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Rock climbing in Switzerland

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Switzerland has amazing rock walls and superb multipitch climbs on them.

Iris and Gaz climbed at Sanetsch ( 2240m alt) yesterday – a beautiful cloudless, sunny alpine climbing day in Switzerland.

Back in NZ – Iris got an alert on her phone here in Switzerland – chains required on the Crown range , Wanaka, NZ.  Yep, the winter snows have well and truly arrived in New Zealand setting the winter snow pack up beautifully for ski touring in September/October.

Enjoy you alpine passions….

Iris leading 5b beautiful limestone pitch heading for the skyline pitches 🙂

 

Swiss climbing coming up soon

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Gary has been busy corresponding with folk re climbing/mountaineering in Switzerland for the 2019 summer season ( July /August )……are you traveling that way or thinking about it?  Give us a call/email and discuss an amazing Swiss alpine adventure with Alpinism and ski.

Inspirational Swiss rock climbing

Classic mountaineering

Fantastic Swiss climbing/mountaineering infrastructure

Keen on Climbing in Switzerland this season?

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Northern hemisphere 2019 summer climbing season  in comming up. Switzerland is a fantastic destination for rock, snow and ice, alpine climbing  and the Alpinism and Ski team is once again going to be based in Leysin, Switzerland for the 2019  european summer.

Come and join us for a week of excellent alpine climbing…

The Matterhorn at sunset on the classic “spaghetti tour” Monterosa Chain , Switzerland/Italy.

 

Climbing in Switzerland

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Sunday/Monday, Anand and Gary headed to the Cabane d’Orny for some classic Swiss alpinism. After the hike to the cabane , they enjoyed some rock climbing on granite routes behind the  hut in the afternoon sun.  Then next morning they went up the ‘Orny glacier to the Trient plateau and up the rocky ridge on the left side of the north face of the Tete blanche, then over to the Summit of the Petite Fourche, then a descent to a fixed rappel point, over the bergshrund and a cruise back to the Cabane for a well deserved rosti…..

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High on the Tete Blanche, classic Swiss alpinism

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Alpinism in Switzerland on the Trient ice plateau

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Swiss summit – Petite Fourche

Swiss summer climbing

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Back in Leysin , Switzerland for the I think 19th season.  Still very beautiful.  Been climbing multipitch rock with Iris in the Grimsel pass granite area  and now over in the Swiss  French region of Switzerland  where we base our selves for the two months of July and August.

Rock climbing in Switzerland

pitch three, granite slab climbing, Central Switzerland

Climbing in Switzerland

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Aarons 50th will be well remembered. As a starter, an ascent of the very beautiful Mt Blanc du Cheilon, followed by a stay in a historic mountain hotel.  Midweek two multipitch rock ascents, one in the Rhone valley and one high above the Glacier d Orny, and a finish with an ascent of the NW granite ridge of the Tete Blanche and the Petite fourche.

Cheer Aaron.

Climbing in Swiss style

Climbing in Swiss style

Rock climbing in Switzerland

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Arriving is Switzerland for the 2017 season it was nice and hot. So what better thing to do than to go rock climbing in the Italian part of Switzerland – Ticino.

Ponte Brolla is a great little spot with granite slabs, 30 degree temps and a great campground with alpine river to cool off in the afternoons.

Swiss rock climbing

Rock climbing in Switzerland

climbing granite in Switzerland

Climbing granite in Switzerland

Maggia Valley Italian Switzerland

Maggia Valley Italian Switzerland

Swiss private climbing instruction

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In the middle of the July/August Swiss climbing season , Grant and Gary spent a week in the Swiss Alps working on developing Grants intermediate and advanced climbing techniques/skills for smooth, efficient ascent and descent of big peaks.

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Climbing on Mt Blanc de Cheilion, Switzerland

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Matterhorn skyline, Swiss Alps