Event Category: Training

To be used by ACC Skills and Training Leadership only

  • Dry practice of skills needed for top rope climbing. Please allow  4 hours.   Agenda: -Anchor building -Anchors to avoid -Prussics/ third hand -Cleaning anchors -Rappelling -Lowering -Crag etiquette and safety   Requirements: -Ability to bottom (ie top rope) belay. I will not be teaching you to belay. -Prior gym experience an asset   Required […]

  • This is an event for participants in the Mentoring Program Only. We will do the training again at the park located on the south side of west 4th Street between Lonsdale and Chesterfield in North Vancouver.

  • May 28-29, 2022 June 4-5, 2022 (two weekends with a pre-course meeting, 24 participants) Our basic mountaineering course is designed for new club members (novice climbers/mountaineers), to learn the skills necessary for safe travel in mountainous terrain. Mountaineering is a skill that takes years to become really experienced at, so our goal for this course […]

  • May 7-8, 2022 (Sat-Sun), 8 participants This is a 2 day course intended to introduce club members to single-pitch sport climbing, i.e. leading on bolted routes. Participants will learn how to use quickdraws to protect themselves on lead on a bolted route and how to setup and dismantle anchors when sport climbing. The first day will […]

  • April 30 – May 1, 2022 (Sat-Sun), 24 participants This is a 2 day course intended to give participants an introduction to rock climbing. The goal is to provide a learning environment where people can learn the basic elements of outdoor rock climbing safely. Curriculum Putting on a harness. Learning about climbing gear. Tying basic […]