- Beginner Skill Level Beginner
- Ages 16+ Ages Ages 16+
Learn the fundamentals of crevasse rescue in a controlled environment. This course will teach you technical systems to extract someone from a crevasse while mountaineering.
Quick Details
One important responsibility of traveling on a rope team is to be prepared for rescue in glaciated terrain and having the technical skills and confidence necessary to perform those skills before an accident occurs.
We have designed this intermediate mountaineering course for those with any degree of previous mountaineering experience to learn, develop, and practice essential rescue skills before venturing into glaciated terrain. Our passionate instructors will teach you how to avoid hazardous terrain and give you the technical skills to execute a rescue in multiple scenarios. These skills are imperative for your safety and the safety of your team members when traveling over glaciated terrain or any remote precipitous environment.
Our goal is to equip you with the confidence needed to travel through these environments as a competent rope team member.
This is a two-day course with a mandatory online pre-trip meeting two evenings before the course start date.
Pre-Trip Meeting
Day 1
Day 2
Out-of-Town Participants
We recommend that anyone flying into Seattle arrive as early as possible on the day before the trip. We also recommend you do not book a return flight until late (red-eye) on the last day of the trip, or the following morning.
Mountaineering: Intermediate, or equivalent experience. Excellent physical fitness; the ability to hike in snow for multiple hours with short breaks for an 8 hour day with a 40lb. pack
You will receive a full packing list following registration, but please feel free to contact us with any gear or equipment specific questions you have.
A brief list of personal climbing gear you’ll need to provide for yourself:
Transportation and times will be coordinated by email when the pre-trip announcement is sent to all registrants.
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