Norway Icefalls

2008 DATES Click Dates To Book.... Week 50: 8 Dec - 15 Dec (07) Full Ice Programme Click Here COURSE DURATION 1 week ALL INCLUSIVE PRICE £1295 Your course price covers: • Guiding + guides expenses • Full board + accommodation • All picnic lunches/snack food • All course transportation • All mechanical uplift • Loan of technical equipment Click here for Full Details RATIO 2:1 COURSE GRADE Difficulty: 4 Fitness: 3 Click Here for Grading Details

The rugged remoteness and sheer beauty of Norway in winter has inspired us to offer this icefall-climbing trip again in December 2007. In past years we visited Rjukan in the Telemark region of Southern Norway, now a popular destination for ice climbers from around the world (and consequently becoming busier).

For 2007 the ISM trip will take place further north, in the quieter and more remote regions of Hemsedal and Valdres. Over the last few years, local activists and dedicated ice climbers from around the world have transformed these wild valleys into some of the best ice-climbing venues in Norway. Our trip into these regions will uncover some of their great classic climbs.

The region's long cold winters help form some of the best ice to be found anywhere. With their rugged remoteness, each of these quiet valleys offers great climbing, and we will split the week between the two venues. Visiting the area in winter should see daytime temperatures regularly falling to minus 10-15 degrees, with dusk at 4.30pm.

Getting there: Travel to Norway is now remarkably quick, easy and inexpensive. Low cost airlines such as RyanAir fly daily to Oslo from a number of UK airports. We meet your flight and the course convenes there, and then we travel northwards to Hemsedal by car, about a 2-hour drive away.

Accommodation We share self-catering apartments, and all food for the trip is included in the price. The course runs from Saturday to Saturday, and gives 5 full days of ice climbing plus time to see and explore a this beautiful area of Norway while changing venues.

Course requirements To get most out of the trip you will need to have prior experience of ice climbing with two technical tools, either gained in the Alps or in Scotland. Because there are excellent routes in all grades we can customise the itinerary to take account of your current climbing grade and aspirations.

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