Prerequisites:
None
Highlight Skills:
Knots, haul systems, and prussik techniques
Whether you're looking to summit the local volcanoes of Mount Garibaldi and Mount Baker, or the Bugaboos' alpine rock splitters - all climbers need the skills to travel over glaciers safely and perform a rescue if your partner ever takes a plunge.
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Our Crevasse Rescue provides the fundamental skills for any aspiring mountaineer or backcountry skier. The course covers how to execute a quick crevasse rescue and some variations based on conditions.
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Knots, haul systems, and prussik techniques
This course will focus on the techniques required to perform crevasse rescue in various scenarios. We will also review how crevasses are formed and best practices to avoid them all together.
This is an introductory course and although there will be less than an hour of hiking, it will be a full day of standing.
Understanding of Basic Climbing Knots
Moderate Fitness
Flexible Cancelation Insurance
$24
8 am-9 am: Meet at the Squamish Adventure Centre
9 am-4 pm: Practice Crevasse Rescue and Rope Skills
Understanding the required gear
Various Anchors
Haul:Drop Loop 3:1, 6:1
Rappel and Rope Climbing
Lowering/ belay into a steep line or cornice
Setting up a rappel
