Mountaineering Level 1. Mountain course level F-PD (Easy-Slightly Difficult). Our base camp is at the CAS Moiry hut (Grimentz) in Val d’Anniviers, with accommodation in dormitories. Ascent to the Moiry hut, rock climbing school, climbing, ice school on the Moiry glacier, cramponing, and ascent of Pigne de La Lé (3396 m) in the Grimentz valley. Designed for beginners who want to learn mountaineering (with good physical condition and a basic climbing background). Picnics are held outdoors at the foot of the routes or in the mountains. Breakfast and dinner are taken at the hut, and participants help the warden with tasks at the refuge.
Day 1: Participants meet at the Shell station in Signy on Monday at 10:00 AM, bus transfer to Grimentz. Ascent to the CAS Moiry hut, alpine instruction.
Day 2: First climbing routes, most important elements of climbing technique, improvement of belaying technique, rope maneuvers, lead climbing practice. Placement of protection, body, rope, setting up a top rope, setting up a belay station, placing natural protection, scrambling in large boots.
Day 3: Alpine rock instruction: equipment, knots, rope handling, roping up, short roping progression, self-rescue techniques, use of ice axes and crampons, basics for preparing a climb, route selection, and meteorology.
Day 4: Alpine ice instruction: ice school, use of crampons. 12-point cramponing, lateral, frontal, use of ice axe, balance exercises with ice axe, step cutting, glacier roping.
Day 5: Application climb of concepts learned so far: Ascent of Pigne de La Lé and return to the valley, bus return to the Shell station in Signy, participants dismissed at 4:00 PM.
Monday at 10 AM at the Shell station in Signy
Lausanne – Geneva motorway, take Nyon exit, head towards St Cergue, at the first roundabout, the Shell station is on the left
Friday at 4 PM at the Shell station in Signy
certified mountain guide
Grimentz Tourist Office: 027 476 17 00
Bring some pocket money (Swiss francs and euros) for any personal expenses (kiosk, ice cream, postcards…etc…)
Mandatory, to be given to the guide at the start of the camp
In a CAS hut (Swiss Alpine Club)
Mountaineering Level 1. Mountain course level F-PD (Easy-Slightly Difficult)
-1 pair of hiking pants + 1 pair of mandatory rain pants! (K-Way)
-Waterproof Gore-tex jacket with a hood that protects the face well (in case of wind), ski jackets are not waterproof, too bulky in the backpack, and too heavy, please avoid them!
-fleece
-Odlo-style clothing
-change of clothes
-stiff-soled, high, warm mountain boots (trekking shoes are insufficient)
-beanie
-cap
-warm gloves or mittens (2 pairs)
-gaiters
-flashlight / headlamp – minimum 1 L water bottle
-high-factor sunscreen
-glacier glasses
-clothes for evenings at the hut
-change of clothes for sleeping
-toiletries
-bath towel – toothbrushes
-any medications
-ID card!
-travel bag or suitcase to carry the week’s belongings listed above
-backpack for daily essentials (must fit harness, climbing shoes or crampons/ice axe, helmet, water bottle, jacket, rain pants)
Technical equipment provided by PROGRESSION:
-climbing shoes
-helmet – ice axe
-crampons
-harness
-carabiner
If needed, we recommend the following mountain equipment stores:
-Raoul Sport – Nyon / Cactus Sport – Geneva / François Sport – Morges – Lausanne / Défi Montagne – Peseux / Vertical Passion – La Chaux-de-Fonds / Look Montagne – Martigny
Don’t hesitate to invest if your equipment is old or ill-suited; your child won’t regret it up there! If you have any other questions about the equipment, please don’t hesitate to call us.
Supervision is provided by a certified mountain guide. We reserve the right
to cancel the camp depending on conditions or lack of participants.
Price:
Our prices are per person and include supervision by a guide, half-board in camping, refuge, gîte, or hotel, picnic lunch, technical equipment, and transport. Drinks at refuges are not included.
Group activities:
Group activity numbers are calculated per guide based on safety criteria for the activity itself. The camps take place in a good atmosphere and for the well-being of the young people. Disrespect and actions not conforming to the smooth running of the camp will be sanctioned, and the child will be sent home to their parents.
Registration:
A registration is only considered valid upon payment of a registration fee corresponding to the camp price.
Cancellation:
If, for any reason, a registered person withdraws from an activity, a 100% retention fee will be applied. Any camp started will not be refunded except in the case of a medical problem, where a camp credit will be opened for the participant.
Insurance:
Participants are not insured by the mountain guide. It is the participant’s responsibility to ensure adequate health and accident insurance coverage (including accidents that may occur during mountain tours).
Each participant must have helicopter rescue and repatriation insurance. For participants who do not have such insurance, we offer a REGA form to be completed and paid before the camp. Price/person: CHF 30.
Participant’s responsibility:
The participant or the participant’s legal representative assumes:
– full responsibility for damages caused intentionally or unintentionally to facilities or
other items owned or rented by PROGRESSION
– Repatriation costs due to dismissal
– Postal return costs for clothing and other items
Medical file:
Any medical problem must be reported to PROGRESSION in writing.
Transport:
Each participant must make their own way to the camp meeting point
CHF 890
To register your child, please send us
ALAN DELIZEE (Swiss Dôle Climbing School)
Post office box 252 La Bouriaz
CH-1265 La Cure
Beneficiary Bank: UBS SA Case postale 1002 Lausanne
Account number: 457893.41Z
IBAN: CH690024324345789341Z
Clearing number: 243
UBS postal account no.: 80-2-2
To register your child, please send us
ALAN DELIZEE (Swiss Dôle Climbing School)
Post office box 252 La Bouriaz
CH-1265 La Cure
Beneficiary Bank: UBS SA Case postale 1002 Lausanne
Account number: 457893.41Z
IBAN: CH690024324345789341Z
Clearing number: 243
UBS postal account no.: 80-2-2
