Guiding in the Alps and in Scotland

This website was last updated on Friday May 02, 2008

Welcome to Mountainvision, Guiding in the Alps & Scotland.

Mountainvision

We have been providing Alpine mountaineering courses and guiding from the Swiss Alps since 1994. Our base is Saas Grund in the Swiss Valais Alps.

Our Alpine Courses 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 & 2007.

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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2007, Saas Grund

2006 Alpine Summer season photos here

June 19th
Ian Ridley on the SW Ridge of the Fletschhorn 3993m

26th & 29th June
Steve Petrie climbing through the rock-band on the Hohlaubgrat, Allalinhorn.
Steve, Pyypa & Terry on the summit of the Weissmies.

27th July
Cris Smith, Stuart McAleese & Jonathan Davies, Swiss summit of the Matterhorn

July 24th
Eric Derwin on the North Ridge of the Weissmies

30th July
The Hohlaubgrat rock band
on the Allalinhorn

20th August
Sunrise over the Weissmies, from the Nadelhorn

24th August
The delicate summit ridge on the Monch, Bernese Oberland.

24th August
Chris Carter & Winky on the summit of the Monch. The Eiger in the background.

27th August
Katie & James d'Ath
on the summit of the Nadelhorn

4th September
John & Diane Boughton
Bischorn, looking over to the Mischabel range

21st September
Mike Hennessey on the Nadelhorn, with the Matterhorn in the background.
Excellent early Autumn conditions.

20th September
Kevin cooking in the MIschabel 'winter' hut, wearing hut slippers!

26th September
Matt Yates & Chris Plewa on the South Ridge of the Weissmies in winter conditions. 6 inches of fresh snow fell over night at the Almageller Hut.

26th September
Matt & Chris on the summit of the Weissmies. No view & a difficult descent in poor visibility down the N Flank to the Hohsaas.

26th September
Chris at the end of the descent.

British Mountain Guides

Association of Mountaineering Instructors

The British association of International Mountain Leaders

UK: 01768 896 718

The Granary
Scalehouses
Nr. Renwick
Penrith
Cumbria
CA10 1JY

Haus Opal
3910 Saas Grund
Switzerland
Swiss: 0041 (0)279 573 311

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