The setting for this course couldn't be wilder, or more naturally beautiful. Kebnekaise stands 2,111 metres (6,926 feet) tall and the STF Mountain Station, where you'll be based, lies at the foot of the mountain. Each day you'll ski out to one of the ice walls of varying degrees of difficulty and under the tutelage of an authorized instructor, learn how to use ice climbing equipment, learn climbing techniques and how to get up and back down an ice wall. The course also takes in evenings back at the station where you'll be taught climbing theory, rope techniques and discuss various types of equipment.

But facing a sheer ice wall, attached only by a rope, an ice pick and a set of very sharp crampons is really what this course is about. The goal of the course is that after completing it, you will be able to safely tackle basic level ice walls. As well as enjoying this singularly beautiful part of Sweden.

The STF Mountain Station has 198 beds in the main building and the five annexes. The station has a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and an à la carte menu. It also has a common room, shower, sauna and drying room.