Arc’teryx Alpine Academy returns to the Alps
Events
After four editions, the popular alpine educational event Arc’teryx Alpine Academy is taking place in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc again. On June 16-19th, Arc’teryx will unite alpine enthusiasts, mountain guides and professional athletes aiming to create a space where beginners and experts alike can gain alpine knowledge through top-notch clinics, experience sharing and respect for the alpine environment.
Registration starts on Tuesday, March 15th from 11am GMT on chamonix.arcteryxacademy.com.
The four-day-event will start on Thursday with the big Mountain Clean-up. Participants can join certified mountains guides and over 20 international Arc’teryx athletes to collect rubbish on the mountain. This initiative is a collaboration between the Arc’teryx Alpine Academy and the Compagnie du Mont-Blanc (CMB) with the goal to help keep our mountains pure.
The Mountain Clean-up is followed by three clinic days on the mountain and side program like seminars, movie night and academy dinner. All workshops are led by professional mountain guides from the ‘Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix’, the ‘British Mountain Guides’ (BMG), Chamex Guides and Arc’teryx Pro Athletes including Ines Papert, Luka Lindič, Stian Hagen and many more.
Nina Caprez will lead the advanced rock climbing course ‘7+ climbing’ with the target to improve the sport climbing technique of her students. Another new clinic down in the valley of Chamonix is bouldering held by Mina-Leslie Wujastyk. She will help to improve climbing and movement skills by looking at various techniques and methods.
After adding alpine skiing in 2015 to the list of clinics, winter sport fans can now also go and improve their skills for splitboarding. Arc’teryx athlete José Carron will lead this course and give experienced snowboarders insights into various techniques how to perform in steep skiing environments.
