Award Description
This international award trains and assesses candidates in the skills required to guide climbing (including the coaching of lead climbing) skiing and mountaineering on rock, snow & ice, and in alpine terrain. It is administered by the BMG to the standards set by the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations (IFMGA). The Guide’s carnet is an extensively used professional award.
10 – 14 June 2024
0730 10 June ENSA Auditorium
5 days training
Non residential
£690
ENSA, 35 Route du Bouchet, 74400, Chamonix, France
Convenor Tim Blakemore +33673800473
Trainers Jon Bracey and Stuart Macdonald
5 days training on the French Aspirant 3 course. This course focusses on guiding real clients on classic alpine terrain at an introductory/intermediate level. The programme is flexible but normally day 1 is a rock climbing or possible ecole de glace day. After that lifts or refuges are used to access more alpine terrain. You should arrive prepared and flexible with ropes/rack to accommodate above. Please provide your own transport. Uplift and huts are not included so please bring cash for these. This course is supported by Arcteryx.