Beginner-Friendly Glacier and Mountaineering Course
Learn everything you need to know to undertake high-alpine tours independently.
Overview
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Participants
- 1–4 participants
- Duration
- 3 days
- Best season
- June to September
- Price
- from €460 per person
- Location
- Krimml, Krimmler Achental
About this tour
This mountaineering course is designed for anyone who wants to gain a safe and well-founded introduction to high-alpine mountaineering. In a small group of no more than four participants, you will learn the essential skills step by step, with plenty of time for individual questions – from knot tying and crevasse rescue to tour planning.
Depending on your interests and any previous experience, we can set different priorities. If you would like to focus more intensively on travelling and securing yourself on glaciers, we will dedicate additional time to these techniques. If your main interest lies in rocky terrain or easy ridges, the course can be tailored accordingly.
We will work through all of this together, true to the motto: climb together, learn together. The Warnsdorfer Hütte provides the ideal setting, with comfortable accommodation, excellent food, short approaches and varied training terrain close to the hut.
Photos from the tour
Itinerary
We meet in Krimml and travel together by hut taxi through the long Krimmler Achental valley. From the head of the valley, it takes us around one hour to hike up to the Warnsdorfer Hütte. Once we arrive, we settle into our rooms and discuss the schedule and main focus of the course. We usually begin straight away with the fundamentals of knot tying, abseiling, and belaying with the clove hitch and Munter hitch.
Over the following two days, the course covers a range of topics, including:
Travelling across snow-covered and bare glacier terrain
Self-rescue and companion rescue after a crevasse fall
Crossing marginal crevasses and bergschrunds
Rope-team techniques on snow slopes
Rope-team techniques on ridges
Protection and belaying techniques on ice and snow
Protection and belaying techniques on rock
First aid in the mountains
Tour planning
and much more
We approach each topic through a combination of theory and practical training. The techniques are introduced step by step, practised extensively in real mountain terrain and, whenever conditions allow, applied during a guided training tour.
Requirements
For this mountaineering course, you should be sure-footed and have some experience with hiking and easy mountain tours. You should also have a solid level of fitness for spending a full day in the mountains. No previous experience with rope or belaying techniques, or with using crampons, is required – you will learn all of this step by step during the course.
If you have any questions fell free to contact me.
Equipment
I can provide the required mountaineering equipment, including crampons, an ice axe, a helmet, a climbing harness and belay equipment.
You can find all further information in my equipment list. Please contact me if you have any questions about rental equipment.
Booking and enquiry
Book one or more places on an available date and join other participants.
The tour runs with at least 3 participants.
Book this tourPrefer a different date? You can also enquire about this tour individually.
Individual enquiryPrices & services
€460.00 per person
Included
Planning and guiding by a certified mountain and ski guide
Any required rental equipment
Not included
Accommodation for you and your mountain guide
Any cable car and lift pass costs for you and your mountain guide
The mountain guide’s expenses
Frequently asked questions about this tour
What happens if I need to cancel my tour?
Please note that a tour becomes binding once both parties have confirmed it. In the event of a cancellation at short notice, I reserve the right to charge a percentage of the guiding fee as a cancellation fee. You can find detailed information in my cancellation policy. Payment is usually made by invoice after the tour.
What happens if the weather does not cooperate?
Together, we will find an alternative in another region or postpone the tour. There are no additional costs for you in this case.
Is rental equipment available?
Yes, I can provide the technical equipment you need, such as a climbing harness, helmet, crampons or avalanche safety equipment. The relevant tour description and equipment lists explain exactly what is required and what you may need to bring yourself. If you are unsure what you need, simply get in touch – I will be happy to advise you.
Unsure?
It is especially important to me that the tour suits you – both your fitness and your experience. If you are unsure, please get in touch! In a short phone call, we can work out together whether this tour is right for you. This gives us the best foundation for a safe and enjoyable mountain experience.
0043 (0) 66475109630
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