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Mountain Independence We're based out of Llanberis in the summer & the West Highlands of Scotland in winter.

Mountain Independence provide high quality mountain skills courses focussed on equipping you with the skills & confidence to enjoy your own adventures in the mountains.

03/10/2026

Norway Ice Trips 2027

From kicking your first front point placements onto solid ice, refining your technique to really get into the swing of things or just having amazing adventures on world class icefalls; our Norway Ice Trips are built to take you to the next level.

Rjukan | Lillehammer | Hemsedal | Oppdal

Guiding or instruction focussed trips
Qualified | Professional | Experienced | Insured
Small ratio 1:2
All technical kit provided
Petzl Nomic and Dart kit hire available

We have a few weeks availability around mid January and February still for ice climbing trips. Trips run Sunday to Sunday flying in and out of Oslo Gardemoen.

Get in touch for more info, I'm always happy to chat through any questions.

https://mountainindependence.co.uk/develop-skills/winter-climbing/

❄️🇳🇴🧊🧗🏼

01/10/2026

Norway Ice Trips 2027

Rjukan | Lillehammer | Hemsedal | Oppdal

Guiding or instruction focussed trips
Qualified | Professional | Experienced | Insured
Small ratio 1:2
All technical kit provided

We have a few weeks availability around mid January and February still for ice climbing trips. Trips run Sunday to Sunday flying in and out of Oslo Gardemoen.

Get in touch for more info, I'm always happy to chat through any questions.

29/09/2026

I saw a post on UKC about this climbing jargon question on University Challenge; I do love a bit of UKC pedantry!

The term is 'mantel' as in 'mantelshelf' given it's the same movement you need to employ to climb one.

Happy to show you the ropes if you're keen to learn about climbing anytime 👋🏼

It's the first time I've got 3 questions in a row correct on University Challenge, and I expect the last time! Not the most egregious error from the so not expecting an inquiry any time soon. Good to see climbing in the mainstream in any case.

Dyffryn Peris - Llanberis Pass☀️ Summer's not over yet.... I still have some availability for private guiding and course...
28/09/2026

Dyffryn Peris - Llanberis Pass

☀️ Summer's not over yet.... I still have some availability for private guiding and courses the next few weeks. October weather can often surprise though best to have a flexible mindset this time of year.

Get in touch if you want to squeeze some more adventures in before autumn fully sets in.

26/09/2026

Summer has flown by and thoughts are turning toward winter planning and ice climbing in Norway. I've got a few weeks free still for ice climbing trips available in January/February.

Between some great trips with clients last year I had a few days spare and had a mini break in Oslo. Conditions were good locally and so I picked up the local guide and had a great time checking out some very accessible ice climbs between heading to all the great galleries and museums in Oslo.

Our ice climbing trips run Sunday to Sunday, so there's scope to fly out earlier/later and tag a day or so in Oslo on your trip checking out the culture too 🏛️🏺🖼️🏅☕

Wild camp with Merlin soaking up the sunset scenes while I'm working on a Mountain Leader Assessment in Eryri.Points for...
05/05/2026

Wild camp with Merlin soaking up the sunset scenes while I'm working on a Mountain Leader Assessment in Eryri.

Points for who can identify the blurry peaks in the background.

International Dance Day spent rigging for at in Mold.Performance this Sunday for the theatre's birthday open day. Lots...
29/04/2026

International Dance Day spent rigging for at in Mold.

Performance this Sunday for the theatre's birthday open day. Lots on, from building tours, cinema tasters and cardboard cities, to backstage experiences, instrument petting zoos and live music on stage.

Lovely weekend on our Learn to Lead Trad Rock Skills course with 3 psyched climbers here in beautiful North Wales.We do ...
28/04/2026

Lovely weekend on our Learn to Lead Trad Rock Skills course with 3 psyched climbers here in beautiful North Wales.

We do a lot of matchmaking here at Mountain Independence to make these skills courses happen for individuals. If you're keen to learn to lead sport or trad I have a couple of folk looking to find dates for a trad course in the near future.

We're passionate about climbing and developing folk's confidence to have their own adventures. Check out Dan's review of the course here;

"Fantastic introduction into lead trad climbing. There's a lot to cover but the pace of the course was perfect and I came away feeling confident I could get stuck into more trad climbing.
Stu covered a broad range of skills, theory, and etiquette, was very patient with questions and prior skills, and gave us a really good balance of practical experiences.

I absolutely recommend anyone curious about trying out lead trad give the course a go!"

Thanks Damo for this shot of me at Ozzimosis today. I've been out in Norway the last few weeks in Hemsedal and Rjukan wi...
03/02/2026

Thanks Damo for this shot of me at Ozzimosis today. I've been out in Norway the last few weeks in Hemsedal and Rjukan with clients. We've had a couple of skills days between Krokan and Ozzimosis and gearing up for a multipitch adventure tomorrow.

I've had a gap open in the diary for ice climbing guiding/instruction between the 9th and 12th February (changeover travel days into Oslo Gardemoen either side on the 8th and 13th February) for anyone who might be able to capitalise on a last-minute ice trip. Get in touch for more info.

A nice adventure with .mountaineering making the most of the last day of the winter conditions in Eryri last week. Loads...
13/01/2026

A nice adventure with .mountaineering making the most of the last day of the winter conditions in Eryri last week. Loads of folk out enjoying the climbing on the East Face and Bristly Ridge itself.

Defaid Gwyn ** 105m, 4 pitches 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
East Face of Bristly Ridge | Y Grib Bigog

Takes the left rib that merges with Tower Buttress.

1. V, 6. 22m Start just right of the rib, up a shallow groove steepening at a shield of rock with cracks either side. Arrange gear for the crux, up the right crack, to a niche and pull up right to a ledge.

2. IV, 4. 35m Step back left, then right to surmount a short crack and drop down to a small col. Continue up the ridge line with interest to a large ledge.

3. III. 30m. Skirt left and back up right to join Tower Buttress on broken ground as far as a bay. Belay in a left facing corner with a steep, chockstone topped crack.

4. V, 6. 18m Mantle the chockstone to a ledge. Pull up left into the stepped groove with plentiful gear afforded by the right crack, pulling out left on turf. Finish easily up to the crest of Bristly.

Tom Butel and Stu Lade 10/Jan/2025.

📸 Thanks to for the crag shot

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