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 […]

Are you interested in coordinating a trip or have you recently started to lead trips? This talk is being organized to help people coordinate or lead trips. We will talk about what kind of trips to lead Where to go on trips The administrative part Leave no trace How to travel safely

This 2-day course introduces participants to lead climbing using gear for protection. The emphasis of the weekend is on placing gear (camming devices, nuts, etc.) and evaluating placements. Participants will be have the opportunity to practice gear placements on mock leads as well as have their placements evaluated by the instructors and other members of […]

Practice of self rescue using prussic loops to ascend ropes. Various pulley systems for assisted rescue with emphasis on the Z pulley system.If we finish on time we can visit the student pub for a quick beer.

The course, taught by professional ACMG certified guides (thanks MSA), is absolutely FREE, but only available to active trip-leaders who already have some glacier travel and crevasse rescue experience or training, and are interested in trying out some more advanced skills. During this course, you’ll learn how to properly use the new Petzl RAD system […]