Which mountain is yours?

Eleven mountains, five provinces, every level from first crampon to 6,900-metre glacier. The right one is the one that asks exactly one new thing of you — this page is how to find it.

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Dawn on the big ones — the decision made well upstream

Question oneWhat have you climbed?

the honest resume decides the rung — not the brochure, not the group chat

Question twoHow many days?

a first snow mountain needs 5; a 6,000er needs 7–9; the calendar and the leave must agree

Question threeWhich season?

the window picks the mountain as often as the mountain picks the window

Question fourSummit or mountain?

the honest question: do you want a number, or do you want the week the number lives in

A decision, made upstream.

Most bad mountain trips are booked well before anyone touches snow: the wrong mountain chosen for the right-sounding reasons — a friend's summit photo, a round number, a window that nearly fits. The decision guide on this page is the conversation our office has with every climber, written down. It starts with the resume and ends with a question most operators never ask.

The mountains themselves are honest: the first snow summit rewards anyone reasonably fit and well-guided; the 6,000ers reward order — one rung at a time; the graduate mountains reward resumes. The only real mistake is choosing a mountain that asks three new things of you at once.

The decision, in order.

1. The resume
List what you have actually climbed, with altitudes and seasons. That list is the ladder page's pointer — everything else is detail.
2. The days
Five days buys Haba or the Siguniang peaks; seven to nine buys the 6,000ers; eleven buys two mountains. Do not compress the approach days — they are the acclimatisation.
3. The season
Check the calendar page against your leave. A mountain outside its window is a different, worse mountain.
4. The body
The altitude conversation — history, medications, honesty. It happens before the price, always.
5. The want
Summit or mountain: if you need the number, choose the high-probability peak. If you want the week, choose the mountain you will love in the rain.

The essentials.

Budget honestly

The indicative tiers on each expedition page are per-person and fall with group size; the written quote confirms. Cheap mountain trips are expensive in exactly the ways you cannot see.

Group size

Private means your pace: one climber works, four is the sweet spot, eight is two rope teams and two paces.

The training block

Eight to twelve weeks of hill work with a pack buys more summit probability than any gear upgrade.

The fallback

Have a second-choice window and mountain in mind — the climbers who get the most summits are the ones who can move a week.

Start the conversation.

Send the resume and the dates. The answer will be one of three things: a recommended mountain, a better window, or an honest 'not yet' — and we will say which, plainly.

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The mountain progression · The season calendar · The first 6,000er comparison