Rating System
To help you decide which trip is for you we have rated
each trip on a four-grade system:
Grade 1: Simple hiking. This includes general trekking.
Grade 2: Strenuous hiking with some basic mountaineering skills (crampon and ice axe use, rope travel).
Grade 3: Some technical mountaineering skills needed. Experience in the use of ice axe, crampons and roped travel on glaciers.
Grade 4: A full range of technical mountaineering skills a necessity. Experience at high altitude (over 14,000 feet). Knowledge of crevasse rescue and fixed line travel.
