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Two of us are looking to go ice climbing in Norway the last week of Feb and are looking for an instructor / guide for 3 days at a sensible price - not the £300 per day I've been quoted. We have done a limited amount of ice climbing and are well used to trekking on glaciers and have our own kit.

Is any one interested in going with us or can anyone make any reconditions?

Cheers
David

In reply to David Eckles:

Is £300 a day not a sensible price then?

In reply to David Eckles: Where in norway are you going? its a big place.

In reply to David Eckles:
Think that £300 is pretty much the going rate I'm afraid. That's still only £450 each for what will be an action packed 3 days.

In reply to David Eckles: if youre only going to rjukan and have some ice climbing experience, good ropework and a copy of rockfax should be all the guide you need really.
theres plenty of easy stuff to go at, some short stuff, some long, all with virtual roadside access, most with decent belays at the tops

In reply to David Eckles: I can thoroughly recommend Andreas from Northern Alpine Guides:
- http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=317081

Cheers

In reply to fxceltic: having just re-read the title of the thread I have realised you want an instructor, not just a guide, sorry.
in which case the price quoted seems reasonable to me.

I repeat though, you should be ok without in rjukan, learn as you go, on a top rope if necessary.
Alternatively you can get cheaper guides in scotland, may be more reasonable to go there first, learn what you think you need and then go to norway.

In reply to David Eckles: The AMI minimum recommended rate for an MIA/MIC is 175 per day for private clients (Guide rates possibly higher).

However that is the going rate purely for the instructors time working locally in the UK and doesn't include any premium for travelling to/from Norway and living there. When you include that element, 300 isn't that much.

Therefore if you were paying all travel, accommodation and expenses then you might well find someone for closer to 175/day but that'd still cost you a fair amount and a local guide might still be cheaper.

HTH

In reply to liz j: Thanks for all the comments - the £300 I was quoted was for a guide who lived in Norway - hence I thought it was a little expensive - also I haven't employed a guide or instructor (or least not in Europe) for a while so inflation has obviously played a part !!
Regards
David

In reply to Nick Smith - UKC:

As an aside that good to here because I am booked on a 6 day course with Andreas in Feb.

In reply to David Eckles:

contact bruce goodlad.

In reply to telemarker:

Excellent-Andreas is a good man and you'll learn alot from him...what he doesn't know about the area and climbing, isn't worth knowing!