Want to learn or brush up on your wilderness first aid skills? These sessions are intended to help club members retain and solidify the skills they have gained in a wilderness first aid (or equivalent course). Each session will focus on a specific first aid concern (e.g. musculoskeletal injuries, wound management, etc), focusing primarily on […]

Avalanche Skills Practice: Companion Rescue We will meet at the far side of the parking lot at Mount Seymour and hike up to a flat area near Brockton Point where we can practice companion rescue. Agenda 1. Single Burial Scenario 2. Multiple Burial Scenario 3. Multiple Burial in close proximity scenario 4. Discussion regarding first […]

General considerations Climbing equipment review: gloves, pants, boots, crampons, ropes, snow pickets, runners, backpack slings, mechanical ascenders, ice tools, ice axes, leashes, nylon cords, sewn slings, prusiks, shock absorbing slings. Snow: how steep is steep? Slope meter. Snow temperature: warm, cold, isothermal. Freezing levels. Snow thermometer. Snow: hard, compact, soft. Modes of travel – when to use Trekking poles […]

Avalanche Skills Training Level 1 PLUS course taught by local North Shore Rescue avalanche forecaster. Don’t miss this opportunity to develop your backcountry skills. 20% discount available for ACC Members with discount code ACCBCMC2018. Code is good for all of our AST1, AST2, and guided ski trips (spearhead,mcbride,etc). Course description and online signup here: http://www.bcskiguides.com/tours/avalanche-skills-training-ast-1-course-sea-sky-gondola/

Self-organized Avalanche Skills Training Level 1 PLUS course taught by local North Shore Rescue avalanche forecaster. Don’t miss this opportunity to develop your backcountry skills. 20% discount available for ACC Members with discount code ACCBCMC2018. Code is good for all of our AST1, AST2, and guided ski trips (spearhead,mcbride,etc). Course description and online signup here: […]