Alpine Preparation
  • Plas y Brenin
  • 2 Days
  • 4 People to 1 instructor

Alpine Preparation

  • Climb
  • Intermediate
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Overview

So you’re planning a trip to the Alps this year? Why not have a weekend with us in North Wales with an IFMGA Mountain Guide as part of your preparation before you go? We’ll spend time in the mountains on similar terrain to that you’ll find out in the Alps (except glaciers!) to master essential skills like moving together. Aiming to give you the confidence to get out to the bigger Alpine mountains and enjoy it.

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Itinerary

* Please note: Itinerary is subject to weather and availability.

Every course is unique as we tailor each one to the team and the weather, but this should give a flavour of what you might get up to: Saturday Informal welcome chat with our staff and your course members; Essential alpine ropework – taking and tying off coils; Crevasse rescue – hauling a partner; Prusiking up a rope (to escape a crevasse); Glacier travel; Planning; interpreting alpine weather, using huts, preparing for a bivvy; Back to PYB for tea and cake! Sunday Navigation and route choice on a scramble; A mountain journey using various rope techniques; Consolidation of rope skills from previous day; Back to PYB for more tea and cake, and a fond farewell!

Experience Required

You should have some experience of mountaineering and, or climbing in the UK in summer and winter, where basic ropework and snowcraft has been learnt. Expect plenty of steep ascent and descent – being ‘mountain fit’ will help!

Fine-tune the skills you need in the Alps so you’ll be fired up and ready to go when you arrive.

Available Course Dates

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Course Start Date
17th October, 2026
Duration
2 Days
Cost*
Non-Residential:
£287.00
Residential:
£427.00

*If your course is based at Plas Y Brenin, Capel Curig, residential prices include catering from the morning of your course start date and cover the duration of your course, accommodation starts on the night before your course commences to the morning of the last day of your booking.

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