Intermediate Mountaineering Course

Build the confidence you need to accomplish bigger objectives.

This course has been built to hone and evolve your basic movement skills on rock and glaciers. Students will practise their crevasse rescue skills, learn to route find, and lead the way through the mountains with a certified ACMG mountain guide there to teach them along the way.

The premise behind the Intermediate Mountaineering Course is to build experience, confidence, and refine our decision making process in the mountains.

Based in Revelstoke and Rogers Pass or the Bugaboos. Some climbing experience required.

Guide to student ratio 1:4.

$1400 per person

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Hire your own private guide for a unique backcountry experience. Let the experts do all the planning, they will choose the best place for you to ski on any given day. Safety is alway the first priority, followed directly by having a darn good time.

Intermediate Mountaineering has been created for those who already posses a skill set of rock climbing or mountaineering and want to refine their skill set. It is the natural progression from and Introduction to Mountaineering course and it will give the students the opportunity to be up front leading the way and making the decisions with a little bit of coaching from and ACMG certified guide.

The course will work on skills such as:

We will focus on creating a decision making process that you will be able to take with you for all your adventures to come.

Mountaineering objectives will range from snow and ice routes in Rogers Pass such as Mount Rogers. As well as technical alpine rock routes such as Mount Tupper.

Day 1

Meet at the trail head and start our walk into the mountains. Along the approach to camp we review our map reading skills and navigation techniques. We will arrive at our backcountry camping location and set up for the next 3 nights. The afternoon will be spent reviewing glacier travel techniques and crevasse rescue.

Day 2-4

These days will be spent moving in the mountains with the student leading the charge. We will have an opportunity to work on our snow and ice travel as well as rock. The goal of the movement days is to build your confidence and establish a decision making process for your mountain travel. When to go or not go, what to avoid, timing of routes, and efficiency.

Location

Rogers Pass or Bugaboos

Duration

Course Cost

1400

Ability Level

Intermediate-Advanced

Jeff Mitchell

Born and raised in New Brunswick, he found the mountains and never looked back. Hard work and a passion for digging deep when it mattered most brought him to where he is today:

Living in the heart of British Columbia’s interior mountains, sharing his love of the mountains with all those lucky enough to ski and climb with him.