Roof of Switzerland
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Summit panorama from the highest peak in Switzerland, the mighty Dufourspitze 4634m, jewel in the crown of the Monte Rosa massif, and a more technical and challenging alternative to Mont Blanc.
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📍Dufourspitze 4634m
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Chamonix Tech Classics
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Icicle team climbing the knife edge ridge along the Franco-Italian border. A classic Chamonix route, to develop your Alpine climbing career.
〽️ Summer dates out now! www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/classics.html
📍Aiguilles Marbrées traverse
#chamonix #courmayeur
Monte Rosa dreams…
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Icicle team on the epic snowy ridges of the Spaghetti Tour, climbing the 4000m peaks of the Monte Rosa massif. An awesome week of summits and mountain huts in epic locations.
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/monterosa400...
📍Monte Rosa, Gressoney
Matterhorn Summit Ridge
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Icicle team starting the descent, summit just behind, Monte Rosa ahead, and a whopping 1200m descent just to reach the Hörnli hut. It’s a mega summit day, and the descent often takes longer than the ascent!
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Those first steps…
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As you emerge from the ice cave onto the ridge from the Aiguille du Midi down to the Cosmiques hut. An awe inspiring landscape and thousands of dreams become a reality.
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/alpine%2Baut...
📍Aiguille du Midi 3842m
#chamonix #montblanc #alps
Mont Blanc Summit Steps
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Icicle team heading up the final metres to reach the roof of the Alps, via the Tête Rousse and Gouter mountain huts. You up for the challenge this summer?
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/mont+blanc+g...
📍 Mont Blanc 4810m, Chamonix
#chamonix #montblanc #climbing
Epic Sea Of Clouds
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Throwback clip of Icicle teams emerging above a sea of clouds on the summit of Aiguille du Tour, a popular peak for our Alpine Autonomy groups to tackle, far above the Chamonix valley.
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📍Aiguille du Tour 3540m
#chamonix
Ben Nevis Gullies
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Great photos in from Danny & Chris enjoying days out on Meall A Bhuiridh in Glencoe, and on the Ben. Good conditions reported. Just 3 final Winter Skills Weekend dates this season: 20-22 Mar, 3-5 Apr, 10-12 Apr.
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📍Ben Nevis
Eiger Dawn Light
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Three teams on the final snowy summit arête of the Mittellegi ridge up the Eiger. Summer 2026 dates are live on our website now. Climb a full traverse of the mountain.
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/eiger.html
📍 Eiger 3970m, Grindelwald
#switzerland #grindelwald #eiger
International Women’s Day 2026
MOVE THOSE MOUNTAINS !
🧗♀️🏔️🏃♀️🪢⛷️💪
“I don’t really think about other people’s opinions or expectations. The only ones I have are that of myself, to improve and get better.” Emma Raducanu
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#internationalwomensday
Mont Blanc Summit
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Throwback to summers past, and stunning photos from the roof of the Alps. An easy summit? No, harder than most expect. Worth it? Every single step!!! Join us to make your dreams a reality this summer
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/mont+blanc+g...
📍Mont Blanc 4810m
Flag Flying
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Two last minute winter escapes are featured in our latest newsletter, sent out today. Join us for a Scottish Winter Skills weekend, or a Morocco Winter Toubkal climb. Final spaces…
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Mont Blanc dreams?
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Time to scratch that itch, & climb it in 2026. We have a few final spaces left to climb it this summer. New itinerary with more nights in mountain huts, to help maximise your summit chances. Get it done!
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/mont+blanc+g...
📍Mont Blanc 4810m
Winter Toubkal
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Climb the highest peak in North Africa - Mount Toubkal in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains. Fly into Marrakesh. All meals on mountain & guiding included, as well as Marrakesh hotels, for just £795.
〽️ Next date 7-14 March www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/toubkal.htm
📍Toubkal 4167m
Chamonix Ice Weekend
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Great ice climbing conditions reported by IFMGA mountain guide Fer, who led our Cham Ice Weekend, here featuring some photos from La Crémerie above Argentiere.
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/wintericewee...
#chamonix #iceclimbing #alpineice #iciclemountaineering
Chamonix Off Piste
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Epic conditions for our teams on the Vallée Blanche over the last few days. Photos just in from IFMGA mountain guide Carlos. Winter is shaping up good!
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/coursesc.html
📍Chamonix Mont Blanc
#offpiste #skitouring #chamonix #montblanc
Monte Rosa 4000ers
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Arguably the best week of hut-to-hut mountaineering and 4000m peak bagging in the Alps. Our Monte Rosa trips are filling really fast. Next space mid July…
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/monterosa400...
📍 Monte Rosa #gressoney #climbing #mountains #iciclemountaineering
January newsletter
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Our latest newsletter should have dropped in your inbox this afternoon. Full of latest conditions, course spaces, inspiration, and a revamped podcast incoming!
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Scottish Winter
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Winter season is shaping up well. Select from: Winter Skills Weekend, Winter Intro Week, Technical Climbing Week. All based in Fort William in the Highlands.
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/scottish+win...
📍 Fort William & Nevis range
#winterclimbing #bennevis #winter
Vallée Blanche
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Awesome off piste conditions on the Vallée Blanche recently. Here photos from IFMGA guide Carlos with a group of ours. Midi ridge equipped. It’s time to ski…
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/valleeblanch...
📍 Aiguille du Midi 3842m
#chamonix #offpiste #valleeblanche #skiing
Alpine Intro
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Climb your first Alpine 4000m peak - Gran Paradiso 4061m, the highest peak totally in Italy! Improved itinerary for summer 2026, and dates are LIVE.
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/alpine%2Bint...
📍 Gran Paradiso 4061m
#alpineclimbing #chamonix #granparadiso #climbing
Eiger traverse!
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Awesome throwback memories of two Icicle teams, guided by Marc & Fer, climbing the Mittellegi ridge of the Eiger, descending the long South ridge to Monchsjoch. Dates for summer 2026 are LIVE…
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/eiger.html
📍 Eiger 3970m
#grindelwald #eiger
Matterhorn in 2026?
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Dreaming of climbing the Matterhorn this summer. We offer ascents via the Hornli (Swiss), or Lion (Italian) routes. Both absolute classics, but the Italian route is longer and even more exposed!
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/matterhorn.h...
📍Matterhorn 4478m
Matterhorn Summit Ridge
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Icicle team taking the final steps to the summit of the iconic Matterhorn. Spectacular exposure. Awesome footage. Inspired for 2026? Dates live on our website…
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📍Matterhorn 4478m
#zermatt #switzerland #matterhorn
Mont Blanc summit steps!
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Icicle team powering up the final snow ridge on Mont Blanc this summer. Their fitness allowed them to grab a small weather window to bag the summit, almost alone on the mountain in mid July! 💪
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/mont+blanc+g...
📍 Mont Blanc 4810m
Matterhorn Sunrise
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Throwback to summer, with Icicle teams heading up the Hörnli ridge of the iconic Matterhorn at dawn, with the first rays of sunlight warming the mountain. 2026 dates are now LIVE…
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📍Matterhorn 4478m
#zermatt #matterhorn
Escape Mont Blanc!
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Better huts. More 4000m summits. Less people. More time on snow. Far less rockfall. Way better food. All this = Monte Rosa. If you prefer the opposite, please go to Mont Blanc instead 🤣
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/monterosa400...
📍Monte Rosa massif, Gressoney
Eiger Sunrise
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Icicle climbers at sunrise on the mighty Mittellegi ridge of the Eiger. The exposure on this route is huge, but it’s an absolutely epic climb. 2026 dates are now LIVE.
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/eiger.html
📍Eiger 3970m
#grindelwald #swissalps #mountains #eiger
Cosmiques Crampons
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Like the sound on nails scratching down a blackboard? Crampons on rock is worse! Climbers enjoying the crux rock step on the Cosmiques Arête on our Autonomy course.
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📍Aiguille du Midi 3842m, Chamonix
#chamonix
Scottish Winter
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There’s good snows in the Highlands, and early winter climbing has already started. Learn key winter skills, and to develop crampon and ice axe skills. Next date 12-14 December in Nevis Range and Glencoe.
〽️ www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/scottish+win...
📍Glencoe