Icicle Mountaineering

Scottish Winter Skills
🏔️🎒❄️⛏️🪢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Early winter season weekend to learn and polish key winter mountaineering skills, 3 day trip with 2 nights B&B in Fort William, and 2 days guiding, for just £525pp. Next guaranteed date 12-14 Dec 2025.

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📍Fort William

Eiger Sunrise
🌄🏔️🎒❄️⛏️🇨🇭
Throwback to dawn moments in the summer on the climb of the Mittellegi ridge, to make a full traverse of the mountain, descending the South ridge.

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📍Eiger 3970m, Grindelwald
#climbing #eiger #switzerland

Chamonix Classics
🏔️🎒❄️⛏️🪢🇫🇷
Enjoy a week of guided Chamonix technical uber classic climbs. Summer 2026 dates for our Tech Ice & Classics course are live on the website from today.

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📍 Chamonix Mont Blanc

#climbing #chamonix #alpineclimbing #alps

Matterhorn Dreams
🏔️🎒❄️⛏️🪢🇨🇭
Throwback to summer memories on the uber iconic Hörnli ridge of the most instantly recognisable mountains in the world - the Matterhorn! Join us in summer 2026 to make this dream a reality…

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📍Matterhorn 4478m
#zermatt

Roof of Switzerland
🏔️🎒❄️⛏️🪢🇨🇭
Looking back to magical moments on the highest summit in Switzerland, the mighty Dufourspitze, climbing from the Monterosa hut that overlooks the Matterhorn.

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📍Dufourspitze 4634m

#zermatt #climbing #Switzerland

Alpine Autonomy
🏔️🎒❄️🪢🇫🇷
Boost your skills and techniques to accelerate your level of alpine climbing autonomy in this Chamonix based week. Summer 2026 dates are now LIVE…

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📍Chamonix Mont Blanc

#chamonix #montblanc #climbing #alpineclimbing

Matterhorn Sunrise
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Climber basking in the first rays of sunlight, as he nears the summit of the iconic Matterhorn, ascending the classic Hörnli ridge. Check out the website as dates for summer 2026 are now LIVE…

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📍Matterhorn 4478m, Zermatt

Roof of Switzerland
🏔️🎒❄️⛏️🪢🇨🇭
More technical. Better huts. More remote. Greater challenge. Ascending this peak is a step up, or real connaisseurs alternative to Mont Blanc. Dates for summer 2026 are now LIVE…

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📍Dufourspitze 4634m
#zermatt #alps

Mont Blanc 2026
🏔️🎒❄️⛏️🇫🇷
3, 2, 1, Go Go Go 🚀
Dates for summer 2026 are now LIVE, with an updated itinerary, and more inclusions. One week has filled within 24 hours, so book now to secure your ideal dates.

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📍Mont Blanc 4810m

#chamonix #montblanc

Eiger 3970m Traverse
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2026 dates for the Eiger are now LIVE. Make a full traverse of the mountain, ascending the Mittellegi ridge, descending the long South ridge. Dates July to September.

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📍 Eiger 3970m
#grindelwald #eiger #Switzerland

Matterhorn 2026
🏔️🎒❄️⛏️🇨🇭
Dates for ascents in Summer 2026 are now LIVE on the website. Itinerary updated, and availability spread over 10 weeks of key season, when the mountain should be in peak conditions. Video from this year.

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📍 Matterhorn 4478m

Spaghetti Tour 2026
🏔️🎒❄️⛏️🍝🇮🇹
Dates for our Monte Rosa 4000m peaks course next summer, and an updated itinerary, are now LIVE on our website. Climb up to 10 x 4000m peaks in a week.

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📍 Monte Rosa

#monterosa #spaghettitour #gressoney #climbing

Crevasse Rescue
⚠️⛑️🏔️❄️🪢
Train hard, climb easy! Video from IFMGA mountain guide Teo, who was teaching our last Alpine Autonomy team of the season. Realistic, relevant, and hugely empowering to practice this in reality!

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#aiguilledumidi #chamonix

Alpenglow Sunset Vibes
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The sunset hour making the Mont Blanc massif seem ablaze. Photo from last week, as the pace in the Alps settles a gear, and the autumnal snowline creeps ever lower. Summer is over.

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#chamonix #montblanc #sunset #fall

End Of Paradise
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Last ascents of Gran Paradiso of the summer in the past week, up to the day the Mont Blanc tunnel closed until December. Photos from IFMGA guide Mikel. Some great cold snowy early Autumnal conditions.

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📍Gran Paradiso 4061m

Matterhorn Summits
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Congratulations to Mark & Sam, guided by Gilles & Martin, for their ascents of the iconic Matterhorn, in perfect conditions, sneaking their climbs in just before the first Autumnal snows plastered it all white.

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📍4478m

Eiger traverse 💪
🏔️🎒❄️⛏️🇨🇭
Congratulations to Simon 🇬🇧 and Carlos 🇪🇸 for grabbing the weather window early last week, to head straight up Mittellegi. The gamble paid off, you seized the opportunity, and summit in the bag in a good time!

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📍Eiger 3970m

Epic Alpine Weekender
🏔️🎒❄️🇫🇷⛏️🇮🇹😎
Awesome photos from Rosie & Josh on their ascents of Aiguilles d’Entreves and Dent du Géant this weekend, led by IFMGA mountain guide Martin. Congratulations 💪

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📍Dent du Géant 4013m
#chamonix #dentdugeant

Eiger Mittellegi summit
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Fortune favours the brave. Congratulations to Marco & Mike for making the first tracks on the Eiger Mittileggi ridge for about two weeks, due to snowy and unsettled weather. Well done both. Awesome efforts 💪

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Matterhorn - Mt Toblerone
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News just announced n from Zermatt that Piers & Oscar climbed the Matterhorn today. Photos from them and also of Mike earlier in the week. Great conditions & weather. Congratulations 🙌

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📍Matterhorn 4478m #zermatt

International Mont Blanc
🏔️🇫🇷🇬🇧🇮🇪🇱🇹🇦🇷💪
Woohoo!!! Congratulations to our teams last week flying their flags from the summits of Mont Blanc & Gran Paradiso. Here the Irish and old Lithuanian flags fluttering proudly. Well done all.

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📍Mont Blanc 4810m

Summit Vibes
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Descending from the summit of Mont Blanc, floating amongst the cloud tops. Great photo taken by IFMGA guide Marc. We have just 3 weeks left with spaces this summer season. Good luck to our teams this week!

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📍Mont Blanc 4810m

Crevasse Rescue!
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Alpine Autonomy team practicing crevasse rescue this week, taught by Mr Alpine Mountain Rescue, IFMGA guide Teo. They couldn’t have been in more experienced hands!

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📍Aiguilles Marbrées, Punta Helbronner

#climbing #chamonix

Weisshorn Summit
🏔️🎒❄️⛏️🇨🇭
A huge congratulations to Dragana, guided by Martin last week, on summiting the mighty Weisshorn. Physically and technically a step up from Matterhorn or Eiger. Well done you two 💪

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📍Weisshorn 4505m
#switzerland #climbing

Cosmic Cosmiques
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Alpine Autonomy team out on a sunny but cold Arete des Cosmiques far above Chamonix today. An uber classic route, with a bit of everything; mixed, abseil, rock, and a dodgy ladder to finish up!

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📍Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix

Sea Of Ice
🌊❄️🧊⛏️🇫🇷
There’s a reason it’s called the ‘Mer de Glace’! Our alpine autonomy team ice climbing and perfecting their crampon techniques in this fabulous ice school venue today, the ice looking like a breaking wave.

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📍Mer de Glace
#chamonix

Cosmiques Spur!
🏔️🎒❄️⛏️🪢
Superb Chamonix granite in the sun, preceded by the snowy Midi ridge, and finished up the upper section of the Cosmiques arête. A great finale to the week for Paul, led by IFMGA guide Marc 💪

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#chamonix #climbing #rockclimbing

160th anniversary Matterhorn
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Early this week, with snowy conditions, our teams, guided by Seb & Miro, were on the Matterhorn 160 years to the day after the first ascent by Edward Whymper’s team. Another successful summit, 100% this summer 💪

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Alpine Intro Ridge Day
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Atmospheric day in the clouds for our Alpine Intro teams, guided by Matteo & Marc, on this classic Chamonix Aiguille Crochues ridge crest. Lots of learning; abseils, moving together, belays, & the stunning Lac Blanc.

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Dent du Géant
🏔️🎒❄️⛏️💪
Congratulations Poppy, guided by Seb, on climbing the Giants Tooth last week. A very steep learning curve, but an epic effort and summit in perfect conditions! One of the most vertical 4000m peaks.

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📍Dent du Géant 4013m
#chamonix