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Mountainvision .................................................... Last updated 5th March 2010 Download our 'Winter 2010' brochure here! We are running Winter Courses in Scotland during January, February & March, as well as snowshoe & Alpine courses on demand.
1st March 2010. Toby, Tim and Winky on the 2nd belay on the Upper Connecting Ridge, Beinn Bhan, Applecross.
3rd March 2010, Toby on the 2nd stance on the Cioch Nose, Applecross
27.01.2010 Cairngorm Plateau.
18.01.10 Summit of Gibidum, above Visperterminen. The Bietschhorn in the distance.
12th January 2010 Snowshoeing on Bowscale, Blencathra in the background.
31st July 2009 Marie Standaloft on the summit of the Matterhorn, four and a half hours after leaving the Hornli Hut
June 2009 Our Alps season, based in Saas Grund - has started! Lots of snow still from the Winter & Spring, these Ibex were spotted at the Brittania hut, more seen on the track up to the Almageller hut.
A view from the summit of the Allalinhorn June 18th 2009 shows a good amount of snow still on the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc in the far distance, and the Dent Blanche to the right in the picture.
15th January 2009. Our expedition to Aconcagua. Pictured next to Winky are the 'Penitents'
18th January 2009. The team on Aconcagua. Kevin, Patrick, Peter, Eileen, John, Margaret & Winky.
15th December 2008. Major snowfall in Saas Grund! This is the road up to Saas Almagell; at the moment roads in the whole Saas valley are closed because of avalanche risk. This photo shows debris from an avalanche from the East side of the valley onto the road. The local authority is expecting roads to be opened on Wednesday at the earliest. There has been 288cms of snow deposited at Allalin, and 130cms at Hohsaas. 16th December 19.25 - All roads are now open in the Saas valley, including through the avalanche debris pictured between Saas Grund & Saas Almagell. Avalanche risk is still category 4 however, and lifts in Saas Fee & Grund are still closed.
BOOKING FOR the ALPS 2010 NOW ! We do not show a 'calendar' of courses, instead we can offer anything on any date, as long as that date has not been filled. So if you have a group of 4 who can only get together for a week to climb Mont Blanc in the third week of July, from midweek to midweek, for example, our flexible booking is designed to accommodate requests like this. Snowshoe Alpine Mountaineering courses ►► Snowshoe Alpine Mountaineering in the Winter & Spring Empty mountains & empty huts; we use the 'Winter rooms' in the SAC huts, with wood-burning stoves & nobody else rarely in the mountains. £850 per person for 5 days of guiding & all expenses, accommodation & equipment.
Cooking in the Mischabel 'winter hut'. Enough chopped wood for the wood-burning stove to last a winter season - from mid September to the end of June. Even hut slippers are provided! This picture was taken on Thursday 20th September 2007, prior to an ascent of the Nadelhorn 4327 metres. The hut is at 3340 metres.
'Oberland Trilogy' ~ The Monch, Jungfrau & Eiger South Ridge, 5 days guiding, 4 nights in the Monchsjoch hut & 2 nights B&B Hotel accommodation, £1550. Matterhorn Ascent by the Hornli Ridge, 6 nights B&B Hotel & hut accommodation, 5 days guiding, £1350. 'Introduction to Alpine Mountaineering' 6 nights B&B Hotel accommodation, 5 days guiding, £950 'Swiss 4000 metre Peaks' classic 4000 metre peaks in the Swiss Valais Alps, all - inclusive & 5 or 10 days guiding, from £1150.
For the 2010 season we are based again in Saas Grund, a village in the Swiss Valais Alps. Easy to get to from Geneva airport - a two hour train journey to Visp, the nearest railhead to Saas Grund. I meet clients in Saas Grund & take them to their accommodation - the Hotel Schoenblick.
From the valley the choice of quality 4000+ metre mountains is huge - the Weissmies & Lagginhorn (& the Fletschhorn, at 3993 metres only 7 short of 4000 metres) on the East side; and the Durrenhorn. Hohberghorn, Nadelhorn, Lenzspitze, Dom, Taschhorn, Alphubel, Allalinhorn, Strahlhorn, Rimpfischhorn - the mighty Mischabel range - on the West of the Saas valley.
On the other side of the Mischabel mountain wall to the West of the Saastal vallay is the Mattertal valley - Zermatt & the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa, Ober Gabelhorn, Zinal Rothorn, Breithhorn, Castor & Pollux, the Weisshorn, Bishorn - these mountains are accessible by a 45 minute drive to Tasch, the train shuttle station for Zermatt. Chamonix & the Mont Blanc range is a two hour drive away up the Rhone valley. The Bernese Oberland & the Eiger, Monch, Jungfrau, Schreckhorn - & more, is within a 2 hour drive. The Gran Paradiso, the highest mountain wholly in Italy, and a good alternative if the weather is bad further North, is accessible in under two hours through the Grand St Bernard tunnel into Aosta. BOOKING FOR the ALPS in 2010 NOW !
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Panorama from the top of the Allalinhorn, above Saas Fee. The Strahlhorn, Dufourspitz on Monte Rosa, the Rimpfischhorn, Liskamm, Castor & Pollux, the ridge of the Breithorn, the Matterhorn, Dent du Herens, Mont Blanc in the far distance, Dent Blanche, Ober Gabelhorn & Zinal Rothorn.
............................................................................................................................. 2010 Bookings for the 2010 Alpine season are advancing. To ensure the dates you want - especially for July & August 2010 - now is the time to book! ....................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................... Ensure that you have the new European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) after January 1st 2006. This card replaces the old E111 form. The card entitles UK residents to reduced cost health care whilst traveling in most European countries, including France & Switzerland. www.ehic.org.uk You still need adequate Alpine mountaineering insurance. Try www.thebmc.co.uk or www.snowcard.co.uk (cheaper if you are not a member of the BMC already). Check Swiss train & bus times & book online  Timetable |
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