Alpine Mountaineering

Alpine mountaineering is at the heart of the guide’s profession. Whether it’s glacial trekking, airy ridge traverses, long mountain rock routes or multi-day mixed climbs, this is the activity that epitomises the British Mountain Guides.

We have a history of travelling out from Britain for the season, so rather than being based in just one valley, we move around the alpine chain from Chamonix in the west to the Dolomites in the east. Many of our guides now live all year round in the European Alps, yet we all retain this flexibility to move around and find the route that’s right for you.

When you engage a British Mountain Guide for your alpine experience, you get not just a guide to the summit and back, but also an instructor to give you the essential skills required to climb efficiently in the Alps. You can push the standard of routes you accomplish with your guide, or take those skills and use them independently. It’s a great pleasure for us to see clients we’ve taught going off to achieve their alpine goals for themselves.

The alpine experience of climbing together, often for a full week and staying in mountain huts, develops friendships that last a lifetime. The personal relationship which is at the heart of the guided alpine experience is enhanced by your guide having the same language, cultural values and mountaineering background as you.

So whether your goal is walking from Chamonix to Zermatt via the Haute Route, a course to improve your alpine skills, a week of technical alpinism or climbing Mont Blanc, choose a British Mountain Guide for your next alpine adventure.