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Summits & Skills 1

Summits & Skills 4000m (Instructional Course)

Level 1: Instructional Courses

Jun - Sep 2020
4:1 Ratio
£1495
Climbing Grunegghorn 2

Classic AlpinISM (Instructional Course)

Level 2: Instructional Courses

Jun - Sep 2020
3:1 Ratio
£1645
Monte Rosa Traverse 2

Monte Rosa 4000ers

Level 2: Guided Courses

Jun - Sep 2020
3:1 Ratio
£1595
1 rock course 3

Technical AlpinISM (Instructional Course)

Level 3: Instructional Courses

Jun - Sep 2020
2:1 Ratio
£2045
Private Guiding 1

Private Guiding

Private Guiding & Custom Weeks

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Student Week 1

Student Alpine Week (Instructional Course)

Level 1: Instructional Courses

Jul - Aug 2020
6:1 Ratio
£995
Classic Alpine Ascents 1

Classic Alpine Ascents

Level 2: Guided Courses

Jun - Sep 2020
3:1 Ratio
£1595
Classic 4000m 1

Classic 4000ers

Level 2: Guided Courses

Jun - Sep 2020
2:1 Ratio
£2045
Bernese Oberland Climb 1

Bernese Oberland 4000ers

Level 2: Guided Courses

Jun - Sep 2020
2:1 Ratio
£2245
Mt Blanc Ascent 1

Mont Blanc Ascent

Level 1: Guided Courses

Jun - Sep 2020
4:1/2:1 Ratio
£2045
Mt Blanc Extension 1

Mont Blanc (Extension)

Level 2: Guided Courses

2:1 (we also offer a 1:1 ratio option) Ratio
£1295
Technical 4000ers 1

Technical 4000ers

Level 3: Guided Courses

Jun - Sep 2020
2:1 Ratio
£2095
Technical Alpine Rock 1

Technical Alpine Rock

Level 3: Guided Courses

Jul - Aug 2020
2:1 Ratio
£2045
Technical Alpine Ascents 1

Technical Alpine Ascents

Level 3: Guided Courses

Jun - Sep 2020
2:1 Ratio
£2045
Matterhorn Ascent 1

Matterhorn Ascent

Level 3: Private Guiding & Custom Weeks

1:1 Ratio
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Custom Courses 1

Custom Courses

Private Guiding & Custom Weeks

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Expedition Training 1

Expedition Training

Level 2: Instructional Courses

Oct 2020
4:1 Ratio
£995

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Summer Alpine Mountaineering

Our Courses allow you to progress in a logical, and thorough way, ensuring you get the full benefit from our courses and are able to move on the our more advanced courses if you wish.

Summer Highlights

  • Instructional courses
  • Guided climbing
  • Custom weeks for groups
  • Private Guiding
  • Expert guiding and instruction from experienced ISM Guides
  • A prestigious English speaking climbing and mountaineering school based in Leysin Switerland since 1965

Testimonials For ISM

Perfectly paced and tailored, great variety of skills learned. Guiding and Instruction? Thomas was fab! Everything was pitched at the right level (no pun intended), safety was always paramount and everyone had so much fun learning everything.

Clare
Summits & Skills 4000m (Instructional Course)

The course was excellent, lots of variety and provided me with a good range of skills. Loved reaching the summit of the Weissmeis, for such a nervous and unconfident novice like me, I gained a real sense of achievement from the ascent and the whole week. Huge thanks to Pat.

Jo Clark
Summits & Skills 4000m (Instructional Course)

Thank for an amazing couple of weeks! Matt and Stu were fantastic. I learned so much but also had a lot of fun. I have come home feeling like a proper mountaineer, having made some great new friends and with some unforgettable memories. I plan to come back next year!

Tim

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ISM Director

​Sally runs our UK office, handling course bookings, administration, marketing and accounts. For most clients Sally is the first point of contact with ISM.

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