FrauSein am Berg high tour course | rock, snow and ice with a mountain guide

• Procedure and meeting place

  • Meeting place

    09:15 am, Bergün staziun

    We’ll meet at 09:15 at Bergün railway station (Bergün/Bravuogn, staziun). The IR 38 from Chur arrives at 09:12. In Bergün, we’ll split up into cars and drive together to the Chants car park; from there, we’ll start the hike up to the hut.

  • Day 1 - Hut approach and rock training

    We’ll kick off the course by explaining the exact programme and going over the course content. We’ll get to know one another and discuss your expectations. On the first day, we’ll learn a lot of new things, with a focus on practical application.

    The ascent to the hut takes about 2.5 hours

    Daily destination: You will learn the basics of mountaineering and gain your first experience on a rope. You will acquire knowledge of techniques that you can use to secure yourself and your rope partner.

    Course content: 

    Rock training

    • The most important knots
    • Roping techniques and belaying
    • Short rope
    • Abseiling

    Materials and equipment

    • Ropes
    • Carabiner
    • Crampons

    Theory Meteo (evening)

    • Which apps and tools do we use

    Tour planning (evening)

    • Tour planning for the next day
  • Day 2 - Rock and ice training

    During an application tour in alpine terrain, we repeat the contents of the previous day, deepen them in a targeted manner and expand them to include further central elements of mountaineering on rock, snow and ice.

    Daily destination:
    Application and consolidation of rock and ice training, gaining experience and building safety in alpine terrain.

    Course content: 

    Short rope in the application

    • Level 1 - Walking together on the short rope
    • Stage 2 - Over short difficult sections
    • Level 3 - Micro rope lengths
    • Level 4 - Climbing together on a stretched rope
    • Level 5 - Secure entire rope lengths

    Stands

    • Single fixed point - serrated sling
    • Two bolts
    • Extended stand

    Abseiling

    • Abseiling on high tours

    Walking with ice axe and crampons

    • Crampon techniques
    • Pimple brake
    • Ascent and descent in snow and firn

    Roping up on the glacier

    • Rope distance
    • Knots in the rope
    • Behaviour on the glacier

    Tour planning & reflection (evening)

    • Feedback round and clarification of open questions
    • Reflection on the experiences made
    • Tour planning for the next day
    • Orientation with map, compass and altimeter

    Focus on women's rope team
    Travelling in the women's rope team with a focus on trust, communication and independent decision-making.

  • Day 3 - Final tour

    At the end, a challenging tour tailored to your needs awaits us: ice, glacier and rope technique once again. Here you can apply and deepen your knowledge and gain new confidence. We will support you individually so that you can deepen your knowledge and apply it directly.

    Daily destination: Your expectations are fulfilled and you go home satisfied and with a lot of joy.

    Repeat what you have learnt

    • Repetition: ice axe, crampons, glacier techniques

    • Crevasse rescue (self-ascent, team hoist)

    • T-anchoring & simple pulley block

    • Individual coaching on the road

    • Feedback & Reflection: What have you learnt? How can you move forward?

    Orientation

    • Reading maps in the field
    • Compass
    • Altimeter, contour lines and slope

    Reflection

    • Feedback
    • What happens next?
  • Conclusion

    approx. 16:00, Bergün staziun

    We head back to the cars and finish the course together.

• Requirements

  • No previous experience is necessary.
  • Experience in hiking and walking in pathless terrain is an advantage.
  • Condition for high altitude tours with around 1000hm ascent and descent at a comfortable pace (~300hm/h).

• Price and services

  • CHF 850.-
  • Small group with 4 - 6 guests per mountain guide.
  • Including accommodation costs with half board.
  • Including planning and realisation with a mountain guide and her travel expenses.
  • Exclusive personal travel expenses and personal purchases.
  • Rental equipment: crampons, helmet, ice axe, climbing harness can be hired for this offer from the Sport Trend Shop in Hinwil can be hired at a special price of CHF 55. You can also get other mountain sports equipment there with the best advice.

• Material and equipment

  • For this tour you need the material from this PDF. We carry our equipment with us the whole time. Only pack the essentials.
  • General material and packing tips we have also put together for you.

Impressions: FrauSein am Berg high tour course

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