Hello alpine climbers of Reddit. Due to my seasonal work ranging from May to September I’m looking for beta on whether or not it is possible to climb in the khan tengri region next fall? Research leads me to mixed results, if anyone has experience in the range I’d love some info! Thanks

I’m a student from Seattle and getting into mountaineering. I’m mostly planning to do local stuff in the Cascades and Olympics, and when money permits, the Alps and Caucuses (sister and bro in law live ~2 hours from Zürich). I have all the gear I need other than a harness. I’m not going to do anything super technical, only glacier travel and steep snow, and the Blue Ice Choucas Pro is what I’m leaning towards. Does anyone have thoughts on it or any other recommendations?

I've reached a point where I am comfortable with the exposure and technicality on most UK grade 1-3 scrambling routes (North Wales, Scotland, Lake District) in summer/slightly damp conditions and summited most of the main peaks in England/Wales regardless of weather conditions via the 'less popular' routes on multiple several week long trips following guide books and other trails on apps etc. Since I am from the south UK I have found it hard to find people that are also into this hobby/sport so I do most of it solo. I know my limit and if I see something dicey I just do it another day.

Now that I am interested in branching into the mountaineering side of things I'd love to meet more people who I can go on these trips with and learn skills from. I have done bouldering for a while and have done a bit of top-rope climbing but I would want to improve my rope climbing skills for outdoor use. I have until late January off and would like to go to the alp region but given that the weather will start to get worse I definitely do not want to be doing this solo beyond the snow line and I do not have the training/knowledge required to do it safely. I am tight on budget (I get that doesn't exist with mountaineering :) ) but have most the gear necessary.

What would be the best way for me to meet people who are also at my skill level or above, who go on these hikes/2000-3000m peaks in the alpine and UK region to get a network of people that I can learn with? Building from that what would be the most money efficient way to learn necessary skills (glacier crossing, ice axe arrest, crampon use etc) so that I am comfortable moving to the next step? I've seen that the Austrian Alpine Club (AAC UK) has been recommended a few times in this subreddit and saw that they may offer subsidised all season training in the UK (Glenmore Lodge for example) and Austrian located courses (https://www.weltbewegend.at/) with insurance. Would these clubs usually be generally cheaper than directly hiring a mountain guide and asking for specific training? For those that are already in these clubs have you found it easy to organise trips with people in their messaging groups to practice or are there other apps/sites for that (similar to Oak-Dave Searle) ? Should I spend this winter in Scotland instead getting some of those peaks in winter under my belt (I won't have this amount of time off again next year.) ? If you were in my shoes now what would you do so that over the next 3 years you'd feel comfortable tackling some of the 'easier' 4000m peaks both in terms of who you go with and the skills to do it safely without a guide?

Lots of open ended questions but thanks in advance

Hi guys, im wondering if its possible to do a multi day hiking trip to the pyrenees during the height of winter, if so any advices?

Hi all, have beeen reading through "Above The Clouds" which is the memoirs of Anatoli Boukreev as told by Linda Wylie using his diary entries as reference material.

Outside of the book, there does not appear to be much material discussing the training methods used by Boukreev or Russian alpinists of that generation.

If anyone can suggest any resources then that would be greatly appreciated!

I have a certain objective that will not require any ropes or technical climbing. However, as an emergency backup I want to carry some rappel gear. This way, if there is weather, injury, etc I will be able to cut the route short by many kms by simply rappeling down some bluffs and beeline it to the road.

My thoughts are:

-Webbing harness

-Carabiner + ATC

-Lightest rope possible

-Some webbing to anchor onto trees

Thoughts?

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Is it generally allowed/possible? Including rock climbing, hiking with heavy backpacks.

Has anyone had an experience?

I plan to climb mount Kazbek in October. Have an experience with 4000+ mountain. Any solists want to prepare together and go to the summit?

Hi,
I was starting to stack up all the needed gear to start mountaineering. And Since I already had a Hardshell jacket. I just wanted to make sure it would do the job for mountaineering. I would like to eventually start by doing some PNW Climb like Hood,Baker, Rainer etc...

So just tyring to see if this would be enough for those kind of climb.

Lining: 3LGore-Tex, 150 g/m² 85% nylon, 15% elastane plain weave with FlashDry-XD™ and non-PFC DWR finish

Thank you!

What a beautiful day on the mountain ⛰️ 😍

Hellooo, I was planning to climb my first ever 4000 metre mountain (based in Europe). I've climbed a handful of 2500 metre mountain and did a 3000 metre one. I do climbing and casually do some scrambling. I am quite physically active. I was planning to hire a guide and thought maybe there's a website where I can communicate with some guides in the area?

My equipment:

Shoes: Salomon Quest 4 Forces for hiking
Snow Shoes: La Sportive Nepal Evo GTX
Crampoms: Petzl Vasak
Sleeping bag; Mountain equipment Classic 1000 down sleeping bag
Ice axes: Petzl summit evo
Sleeping mat: Therm-a-Rest-NeoAir XTherm NXT MAX
And clothing

I listed my main equipment to see if I should do any changes or not?

Any help would be appreciated:)

Hi, I'm looking for a guide to climb mont blanc next summer. Does anyone have any guides who are women they could reccomend?

Hey everyone!

This past weekend I've done a climb that had 6 pitches then there was ridge scrambling to reach the summit.

Pitches went down easy and very straightforward, when we reached the ridge wind really picked up and due to the chossy and unknown (not very repeated and without a precise path aka choose your own adventure) we've decided to remained roped up with kiwi coils and a short rope between us (I would say around 10m). The idea was to scramble normally but be ready to place protections whenever the situation required it.

Ended up actually using the rope just for one very short section and for the rest of the time we've just had running between me and my partner. My general feeling was that having to mange the rope not getting stuck etc really slowed down so I was wondering if anyone any advice on how to deal with this situation. With experience travelling roped up becomes faster or maybe it's even a matter of prior assessment and we could have just proceed unroped and take it out again in case of necessity?

I'm looking for a mountaineering glove that's, ideally, waterproof and can also be used as a glove for skiing/snowboarding.

I can get the Black Diamond Punishers on a discount here, but I'm not sure if they are also warm enough for days on the slopes.

Not a fan of mittens personally.

I have a pair of softshell gloves, and use my some Leki racing gloves (with the steel knuckles, which adds unnecessary weight) so ideally something warmer and still dextrous would be nice too. Could of course always combine with some thin merino or silk liners.

Any ideas?

Edit: Predator to Punisher

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That is all, thanks!

Just trying to determine the thresholds of this tent.

Trying to see if this is a suitable purchase to use on mountaineering trips in Colorado and the PNW.

What I’m really wanting to know is how it handles wind. Snow load would also be nice to know, but snow can always be knocked off.

Thank you in advance!