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Glacier courses and treks are a unique chance to explore glacial landscapes and ice-age scenery. The closest glaciers to Finland lie just a few kilometres across the Norwegian border in northern Norway. AGM offers a mini-course for skiers, a comprehensive 5-day glacier course and guided day trips onto the glacier.
- Glacier Course: 5 days, Jun–Sep, €490pp, Steindalen glacier, Lyngen Alps
- Glacier Course for Skiers: 3 days, Feb–May, €360pp
- Glacier Trek: 1 day, Feb–Sep, €75pp, no experience needed
- Covers ice-axes, crampons, ropes, crevasse rescue and rope-team travel
- Held on glaciers in the Lyngen Alps of northern Norway
Equipment
To participate in any of the summer glacier trips or courses, you will need personal trekking gear and rigid hiking boots (the boots do not need to be mountain boots — good hiking boots will suffice). On courses targeted at skiers you will also need your own ski-touring equipment; i.e. strap-adapters for alpine skis or telemark skis and climbing skins. Snowboarders will need snow-shoes for ascents.
Glacier Course
Our comprehensive five-day glacier course provides you with all the tools and techniques needed to move safely and independently on glaciers. You learn how to use ice-axes, crampons, ropes and other glacier-safety equipment optimally whilst going through modules on snow and ice anchors, crevasse rescue, ice climbing, choosing a safe route on ice and snow, glacial navigation in bad conditions and moving together as a rope-team. There will be plenty of time in the evening to explore the theory behind each module in more depth.
Place: the Steindalen glacier in the Lyngen Alps. Time: June – September. Duration: 5 days. Participants: 4–6. Price: €490 per person. Includes guiding and required glacier equipment (excluding boots).
Glacier Course for Skiers
This shorter glacier course is targeted at those wanting to gain the basic glacier knowledge necessary for safe glacier skiing — or for those who simply want a quick refresher. We go through how to make a rope team and move together on ropes, snow and ice anchors and how to utilise these in a crevasse-rescue scenario, and safe glacier navigation and movement even in 'white-out' conditions.
Place: Lyngen, northern Norway. Time: February – May. Duration: 3 days. Participants: 2–6. Price: €360 per person. Includes guiding and required avalanche and glacier equipment.
Glacier Trek
Our Glacial Trek is about pure enjoyment, and you need no previous glacial experience to take part. Walking as a rope team through a breathtaking labyrinth of towering ice-walls and crevasses, you have plenty of time to take in the awe-inspiring glacial scenery and arctic nature.
Place: Lyngen, northern Norway. Time: February – September. Duration: 1 day. Participants: 4–10. Price: €75 per person. Includes guiding and required avalanche and glacier equipment.
