Scrambling Skills
All the need to know rock skills in one tight package
Everything you need to know to be confidently tackling a wide range of climbing objectives anywhere in the world. This 4 days course is designed to take a new climbing with limited or no outdoor experience through top rope anchors, sport climbing, trad climbing, multi-pitch skills and finally rock rescue in a safe progressive manner. What you get / For you? / What you will learn /Dates & PricesThe Goods
Length: 2 days Locations: Whistler BC, Meeting point: Squamish Adventure Centre Prerequisites: None! Highlight skills: Belay changeovers, multi-pitch anchors, multi-pitch rappels, belay methods. Season: Scheduled dates all summer Max Guide to Guest Ratio: 4:1 guest to guide Price: $590 Book Your Private TripWhat you will learn
The topics covered in the rock evolution course are designed to take participants from zero experience to be able to confidently tackle multi-pitch traditionally protected gear and sport climbs, as well as perform simple rock rescue.
Day 1 – Top Rope + Sport Climbing- Route selections macro and micro
- Crag hazard recognition and mitigation
- Bolt evaluation
- Threading anchor for rappel
- Safe rappelling
- Setting up a top rope anchor system
- Protection placement and assessment (cams, nuts)
- Anchor Systems
- Safe retreating
- Lead tactics
- Supervised practice
- Advanced anchor building
- Different methods of top down belays
- Belay management
- Efficiency: climbing and change overs
- Multi-pitch rappelling
- Supervised multi-pitch climb
- Escape belayHaul: 3:1, 6:1, Block and tackle
- Lower: redirect, munter, knot pass
- Counterbalance rappel, Tram
- Improvised rappel anchors/system
Is this for you
If you have logged some time in the climbing gym and are ready to catapult your climbing skill to be a full fledged outdoor rock climber this is for you!- No previous outdoor rock climbing experience
- Have top roped 5.6 as a minimum (in the gym)
- Fitness to be moving for a minimum of 3 hours
- Can hike 1 hour in gentle uphill terrain
- Likes being outside
2018 Courses
May 24 - 27 $590 / person
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Book NowJuly 8 - 11 $590 / person
Book NowAugust 14 - 17 $590 / person
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ItineraryItinerary
8:00 am - Meet and greet at the Squamish Adventure Center 8:30 am - Travel to Smoke Bluff park and head out to the crag (two-minute drive, ten-minute hike) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm - Climbing, learning, and high fives. 4:00 pm - Back to the cars for debriefing and more high fives What's Included- 4 full days of instruction with ACMG guide
- All technical equipment (shoes, harness, helmet and group gear)
- Lunch
- Transportation to and from meeting point
- Full pants or Capris.
- T-shirt or long sleeve
- Warm jacket (sweat shirt, lightweight down jacket)
- Rain/wind jacket (gore-tex)
- Warm hat (for colder days)
- Small back pack (30 litres)
- Sunglasses
- Good shoes; running/gym shoes are fine
- Water, 1 liter
- Food
- Harness, Helmet, Climbing shoes (let us know if you need rentals)
- 20% deposit is required to secure your guides and or trip. Remaining trip cost is due 14 days
- Trip cost must be paid in full
- Deposit will be refunded in full
- Deposit amount will be forfeited
- Full trip amount will be forfeited
- Tugo
- Insurance is free in entire country
- Private insurance is recommended
- Mountain climbing rescue is free
- Privates or alpine club insurance is required.