Left - Ben & Andy Townsend, Nadelgrat. Right - Steve
descending from the Lenzspitze.

2nd September, Helen & Joss, Hohlaubgrat.

Thursday 25th August, Andy, Ben and Steve on
the Biancograt.

Mark Flower on the Swiss summit of the Matterhorn at 8pm. The sun is just setting. We descended to the Solvay hut for a rest, then to the Hornli hut by 1.30am. A clear and moonlit night, we had the mountain to ourselves.

Thursday 11th August, 8pm. Mark Flower at the summit of the Matterhorn
as the sun sets. The Hornli Hut was packed, so we kept going!

Tont reaching the top of the Innacessible Pinnacle (Inn. Pinn.) on the Cuillin Ridge. The drops either side are large. We had started this first day of a two day Traverse at 05.30 from Glen Brittle beach. Our bivvy kit was stashed just down on the col before Banachdich.

Sat 4th June, On top of the Inn. Pinn. Cuillin Ridge

Jon & Tim putting on snowshoes before an ascent of the Alphubel in the Valais Alps, Switzerland. Snowshoes were essential to make progress in fairly deep Spring snow.