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3-Day Alpine Skills, North Wales

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DEPOSIT | FULL AMOUNT £450

This course is for those going on independent alpine trips and don’t plan to use a guide. It will give you the technical skills for alpine climbing including:

  • Taking chest coils

  • Pitching, short pitching and moving together

  • Direct and indirect belays

  • Use of guide plate

  • Multipitch, retrievable abseils

  • Crevasse rescue

  • Tips on how to be quick and efficient and selecting suitable croutes for the conditions

Over the three days you’ll gain the skill set to prepare you for your alpine routes and get to ask lots of questions from an instructors who are experienced alpine climbers.

Rebecca has climbed the routes many routes in the Alps including the ones mentioned above. She has extensive experience climbing 4000m peaks and is one of very few people who has climbed as many as 71 (out of the 82 list) alpine 4000ers.

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DEPOSIT | FULL AMOUNT £450

This course is for those going on independent alpine trips and don’t plan to use a guide. It will give you the technical skills for alpine climbing including:

  • Taking chest coils

  • Pitching, short pitching and moving together

  • Direct and indirect belays

  • Use of guide plate

  • Multipitch, retrievable abseils

  • Crevasse rescue

  • Tips on how to be quick and efficient and selecting suitable croutes for the conditions

Over the three days you’ll gain the skill set to prepare you for your alpine routes and get to ask lots of questions from an instructors who are experienced alpine climbers.

Rebecca has climbed the routes many routes in the Alps including the ones mentioned above. She has extensive experience climbing 4000m peaks and is one of very few people who has climbed as many as 71 (out of the 82 list) alpine 4000ers.

DEPOSIT | FULL AMOUNT £450

This course is for those going on independent alpine trips and don’t plan to use a guide. It will give you the technical skills for alpine climbing including:

  • Taking chest coils

  • Pitching, short pitching and moving together

  • Direct and indirect belays

  • Use of guide plate

  • Multipitch, retrievable abseils

  • Crevasse rescue

  • Tips on how to be quick and efficient and selecting suitable croutes for the conditions

Over the three days you’ll gain the skill set to prepare you for your alpine routes and get to ask lots of questions from an instructors who are experienced alpine climbers.

Rebecca has climbed the routes many routes in the Alps including the ones mentioned above. She has extensive experience climbing 4000m peaks and is one of very few people who has climbed as many as 71 (out of the 82 list) alpine 4000ers.

  • This course is for those going on independent alpine trips and don’t plan to use a guide.

    We’ll begin with talking discussing what experience you have and identifying the skills you need to gain to have a successful alpine trip. We’ll then come up with a plan for how to achieve your aims over the next two days.

    • Technical skills for alpine climbing covered including:

    • Taking chest coils

    • Pitching, short pitching and moving together

    • Direct and indirect belays

    • Use of guide plate

    • Multipitch, retrievable abseils

    • Crevasse rescue

    • Tips on how to be quick and efficient and selecting suitable croutes for the conditions

    Over the two days you’ll gain the skill set to prepare you for your alpine routes and get to ask lots of questions from an instructors who are experienced alpine climbers.

    We aim for will long days covering a lot of terrain to prepare you, but there’ll be lots of opportunity to practise skills and ask questions on your upcoming trip.

  • You need to be a trad lead climber having led trad routes (of any grade) on leader placed protection.

    You need to have good UK mountain fitness.

  • You will be required to have your own boots and suitable clothing for the mountains according to the kit list supplied. You’ll also need to bring your own lunch and drink.

    All ropes, climbing hardware and emergency group kit is supplied or supplement your own rack.

  • This course is run at a maximum ration of 1 instructor to 2 climbers.

  • We will meet at the Caban Cafe, Brynrefail LL55 3NR (near Llanberis) at 9am on the first day of the course.

  • For full terms and conditions please follow this link https://www.roammountains.co.uk/terms-conditions

    In case of bad weather we will find relevant skills and activities at low level.

    We try to stay outside but may suggest going to an indoor wall if it will provide a better learning environment. Climbing wall fees are not included.

    If a participant cancels between 4 and 2 weeks before the course 50% can be refunded. If less than 2 weeks no refund is given.

    We recommend taking insurance to cover unforeseen events like illness.

 

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