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I'll be in Zermatt for the two middle weeks in August, 2006. I do not want to do anything extremely hard but am up for just about any summit but I need a pertner or two.

Sorry to post this on the message board but I was'nt getting any responses on "Plans & Partners"

Hello,
I am thinking of visiting Mayrhofen late May intending to walk at around 3000m, 15km a day approx. Is it highly likely to be impossible because of snow? I am not thinking of this year in particular, but any year. Where will the snow line be approximately?
Thankyou.

My girlfriend and I are planning to finally try some moutaineering this summer. We do already have some experience on rock. We are considering taking a week long introduction to moutaineering class with the German alpine club. We'd like to spend a second week doing easy climbs or glacier trekking, but need to find at least one or two more people to be safe. We have been looing at the Monte Rosa area, Mt Blanc, ...

Hi @ all Mountaineers who want to climb mountains in Europe :wink:

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Hello everybody, this upcoming weekend my pals and I are planning a trip to Switzerland. Our climbing goal is the Mönch via the Nollen route. If anybody has been on the mountain or in the area recently can you let me know what conditions are like. How much snow can we await, and if the route is actually climbable this winter. Any info will help, links as well. Possibly it will save us a long ...

hi everybody

which conditions do you think we could have in the second week of april in the aiguille verte?
we are thinking in Cotourier and Whymper couloirs...

how's usually the weather? and the conditions of the route?

we are from Barcelona... if you think that climbing in that zone in april is not a good idea... please tell us, and we'll save 800 km aprox ...

Who would like to climb Fiescherhorn/Mönch/Jungfrau/Aletschhorn in the Berner Oberland,
Gr.Combin in Wallis and/or Aiguille D'Argentiere/Breche Puisseux and MtBlanc from 25.03.-02.04 ? email to thxpg4@web.de

I will be in Chamonix on May 20-27. I would like a partner to climb Mont Blanc probably by the Dome du Gouter route. I would also like to do some acclimatizing on Mont Blanc du Tacul or maybe ice climbing by the Augille de Midi, but I haven't put much thought into that part yet and its pretty flexible. Let me know if you are interested!
Troy

I have spent many an hour on the net trying to find exact opening dates for all huts in the Orobie.I got info from various sites including including the Italian alpne club but on going out to the Orobie last June found to my cost the info on the sites did not match the actual huts being open.I intend going again ON 18 June for 10 days.Can anyone help.
Thanks
Dave

Zelim samo da vas sve pozdravim. Kao ljubitelj planina veoma sam vam svima zahvalan na opisima a prvenstveno na slikama tih nasih planinskih ljepotica. Vama je mozda vec dosadio, ali i ne slutite kako vam zavidim na snijegu!