Recommendations for a climbing trip

[bedellympian]

After that vague intro... I'm turning 40 summer of '27, I also have a lot of flexibility from mid-June to end of August.

I like climbing big alpine routes that involve technical climbing but also have snow/ice. My work makes the Alaska season very hard. Where should I go?

For the sake of fun, let's assume there are no limits...

Pakistan? Patagonia in winter? Cordillera Blanca? Bolivia? Kyrgyzstan side of the Tian Shan? 

Thinking about climate change and glacial recession as I would like to not die and actually climb something.

[JasonG]

Baffin?  Or is that too rock oriented?

The Alps?  Or is that too civilized?

Seems like Pakistan is often a lot of hit or miss with weather/conditions? 

Seems like Cordillera Blanca has gotten hit really hard by climate change?

Seems like the snow/ice oriented routes in Canada have been hit pretty hard by climate change the past decade or so?

I am too much of an armchair climber to be of much use unfortunately....

[olyclimber]

New Zealand?

 

[bedellympian]

16 hours ago, JasonG said:

Baffin?  Or is that too rock oriented?

The Alps?  Or is that too civilized?

Seems like Pakistan is often a lot of hit or miss with weather/conditions? 

Seems like Cordillera Blanca has gotten hit really hard by climate change?

Seems like the snow/ice oriented routes in Canada have been hit pretty hard by climate change the past decade or so?

I am too much of an armchair climber to be of much use unfortunately....

Yeah, I love rock, but I'd like to go play the pointy things game.

Seems like most of the routes in the Alps will be rock or shorter high elevation mixed in summer?

Agree on what I've heard about Pakistan and Blanca.

[bedellympian]

13 hours ago, olyclimber said:

New Zealand?

Sounds fun, weather seems like a similar gamble to Patagonia? Got any TRs to recommend a winter trip?

[olyclimber]

2 hours ago, bedellympian said:

Sounds fun, weather seems like a similar gamble to Patagonia? Got any TRs to recommend a winter trip?

I wish! Always wanted to go.

[JasonG]

The Chinese side of the Tien Shan looks pretty rad, maybe another option if you weren't afraid of being sneaky?:  https://www.climbing.com/news/interview-dmitry-golovchenko-new-route-china-tien-shan/?scope=initial

[UncleTomahawk]

The Alatau range near Almaty looks pretty amazing and the months you outlined seem like fair weather to organize around.

[max]

19 hours ago, JasonG said:

 ...if you weren't afraid of being sneaky?: 

This did not work out well for another sneaker:

https://velo.outsideonline.com/news/failed-fkt-eurasia-attempt-russian-jail-sofiane-sehili/?scope=initial

But its all adventure (as long as you have the extra annual leave to spend in a russian jail!