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The months of July, August and September are a great time to visit the Western Alps of France, Switzerland, and Italy to go rock climbing.  As well as the high mountains, there are many lower crags scattered throughout this region, providing a mixture of single pitch and multi-pitch rock routes ...

The western Swiss Alps (sometimes known as the Bernese Oberland region) is a mecca for technical and adventurous rock routes in an alpine setting.  The area is home to many different types of rock from limestone faces and ridges to gneiss, quartz and granite spires, and is a perfect playground ...

In the Western Alps, 4,000m represents a symbolic altitude with Gaston Rebuffat once commenting, “… at 4,000 metres the air has a unique flavour”.  These 4,000m peaks are the “roof” of the Alps and there are officially 82 peaks and mountains that are spread across France, Switzerland ...