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Ice Age climbing area

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The perfect beginner's climbing area!

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This sunny beginner's area is family-friendly and perfectly secured. In the grippy gneiss slabs, children can also take their first steps in lead climbing, practise abseiling and learn how to belay.

Sector Ice Age

Crash 4a

Eddie 4a

Scrats 4c+

Scratte 4b

Sid 3c

Moräne 5c

Diego 6a+

Monster 4b

Monster Verlängerung 5a

Ellie 4b+

Manni das Mammut 5a

Eisberg 4c

47b 7b

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Blatten-Belalp Tourismus

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730 m

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728 m

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30 m

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1 x 60 m

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Safety information

Even if it looks so tempting in films: Rock climbing in nature is not for greenhorns. In addition to suitable equipment and strength, you need sound training and practice in belaying techniques. Because if you are properly belayed, serious accidents hardly ever happen when rock climbing.

The 5 most important tips:

Learn belaying techniques and never let go of the brake rope when belaying.
Question the belaying behaviour of your rope partner and address mistakes.
Check your partner - pay special attention to knots
Check commands and signs beforehand
Wear a helmet, take off finger rings

Source: www.bfu.ch/de/ratgeber/felsklettern

Tips and suggestions

Climbing area Ice Age: SAC entry

Roadbook

From Brig railway station, follow the signs to the Gardemuseum in Naters. The entrance to the climbing area is behind an old military barrack below the Gardemuseum.

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STRAHLERMUSEUM
PARKHAUS ALETSCH CAMPUS
LÖTSCHBERGER BRÜCKE
GARDEMUSEUM
FESTUNGSMUSEUM
Festungsmuseum Simplon
The museum of the Swiss Guards in the old military fortress

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Public-transport-friendly

The climbing area can be reached in about 15 minutes from Brig railway station.

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Arrival by car

From western Switzerland: A9 Lausanne - Vevey, or north-western Switzerland: A12 Bern - Vevey: A9 - Sierre: main road Sierre - Brig

From north-western Switzerland: A6 Berne - Thun - Spiez: main road Spiez - Kandersteg (Lötschberg tunnel car transport) - Goppenstein - Gampel - Brig

From eastern and central Switzerland: Andermatt - Realp (year-round Furka car transport; in summer via Furka Pass) - Oberwald - Brig

From Ticino (in summer): Airolo - Nufenenpass - Ulrichen - Brig

Or via Centovalli - Domodossola - Simplonpass - Brig

From Italy (Aosta, Mt. Blanc Tunnel): Aosta - Grand Saint Bernard tunnel (over the pass in summer) - Martigny: A9 motorway - Sierre: Sierre - Brig main road.

Or via Domodossola - Simplon Pass - Brig

Parking

There are various parking facilities in Brig and Naters.

Coordinates

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2'641'813E 1'130'195N

46.321853, 7.981542

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46°19'18.7"N 7°58'53.6"E

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32T 421597 5130312

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Book recommendation by the author

Climbing Guide / Climbing Guide Oberwallis

Goms / Aletsch-Brig / Simplon / Visp / Saastal / Mattertal / Raron-Siders

Equipment

Besides the usual climbing equipment

60m single rope
14 express slings

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