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Customised multipitch climbing courses
Summer in the Dolomites is a climbers’ paradise. Everyone can find something up their street among these countless limestone crags, from the novice to the strongest of climbers. Indeed, it is of utmost importance to find terrain suitable to what you’d like or need to learn.
The sheer variety in terms of grade, length and rock type allows us to offer a diverse range of courses, from the basic kind centred around sport-climbing crags to the more advanced ones on multi-pitch routes. On this section we present the Customize multi-pitch courses which is addressed to those whom already lead climb on sport climbing terrain.
WHEN AND WHERE?
Sport climbing courses can take place in Spring and Autumn among the Garda Lake crags or, alternatively, in the Summer in the high Dolomites valleys. Multipitch alpine courses should be organized during the summer period in the Dolomites and in Lake Garda district in the mid-seasons time.
DURATION
From 3 to 5 days
CUSTOMISED PLAN
We prepare a customised plan for each client, based on the wishes and abilities of whoever gets in touch with us. Starting from the first contact, we will start building an itinerary that fits around you. Read through our suggestions, they are generally a good starting point for your time in the Dolomites with us!
EQUIPMENT
The guide can provide all technical equipment. To find out more about what to bring, please see the relevant page.
ALL-INCLUSIVE DEAL
You can choose to book an activity-only package, or an all-inclusive deal. Accommodation can be arranged as hotel-only, mountain hut or a mixture of the two. More information below under ‘Prices’.
YOUR MOUNTAIN GUIDE
Our climbing activities are carried out by a mountain guide or, more precisely, a Mountain Guide that is UIAGM/IFMGA certified. In Italy, this is the only certification allowing a guide to take clients on rock. Besides, local alpine guides most definitely sport the best knowledge and will guarantee your safety and your fun.
Multi-pitch alpine climbing course
When alpine climbing, we’ll take the style and techniques learnt while climbing out on adventure terrain.
Overcoming a wall by a group of 2 or 3 mountaineers presents some additional challenges beyond the climbing moves themselves: rope management, protection placement, route finding…
MOUNTAINEERING COURSES
MOUNTAINEERING COURSE – BASIC
This course is mainly for people that are already fairly comfortable in their climbing, hence a lead climbing experience is required. On the course, we will learn how to tackle multi-pitch mountaineering routes on alpine terrain safely and autonomously. We will then go deeper into things such as belay protections, abseiling and route finding.
WHERE: the course is on ‘adventure terrain’, this means mountaineering routes of medium to considerable length (up to 250 metres) and medium grade (up to grade IV).
DURATION: we will follow a very practical approach and will customise it depending on your needs. We suggest between 4 and 5 days.
OVERNIGHT STAYS: mountain huts around Falzarego Pass or any other mountain hut depending on your request.
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: up to 3
HIGHLIGHTS AND COURSE SUMMARY:
Pitch progression:
– on-pitch progression and setting up a belay
– balancing safety and progress
– classic route climbs
Knots and rope-management skills:
– knots, the essential
– abseiling
– building up a recovery system
Theoretical lessons:
– history of mountaineering and its perils
– equipment: notions around rope characteristics, camming devices, pegs and so on.
MOUNTAINEERING COURSE – ADVANCED
The course is mainly for people already comfortable in their mountaineering or multi-pitch sport routes, but wish to improve themselves and become more confident around equipment and safety techniques. The purpose is to gain the necessary competences and confidence to be able to tackle traditional routes pushing up our limits.
On the course we will learn how to effectively manage ropes on hanging belays, how to place protection reliably and muster up the confidence to be able to dare and commit to harder moves safely.
WHERE: this course takes place on ‘adventure terrain’, this means mountaineering routes of considerable length (up to 400 metres) and perhaps high grades (grade V minimum, varying depending on the participants’ current level)
DURATION: we will follow a very practical approach and will customise it depending on your needs. We suggest between 2 and 3 days.
OVERNIGHT STAYS: mountain huts around Fedaia Pass, Scarpa refuge or any other mountain hut depending on your request.
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: up to 4
HIGHLIGHTS AND COURSE SUMMARY:
Pitch progression:
– complex belay set-ups
– safety and progression, effective rope management
– classic route climbs
How to manage tricky points:
– protection placement
– testing falling in the void
– recovering gear and micro-traction techniques
– building a recovery system
Theoretical lessons:
– history of mountaineering and its perils
– equipment: notions around rope characteristics, camming devices, pegs and so on.
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