This course will cover navigation in diverse alpine terrain, regardless of conditions and visibility. Students will learn to create trip plans that include objectives, conditions, avalanche hazard, mountain hazards, terrain, contingency plans, and full white-out navigation plans. This course will take place over 2 days. The first day will be partially in the classroom in […]

Meeting point and times to be determined. This is an overnight event with camping in the Mt. Seymour backcountry (conditions permitting).

Meet each day at 7:00am in the parking lot of St. David’s Church at the Taylor Way Exit of Hwy 1. Carpool to Squamish/Smoke Bluffs. Course duration: until about 4pm each day.

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 courses is to simply make you confident enough with the basic skills. Following that, you […]