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Intro Summer Mountaineering Alps 1

Summits & Skills 4000m (Instructional Course)

Level 1: Instructional Courses

May 2026 - Sep 2027
4:1 Ratio
£1,945
Level 2 Summer Mountaineering Alps 1

Classic AlpinISM (Instructional Course)

Level 2: Instructional Courses

Jun 2026 - Sep 2027
3:1 Ratio
£1,995
Monte Rosa Mountaineering 4000m Peaks Traverse 2

Monte Rosa 4000ers

Level 2: Guided Courses

Jun 2026 - Sep 2027
3:1 Ratio
£2,045
Private Guiding 1

Private Guiding 2027

Private Guiding & Custom Weeks

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Student Alpine Mountaineering Alps 1

Student Alpine Week (Instructional Course)

Level 1: Instructional Courses

Jul 2026 - Aug 2027
6:1 Ratio
£1395
Alpine Rock Climbing Alps 1

Classic Alpine Rock Climbs

Level 3: Guided Courses

Jul 2026 - Sep 2027
2:1 Ratio
£2195
Technical Alpine Climbing Alps 1

Technical Alpine Ascents

Level 3: Guided Courses

Jun 2026 - Aug 2027
2:1 Ratio
£2395
Climbing Matterhorn Alps 1

Matterhorn Ascent - A Classic Alpine Dream!

Level 3: Private Guiding & Custom Weeks

1:1 Ratio
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Custom Courses 1

Custom Courses 2027

Private Guiding & Custom Weeks

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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

Learned loads and acclimatised well during the course. Its obviously been very carefully planned. Guiding and Instruction was excellent. Anders was fantastic throughout and made the whole course really good fun. A very professional instructor with a great sense of humour. Highly recommended.

Leigh Ritchie
Summits & Skills 4000m (Instructional Course)

Thanks for organising an excellent week. The course format, accommodation and set up was perfect. The guide was outstanding and gave us a full week of constructive tuition. I was able to put his training into practice the following week when I met up with a friend and did the Cosmiques Arrete.

R W
Classic AlpinISM (Instructional Course)

Terry was a wonderful guide and made everything fun, laid-back and an overall good experience. I would be happy to ski or climb with him again. All the logistics in Leysin and in Italy went smoothly. A really nice time.

KL

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