Alpine Preparation
Lake District - Level 1 : Instructional Course
The Lake District is a fantastic venue with access to high mountain crags, helping fully prepare you for your alpine trip, practising essential alpine roped skills and easy big boot style climbing and scrambling, with a focus on either an ISM course or maybe the Eiger or Matterhorn.
These days in the Lake District, will really help you prepare for and get the most from an alpine trip or ISM course. The days are also a perfect way to understand what course is suitable for you. The days also make excellent training for summits such as the Eiger or Matterhorn.
Course Highlights
Hit the ground running to ensure you get the most from your alpine week
Matterhorn or similar alpine summit training and preparation
Learn the basic alpine skills of moving over similar alpine terrain in the Lake District
Expert instruction and guiding from experienced ISM Guides
Is This Course For Me?
If you're thnking of going to the Alps, whether that's on our Summits and Skills 4000m Level 1, course or any of our Guided Climbing courses or Custom weeks, then having a day or two before you go here in the Lake Distyrict, to learn some of the basic alpine skills or refresh the skills you already have, will mean that you get so much more from your course and hit the ground running when you get arrive. It is also a perfect way to train and build your fitness and skills base when focusing on peaks such as the Matterhorn in the future.
Alpine Training Skills Covered
Skills Covered:
- General safety in the mountain environment
- Equipment
- Climbing in mountain boots
- Taking out leader placed protection
- Tying into the rope
- Taking coils
- Short roping and short pitching techniques
- Moving together techniques
- Use of simple rock anchors and belays
- Abseiling and lowering rope techniques
- Building confidence
- Planning an Alpine trip
Course Dates & Booking
Please call +44 (0) 1539 721561 for availability
Meet the Team
Matt Stygall
IFMGA British Mountain Guide
Originally from the flatland of Norfolk, Matt soon escaped to the highlands of Scotland, to cut his teeth on the Scottish winter climbing scene there. He then worked full time at Plas Y Brenin in North Wales…
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Paolo Intropido
IFMGA Italian Mountain Guide
Born in NW Italy in a region surrounded by mountains, Paolo started to ski and trek as a kid, always wanting to explore 'beyond the next hill'.
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Terry Ralphs
IFMGA British Mountain Guide
Terry learnt to climb on the gritstone edges of the Peak District then after graduating from Leeds University he decided to make his living in the outdoors, moving to North Wales to work at Plas y Brenin…
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Christian Edelstam
IFMGA Swedish Mountain Guide
Christian likes exploring the mountains in any mountain range and particularly loves the solitude and wilderness of northern Scandinavia.
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Adrian Nelhams
ISM Director and IFMGA British Mountain Guide
As a Director of ISM, Adrian splits his time between guiding, the ISM office, family and climbing for himself. During his 30+ year commitment to the team, Adrian has played a key role in the development of ISM.
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